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).
This past week I worked with my teammates on perfecting the design presentation and solidifying our use case. We then worked on doing more calculations and research on finalizing the hardware and software stack to be used.
I have started working on developing the code for the receiver node (the ESP32 on the receiver node which will then transmit the received data frames to the FPGA). I have finalized the tool chain setup and have figured out how the complete implementation will work. The ESP32 Wifi-Setup has also been completed and I am now working on actually transmitting the data and completing the initial physical hardware setup. I also started testing the code for the JPEG decompression algorithm in C, which will then be used by my teammates to convert into System Verilog and apply on the FPGA. Me and Michael have already tested on a few test images, and the code does seem to work well, giving us a compression ratio of about 5.75:1, which is good enough for our needs.
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 all things are on track. If any problems occur, we plan on using the mitigation strategies discussed in our proposal and design presentations.
What deliverables do you hope to complete in the next week?
In the next week, I will be working on writing the JPEG Buffer which will store the incoming data frames from all the remote camera nodes. I will also be working with my teammates on helping them with their parts and ensuring overall progress of the project.