This week, I completed the door lock without wireless capabilities, adding the solenoid lock so that there is locking and unlocking at the entry of a correct PIN (123456#), as seen in the photos below. Also pictured below are the demo boards I created for the dance mat. I am taking an Ideate course this semester and have access to the laser cutters and 3D printers as well as a healthy scrap materials bin; because of this, I was able to go between classes and laser cut two 9″ squares out of scrap 3mm plywood, at no cost to our team. The two squares are to be the top and bottom of a single foot pat, sandwiching the four FSRs that are placed in each corner.
I was unable to switch the Arduino in the door lock to the Seeed microcontroller, however, we have determined this step to not be a priority and will switch this if we have time after the interim demo on April 1. Since the Arduino shouldn’t affect the system aside from an increased size in the door lock 3D printed casing, it will be of little consequence to leave it as is for the final version of the product if need be. Brooke and I are slightly behind in constructing the mat, as we started laser cutting and 3D printing this past Thursday; however, once we have one foot pad working it should be relatively simple to make the other foot pads as well as the mat to hold them. To get back on schedule, I will be exclusively working on the mat this week with Brooke.
Since I have finished the basic form of the lock, I will be transitioning to helping Brooke with assembling and testing the dance mat this upcoming week, as mentioned in the prior paragraph. We are hoping to have one dance foot pad assembled and in testing by the end of next week. If I have some additional downtime during the week, I would also like to make the door lock functionally more robust and begin researching a battery that will supply the lock.
