What did you personally accomplish this week on the project? Give files or photos that demonstrate your progress. Prove to the reader that you put sufficient effort into the project over the course of the week (12+ hours).
I implemented the battery charging system on the pcb using a lipo and a usb charging module with a boost converter. I also submitted our pcb, which we received yesterday.
Is your progress on schedule or behind? If you are behind, what actions will be taken to catch up to the project schedule?
We are slightly behind as we need to do validation and testing.
What deliverables do you hope to complete in the next week?
I want to fully solder everything and help with integration between firmware and software.
As you’ve designed, implemented and debugged your project, what new tools or new knowledge did you find it necessary to learn to be able to accomplish these tasks? What learning strategies did you use to acquire this new knowledge?
We recognize that there are quite a few different methods (i.e. learning strategies) for gaining new knowledge — one doesn’t always need to take a class, or read a textbook to learn something new. Informal methods, such as watching an online video or reading a forum post are quite appropriate learning strategies for the acquisition of new knowledge.
I learned a lot about kicad and how to work with manufacturing teams like jlcpcb and the way that people design, particularly the standards for how a pcb should work like implementing a ground plane and things like that. This was very necessary in order to have a pcb that doesn’t have bugs outside of the circuit designs, I mostly did online research to learn these things.