The most significant risks that we had to consider over the past week were fleshing out the details of our project, and how exactly we would be building each component of our project, so that we can put together a complete device. We have managed both risks by breaking down our project into modular portions, and writing out what we need to do in order to complete each model, mainly through the use of a schematic. After discussing with our TA and Professor, we realized we had to focus on how we would fix issues with the camera recognizing our user. Ideally, these issues can be solved by designing our project well from hardware and software aspects, however as a contingency, we can also test what distance the user needs to stand from the mirror in order for it to function best, and guide the user using that information. We have also been focused on making sure that we are able to acquire the hardware components necessary to make our project function, which we managed by making use of the ECE inventory, and ordering our desired parts as early as possible. This makes the overall project much more straightforward and simple.
We have made some changes to our use-case requirements after discussion with a TA and a Professor, giving ourselves many more requirements, as well as elaborating on them more in our presentations. We rebuilt our block diagram, making it much more detailed, and bringing it up to the standards that we’ve seen our classmates set. This change also pushed us to figure out some the details that we needed to settle to understand how we would deliver on some of the aspects of our project. We have also decided to install LED lights within our device, and potentially add to the UI to guide the user to the best distance that they should stand at to use our mirror. This change was necessary because our team realized that some aspects of our project were dependent on the users lighting and surroundings, which may vary from user to user beyond our control.
We have ordered several of the parts we need, and made a lot of progress on our design presentation, and hope to be able to provide a good presentation and begin working on our first implementations next week.
Ramzi’s Status Report for 2/19
This week we focused our work on our design presentation. We’ve spent a lot of time going over potential ideas and solutions, and picking out the parts we need to flesh out the details of how we are going to build our project. I spent my time putting together the presentation, performing research, and tracking and documenting our budget spent and items purchased.
Our main activity this week was putting together the presentation on Monday and Wednesday. I designed a block diagram for our project that we could use for our design presentation. We discussed as a group what we needed to include in the presentation, and what items we should place orders for. Overall we decided quickly what items we wanted for our project. We met with a professor and a TA on Wednesday, where we discussed where our project would be going from here, and afterwards I put together a list of the items that we had purchased so far, or were going to purchase for the sake of tracking our budget.
Thus we were able to break ground on our design presentation, and figure out the direction we want to head in next with our project. We are waiting while we gather the rest of our materials, and preparing to implement the initial parts of our project.
Ramzi’s Status Report for 2/12
This week we mostly worked on our proposal presentation. We’ve spent a lot of time narrowing down our options, and making specific decisions to flesh out the details of what we want our project to be. I spent my time putting together and practicing the presentation, performing research, and pursuing conversation with my group partners to bring all of us on the same page.
I provided the presentation first thing on Monday morning. Afterwards we discussed as a group what we felt we had learned from providing the presentation, and the questions we received afterwards. There had been a small disconnect between some of our teammates in several areas leading up to the presentation. Giving the presentation, and answering the questions we received let us find these points of conflict, and merge our opinions so that we were unified as a group.
Thus we were able to decide most of the details for our project as a team, as well as the direction we want to head in next. We are preparing to begin on our design presentation, as well as gathering the rest of our materials, and beginning to implement the initial parts of our project.