– What are the most significant risks that could jeopardize the success of the
project? How are these risks being managed? What contingency plans are ready?
Right now, our biggest risk is the battery life of the bench sensor module. We have concluded that some data has been missing because it dies prematurely. The NodeMCU is the cause of the batteries being drained, so Max is currently looking for ways to conserve power consumption.
– Were any changes made to the existing design of the system (requirements,
block diagram, system spec, etc)? Why was this change necessary, what costs
does the change incur, and how will these costs be mitigated going forward?
No immediate changes have been made, but one might have to be made this week. Our investigation will determine if it is necessary or not to make any significant changes.
• Provide an updated schedule if changes have occurred.
We updated our schedule for the interim demo this
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We have already been able to validate our system with each subsystem that is set up in the UC gym being able to communicate with our server. To validate more rigorously, we plan on replicating several scenarios with both the people counter and bench sensor on our own, and ensure that results are both real-time (as we defined) and accurate as we defined.