This week the whole team performed unit testing on the circuit componentry. There was an issue in the interrupter circuit which has been identified as improper resistor values. A new interrupter circuit is currently being built to fix this issue, as duty cycles were far too high originally. This will result in a minor design change regarding the resistances used in the interrupter circuit, however those values have not been chosen yet. When they are, a post with an updated design report will be made to reflect those changes.
Once a new interrupter module has been built and passes unit testing for frequency and duty cycle range, the components will be assembled for integration based testing. We as a team plan to perform a large majority of the integration testing in one long period, which will serve as an apt stress test of our design as well.
As of current our biggest risk is integration. The time taken to perform these tests is non-negligible. While we do fear this may eat into our time to design our housing, we believe that we can power through. We still plan to have an at least basic functioning model by the interim demo date. An updated schedule will be included in the updated design report when that has been made.