Chloe’s Status Report for 3/7

This week, I worked on writing various sections of the design report. I focused on the abstract, introduction, user needs, design requirements, testing, project management, related work, and summary sections. In addition, I finalized the power converter we will use based on the specs of our ordered parts and placed an order request for it. My progress is a bit behind what we initially set because we just finished ordering parts this week. I was planning on having the power system and LED system fully designed after break, which is still on track, but I will likely need to see the physical thing to be sure of what I have designed. To catch up to the project schedule, I will use the buffer time we included before we integrate parts to get each subsystem working. In addition, now that almost all our parts have been ordered, I can nail down how everything will be connected. Next week, the week after break, I plan to work on the code needed for LED control, and finish up the design of our power system once everything arrives.