Nick Status Report for 3/15

This week, I did the ethics assignment, worked multiple times with Chaitanya to help finalize our hardware design, made initial plans for the housing model, and discussed restrictions for the housing model with someone from the 3D printing lab. We needed to finish our hardware design before I could start work on the housing model, since the dimensions of the model will depend on the specifications of the design. I did rethink my original idea for the housing to reduce risk, now planning to split it into 3 parts, with the top faceplate being its own part. This is because the faceplate is the part that relies most on the hardware design, so making it its own smaller part that can be slotted in easily allows me to make multiple possible designs and quickly adapt and refabricate the design if we run into any issues with our PCB design. Our progress has caught up a bit from where it was last week, and we expect to be fully caught up by the end of next week. Next week I hope to finish the models for the lower housing and the functional pedal, make an initial version of the faceplate model, do the in class portion of the ethics assignment, prototype with my group in lab to test some components we ordered, and start helping with the software if I have enough time.