Team Status Report for 2/21

This week, our team continued researching and ordering components for our moving light. Kira presented our design review slides, and we all completed peer reviews for other team’s designs. Ella made substantial progress on the motor subsystem after key components arrived midweek, allowing her to begin more hands-on work. Chloe began drafting our design report, using the provided template. Next week, we plan to focus on completing the design report, finalize component purchases, and Kira and Chloe will begin developing their subsystems, DMX I/O and cooling respectively, as long as the necessary components arrive on time. At the moment, the most significant risks would be the delay of parts arriving, or realizing that the parts we bought are not compatible with each other. To minimize these risks, we’ve looked carefully at the specifications of all ordered parts and only ordered what we needed to get started, that way we can make adjustments as we go if needed. This week, our design hasn’t changed much, since we’ve nailed down almost everything while preparing for our design presentation last week.