What are the most significant risks that could jeopardize the success of the project? How are these risks being managed? What contingency plans are ready?
Currently the most significant risk that could jeopardize this project is our distance tracking method via LIDAR. Fortunately our IMU bluetooth situation has been worked out, as we can send packets greater than 1 byte now from our IMU via bluetooth. However we have stumbled upon a new issue in regards to our distance detection when multiple players on playing the game at once. Due to the where the LIDAR is placed, if one ball is near the very back of the course, it could potentially block 90-100% of the LIDAR’s range of view, leaving it unable to detect any putts occurring besides the ball that is right in front of it. Therefore we have a serious challenge on our hands as to how we are going to be able to get multiplayer to work for our system. We may need to rescope the project, or we could try using acceleration data to measure distance from blocked balls.
Were any changes made to the existing design of the system (requirements, block diagram, system spec, etc)? Why was this change necessary, what costs does the change incur, and how will these costs be mitigated going forward?
Currently there are no changes to our block diagram. Our current block diagram is accurate to how we will present things in our interim demo.
Provide an updated schedule if changes have occurred.
We are probably about one week behind our allotted schedule due to delays in deliveries of various essential orders that we have placed, relating to IMU and webApp integration.