Ryan’s Status Report for 2/12

This week, I was unfortunately a bit under the weather and spent time recovering. However, I still helped prepare our proposal presentation, along with getting to hear a bunch of other really cool proposals. Outside of class, I spent time looking into sensors to purchase for the hardware solution, and found a couple thermal sensors that seem like they may work, as part of an effort to order all the hardware needed for the project. I also looked into alternative methods of charging the battery, including using solar panels, but found practicality issues with those which makes me hesitant to implement them into our design. While I am a bit behind on that, and am hoping to finish that up by early next week, I am feeling better and am hopeful that I can catch up! Next week, along with getting the rest of the parts ordered, I am going to start playing around with some of the parts we already have available.