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).
I was able to finish the full-octave hardware component to be ready for the interim demo this week. I worked with Katie to build the mounting system. This week, I wanted to work on building the two-octave system or at least prepare the components for it; but, all of our new solenoids are gone because my team left the toolbox with all of the components in Tech Spark.
Is your progress on schedule or behind? If you are behind, what actions will be
taken to catch up to the project schedule?
No — I am on schedule!
What deliverables do you hope to complete in the next week?
Hopefully, I can finish soldering and heat-shrink the components. So, I can start assembling everything onto the board.
Now that you are entering into the verification and validation phase of your project, provide a comprehensive update on what tests you have you run or are planning to run. In particular, how will you analyze the anticipated measured results to verify your contribution to the project meets the engineering design requirements or the use case requirements?
For my hw component, I use a very simple arduino code to test if all 7 solenoids can be turned on or not. From there, I tested a random pair of 7 solenoids and group of 4 solenoids at a time. As for meeting the engineering design requirements and the use case requirements, I try to make all of the solenoids solder to a longer wire and heat shrink as much as possible to make the circuit as compact as possible so it’s easy to install.