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).
Spring break and the design report meant that the last two weeks were less productive than the previous one. I spent the bulk of the first week writing the design report, this took more than 12 hours individually. I wrote the introduction, drew the block diagram, and wrote the parts relevant to my subsystem.
As for the actual project, I modified the Arduino embedded controller code to work for two motors, controlling the gantry in 2 dimensions instead of one. See code.
Is your progress on schedule or behind? If you are behind, what actions will be taken to catch up to the project schedule?
My progress is on schedule. My goal for this week was to finish the design report and add the second dimension to the motor controller code.
What deliverables do you hope to complete in the next week?
I had a medical procedure over spring break which is preventing me from getting to Pittsburgh until Thursday. I’m working on requesting a short-term “Full Absence from Class Accommodation” recommendation from ODR. I will be working on the Ethics Assignment until then. Once I am back in Pittsburgh, my goal is to upload this code to GitHub (2FA won’t let me log in because I am out of the country), and test this code if Trey has assembled the gantry. This will likely take some time. If I manage to complete this with some time to spare, I hope to add more sophisticated logic to move the gantry only along the edges of chessboard squares.