Ted’s Status Report for 03/14/2026

This week, we met back up with Dr.  Dueck and received some feedback on the design of our wearable nodes, showing them a rough prototype to give them an estimate of what type of device they’d have on their person. I’ve also received some of the parts and have been working on interfacing the BLDC motors with the VESC motor controller. The VESC motor controller 3-phase wires come preequipped with MR-30 connectors, but the BLDC motors just come with rough wires. I’m thinking of just chopping off the connectors and simply just soldering the phase wires directly to the motor controller instead of attempting to install any MR-30 Connectors. One of the micro-usb connections on the VESC is a little loose but it shouldn’t be a source of any issues unless under heavy vibration. I’ve also finished designing the GT-2 timing pulley that will be used with our motor and timing belt, and plan to print it soon. I’ll be printing multiple copies incase they shatter or break during testing so we won’t have to wait an extended period of time to replace it.  Schedule is still on track, and by next week once ball bearings have been delivered I hope to begin construction of the rail itself.