As the first proper week working on our project after solidifying a concept, I spent time with my group brainstorming the necessary materials and requirements needed for our device. I aided in the research and design of our proposal presentation, making tweaks from the abstract and honing in on what we wanted our use case to accomplish. I worked with Jamshed to provide Jason mock-presentation feedback before the proposal presentation. A lot of the work time this week was spent generating a better idea of what our project seeks to accomplish and how we can implement it, which became clear in our proposal slide deck. On my own time I began reading up on devices on the market that provide the metrics we want to implement in the barbell sensors and if they should be feasible to integrate into our design.
In the coming week I hope to composite a list of IMUs and individual accelerometers, gyroscopes, etc. that compare their features and see which parts meet our use case requirements. After deciding and collaborating with Jason (as the other hardware member) I would like to place orders for the ones we deem best. Finally, since the design proposal is coming up I will collaborate with my group to develop a concrete plan with corresponding slides outlining what we plan to achieve.