This was the first week after initial team selection and project ideation. We finalized what we will be creating over the course of the semester, and divided up tasks based on each team member’s interests and proficiency. I will be managing more of the software stack, and handling the ESP32 on the receiver node.
My major role will be to ensure that all the data being transmitted from the 6 camera nodes is received appropriately on the receiver, and is then transmitted in the correct format to the FPGA for further processing.
A major task for this week was the Proposal Presentation. I was the speaker, and therefore had to rehearse and plan the presentation with my teammates. I believe the presentation went well, as per the feedback received from my peers and the instructors. There are no images that we took during the presentation, however the proposal presentation slides have been uploaded to the website for reference.
Me and my teammates met multiple times over the course of the previous week to finalize the slides and rehearse multiple times before going into the presentation. Apart from that, I timed myself and rehearsed solo by recording myself, talking into the mirror, and planning out exactly what I would be saying.
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 currently on schedule and there are no major delays as of yet.
What deliverables do you hope to complete in the next week?
In the coming week, we plan to do more research into finalizing our use case, and consequently finalizing the hardware specifications we require for fulfilling our goals. This will involve multiple iterations of ideas and selection of suitable hardware, based on both our budget and intended use. I and my teammates will also do mathematical calculations and run simulations (maybe try out different FPGAs, monitor displays, microcontrollers, etc.), over the course of the week to finalize the hardware specifications we need, and then curate a list of all the products we would require.