This week was dedicated to our design presentation, and I had to present. I spent a good amount of time preparing the slides, ensuring they were filled with robust about our project’s key ideas and progress. I also anticipated questions from the professor to identify potential weak points that the professors might raise, which pushed me to clarify and strengthen our core concepts. For example, I delved into the specifics of our testing approach for intensity and brightness, researching the use of a lux meter to compare lux values and making sure the ratio is over 3x, which I believe offers a reliable method for our tests. This whole process not only made our presentation more robust but also deepened my understanding of the project’s overall direction. In addition to preparing for our own presentation, I took time to provide thoughtful feedback on other projects via a Google form, further contributing to our collaborative environment.
After the presentation, I shifted my focus to furthering our project work by diving into research on how to feed continuous real-time data into the Vankyo Burger 101 projector. Admittedly, I was not able to make significant progress as far as purely writing code went due to many obligations, but I was able to explore various communication protocols and data interfaces. This included exploring both the realms of wired and wireless to determine the most efficient way to ensure a steady stream of high frequency data. I simulated different data flow scenarios to better understand potential challenges, such as latency and data integrity issues, and began drafting technical documentation to outline a suitable architecture and the necessary API requirements. I believe that this process gave me a further understanding of enhancing the projector’s functionality, and I’m confident that with further refinement, this approach will significantly improve our project’s performance. Overall, it’s been a aptly productive week as far as presentation as well as further exploration on areas of the project that I needed further research on.