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Matthew’s status report 3/23/2024

What did you personally accomplish this week on the project? Give files orphotos that demonstrate your progress. Prove to the reader that you put sufficienteffort into the project over the course of the week (12+ hours).

I discussed compressing the number of components we truly needed to get our MVP to work and helped the team limit the design of the bottle to only use 1 microcontroller placed at the very bottom of the water bottle. I also drew out a schematic of the final microcontroller setup, and discussed options on setting up the ultrasonic without having to place it at the very top of the bottle.

 

• Is your progress on schedule or behind? If you are behind, what actions will betaken to catch up to the project schedule?

We are on schedule

• What deliverables do you hope to complete in the next week?

We hope on having the CAD MVP product and work on directly connecting wires instead of a breadboard

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Matthew’s Status Report 2/24

What did you personally accomplish this week on the project? Give files orphotos that demonstrate your progress. Prove to the reader that you put sufficient effort into the project over the course of the week (12+ hours).

At the start of the week, I got started on soldering the SEEED microcontroller, as well as making modifications to the ultrasonic so that it could be directly connected onto the microcontroller, as well as accounting for reducing the length of the wires.

Unfortunately, Alan and I noticed the flaws of the SEEED microcontrollers, due to connection issues with our respective computers, so we are currently debating using a different microcontroller, such as an Arduino NANO BLE or Adafruit BLE models. We also reconfirmed the usage of the copper wire to be used as plates for a parallel capacitor setup.

 

• Is your progress on schedule or behind? If you are behind, what actions will be taken to catch up to the project schedule

I am ahead of schedule with testing, but behind schedule with bluetooth testing and overall assembly thanks to the issue with the SEEED boards. I will have more time next week to work on the boards or even finding new microcontrollers

• What deliverables do you hope to complete in the next week?

By next week I am hoping to have received a new microcontroller setup, and making modifications to the sensors that we have so that we can assemble all of the components together onto a breadboard setup.

 

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Matthew’s Status Report 2/17/2024

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 sufficienteffort into the project over the week (12+ hours).

I finalized research on the sensors we would be using, as well as organizing schematic drawings on how to set up the microcontrollers and potentially wiring everything through. A primary concern was how we were going to set up the different sensors, and the course of action we took was to divide the electronics into two different sections and use two microcontrollers for each section. Along with that, I started to help order parts, such as a second SEEED that we would use for our product

  • Is your progress on schedule or behind? If you are behind, what actions will be taken to catch up to the project schedule?

My progress is on schedule

  • What deliverables do you hope to complete in the next week?

By next week we hope to begin assembling the electronic components to create a prototype before trying to fit everything into a water bottle. I will be using the SEEED xiao to implement ultrasonic and gyroscope implementation at the same time. I will also be working with the team to turn in the Design Review draft looking at the feedback we received.

 

 

 

 

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Matthew Choi Status Report 2/10/2024

  • What did you personally accomplish this week on the project?

I took a look at the parts that we needed and made a simple arduino model in order to test whether it was possible for different ultrasonic sensor models to detect water level to an accurate level. The process involved soldering wires and assembling parts within a breadboard. A different model of the microcontroller was used with the same amount of pins in order to estimate how many different items we could fit onto the microcontroller. I also ordered the bluetooth microcontroller that we will use for our product, as well as a new, waterproof ultrasonic sensor. I also CADed a brief model of a cylindrical water bottle we may potentially use, since it would be easier for us to estimate the volume of water thanks to the simpler shape.

 

  • Is your progress on schedule or behind? If you are behind, what actions will be taken to catch up to the project schedule?

 

We are on schedule

 

  • What deliverables do you hope to complete in the next week?

 

I  hope to assemble the photodiode with the rest of the microcontroller assembly to start assembling a model without using a breadboard. We want to get a general idea on how many sensors we can fit inside of the SEEED microcontroller. I will also work on soldering specific wires to directly connect the microcontroller to the waterproof ultrasonic sensor