This week, I spent a significant amount of my time creating, editing, and preparing our proposal presentation. I presented on Monday and look forward to reviewing the feedback I will receive in the next few days. I felt like I did a decent job, but I know that with time and experience, the nerves will go away, and I will be able to present much more fluidly. My group and I also appreciated the questions from other groups and have taken them into consideration.<\/p>\n
Aside from preparing for the presentation, I have also been looking into possible solenoids that I can use for the actuator part of our accompanyBot. We have selected two 25 N solenoids to test and one 5 N solenoid. After looking through previous projects with similar ambitions to ours, we have determined that getting solenoids with a higher force output, like 25 N, would likely be better when pressing down the piano key. Unfortunately, they are more expensive, so we would also like to order a 5 N solenoid to verify that they do not work as effectively before buying all 25 N solenoids.<\/p>\n
Furthermore, I have done some preliminary research into how we will manage the power required for our system and what else will likely be necessary for the circuitry component of the project.<\/p>\n
To conclude, I am currently on track with the Gantt chart presented in our project proposal. I hope to be more productive in the coming weeks as I aim to talk with our TA and order some parts at the start of next week. Hopefully, our parts ship fast, and I can begin testing and determining which solenoid we should use; however, if that is not the case, I plan on helping Nora develop and implement a plan for the microcontroller component of the project as we wait for parts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This week, I spent a significant amount of my time creating, editing, and preparing our proposal presentation. I presented on Monday and look forward to reviewing the feedback I will receive in the next few days. I felt like I did a decent job, but I know that with time and experience, the nerves will … <\/p>\n