For this week, I have continued on working on the electrical portion of our project- focusing yet again on the research/coding as our parts have not arrived yet due to an ordering mistake. One pivot I decided on was to change our design for getting the pills the fall into the compartment- instead of a forward-backward motion using a pulley or gear system, a more clear-cut movement of side to side (rotational movement to create the necessary gap for pill(s) to fall through, as seen below). There is a potential slight but significant pivot in the plans for the hardware aspect- as of right now, once all parts are in, we are only able to use one ESP32 as there was an error in ordering parts. For now, I’ll be combining RX and TX, keep bluetooth as an option as we’ll need it anyways, and trying out different codes, both with help from AI for different perspectives and combining with my own knowledge (example of one such code below).
We are still waiting for the parts to come in, so the building-aspect of my progress is not on the range I wanted it to be. I was very heavily-loaded this week from other projects and classes which did not bode well for getting ahead in my progress. However, I will be using a good part of the weekend to catch up not only on this course but others as well so that the upcoming week can be used to focus on finishing both the build and coding for the electrical/hardware portion of our project.
By the end of next week, the entirety of the hardware should be built and ready to demo at the interim demo. I will be using set hours throughout the next week to make this a priority, hence will be using this weekend to finish most of the work due earlier than later.
