This week I decided on specific components that we will be using for the software/mobile app part of our project. For the mobile app, I plan on using Flutter. Flutter is a good choice for our project because our mobile app will be relatively simple and Flutter provides ready-made widgets and high performance. Additionally, I decided on using an AWS EC2 instance to host the backend server. Since we need a way to store and manage data, I planned for us to use MySQL for our database. I chose MySQL because of its ease of use and performance; we want our system to be real-time so performance was a high priority aspect. MySQL is also an established database so there are a lot of resources and support available.
I think I am on the right track right now since a lot of our group’s focus is currently on the hardware. However, for this week, I plan on doing more research on how to integrate all of the different software components together. Additionally, I want to create a mockup of the app on Figma. Aside from my personal deliverables, I plan on working on the design report with my group.