What did you personally accomplish this week on the project? Give files or
photos that demonstrate your progress. Prove to the reader that you put sufficient effort into the project over the course of the week (12+ hours).
In the past week, I worked with my other team members to produce our Proposal Presentation Slideshow. This involved researching and adding more information regarding our scanners, batteries, and PCB. From this research, we determined that we wanted our PCB to have an RFID module, Bluetooth module, accelerometer, and break beam sensor. I also created a GANTT chart so that we can keep each other accountable for our tasks and so we could have an even labor distribution. In addition, I presented our presentation to my fellow peers and we received lots of feedback on our proposal.
Is your progress on schedule or behind? If you are behind, what actions will be taken to catch up to the project schedule?
I believe that we are currently a bit behind schedule because, in our GANTT chart, we aimed to have all of our research and ordering done this week, but we have not ordered any parts that we need for our project. In order to combat this, we will be ordering our parts and I will start on the PCB design as soon as possible.
What deliverables do you hope to complete in the next week?
In the next week, I hope to finalize our project idea and order the necessary parts for our project. From the feedback that we received, we realized that we might need to pivot our idea slightly in order to create the best product that we had in mind. In addition, because it will take time to design and order our custom PCB, I will try to start designing our breadboard so that our next steps aren’t postponed because of this.