03/04 – Lata
The whole team should answer the following questions in the Team Status Report:
What are the most significant risks that could jeopardize the success of the project? How are these risks being managed? What contingency plans are ready?
The most significant risk that we are facing right now is getting the PDR properly integrated with the GPS and the new iteration of the PCB arriving on time with enough time for us to test the firmware on it as well. We realized with testing for the interim demo that there were some errors in our initial PCB. We are ordering the PCB this week, on Monday, when ordering opens, and ideally, it will be here within the week, and we will be able to begin soldering and integrating the firmware onto the PCB fairly quickly
Were any changes made to the existing design of the system (requirements, block diagram, system spec, etc)? Why was this change necessary, what costs does the change incur, and how will these costs be mitigated going forward?
The design of the system is staying the same; we just had to make some changes to the PCB because we faced some wiring issues, but every piece on the PCB is staying the same. The cost of this change is just financial because we made an error initially.
Provide an updated schedule if changes have occurred.
This is also the place to put some photos of your progress or to brag about a component you got working.
Link to video of UI: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uB-YKRFpqOqrMi1vG3DI5HIbTuG1QIWU/view?usp=sharing
VALIDATION TESTING:
For validation of the product, we will be sending out user surveys and having different users use the product for a few days to see if they enjoy it and if it results in less stressful and easier navigation that we are looking for. Additionally, we will also be testing the device once it is fully integrated before we user test it with others. We will be testing battery life through the use of a full day and seeing how long it lasts in that time frame. Additionally, all of us are currently individually testing all of our parts and testing everything as we begin to integrate them piece by piece through walking tests, navigation and routing planning comparisons, and direct tests by seeing if firmware is working on hardware and being sent to software.