- Materials and BOM: Sorted and verified purchased hardware against the project bill of materials so the team knows exactly what is available for build and test.
- Raspberry Pi 5 / IoT setup: Started installing and configuring dependencies on the Raspberry Pi 5 for the IoT backend environment.
- System integration: Worked through how the separate software pieces connect, specifically the Docker containers and how services depend on each other in the overall pipeline.
- Electrical safety and wiring: Researched a careful approach to power, grounding, and load connections so we avoid wrong voltages, excessive current, or damage to ESP32s, sensors, and actuators.
- Software validation: Ran tests on the software pipeline to validate behavior before attaching live hardware.
Is your progress on schedule or behind?
On schedule for this phase. Materials are organized, Pi-side setup and container integration review are in progress, and we are ready to shift to first-node hardware bring-up next week. Parallel work on wiring safety and pipeline testing keeps integration risk manageable.
What deliverables do you hope to complete in the next week?
- Connect at least one node to the system and verify end-to-end communication with the backend.
- Flash and test firmware on that node (sensors, commands, or door flow as applicable) and log any integration issues.
- Refine Docker / service configuration if real device traffic exposes gaps.
- Document wiring and configuration choices from bring-up so the team can repeat the setup safely.