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?
Hardware: I am a little concerned about designing a circuit and soldering it onto a protoboard. It is more permanent than doing it on a breadboard so I will ask Prof. Tamal, Sullivan, or Budnik for advice if I do come across any issues. There’s really no contingency plan because I NEED to do this.
Music Software: Not much has changed. I’m still planning on tightening up any timing measurements for deciding where the beats fall. The reasoning has previously been elaborated on, but to quickly restate: if the timing is off, the user won’t really feel as though they’re playing. It’s one thing to be off-time because you aren’t matching a beat, and it’s an entirely different thing for your instrument to be off-time from you.
Software (CV): I still believe that color detection could be one of the greater risks at this point, as I started to fine-tune the color detection and it proved to be more difficult than expected. I am still not too worried about this, but the contingency plan is just putting up a plain background or having a set color to use.
“ 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?
Hardware: n/a
Software: No major changes. Bayesian Updating simplified in belief that a more complex system is unnecessary. However, there are still structures in place that allow for a full implementation.
“ Provide an updated schedule if changes have occurred.
Hardware: everything is going well! on track!
Music Software: On track.
Software (CV): On track.
“ This is also the place to put some photos of your progress or to brag about a
the component you got working.
Hardware: got my testing circuit working!
Software: Nothing too interesting to look at on the music side, though you can see some console output in Lance’s post.
Software (CV): more details in Katherine’s post, but the generative mode is recognizing patterns using the grid:
