I spent the majority of the time at the beginning of this week working on the design presentation slides. Specifically, I contributed to almost all of the topics for the slides required in the design presentation guidance page aside from the information that my teammates are more familiar with. I also helped with the speaker notes so that we’d all be equally familiar with the content of the presentation. In addition, I did more research into the remaining hardware components we need for the device and had them ordered. I also continued brainstorming and designing the UI for the web app with Elinora. We discussed exactly what components we wanted in the web app and what kind of information each page would display. We already had a few pages planned out from last week, but now we have all of the pages planned out to display the charts tracking a user’s driving history and feedback and a log of all of the feedback. I also started doing research into using React.js and created the initial React app. I also did some more research into how wifi will be integrated into the device in the car, but it’s been a bit challenging so far to exactly figure out how to implement this component.
According to the Gantt chart, by the end of the week, I was supposed to have completed working on the design presentation and initial design documentation, working on the device schematic and part selection, and refining the web app design. The design presentation was completed, the parts selection have been done, and the web app design is completed as well. The design documentation has been started, but I think at this stage, there should be a little more fleshed out. To catch up on this part, I will dedicate more time to it now that my schedule has cleared up more this week.
By next week, the design documentation should be worked on and completed as a team. We also hope to have all of our hardware components acquired so that we can test them all individually to make sure that they work. I will also be working with Elinora to start creating the pages in the React app and implementing our UI designs. I also want to continue figuring out how to incorporate the wifi with the device in the car.