Personal tasks of this week:
Task: Order PCB and Components
Definition: With Andrew, finalize and order the PCB as well as its components so that they can arrive before demo day.
Completion: The task is completed. In the process of ordering, we’ve discovered that it takes PCBWay over 20 days to fully manufacture and assemble the PCB due to the limited availability of some components. Therefore, we decided to order only the PCB from PCBWay, and order the components separately from DigiKey. The PCB will likely arrive on the 30th.
Next Steps:
My next step is to manually reflow the 406 surface-mount components, and solder the through-hole components, once the PCB and the components arrive.
Overall progress assessment:
My progress is behind schedule, because the PCB will arrive a few days before demo, and there are 406 components to reflow. However, we’re hopeful that we can have it fully manufactured by demo day.