Personal Accomplishment
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 began working on the design report, taking responsibility in the Use Case Requirements, Design Requirements, partial Design Trade Studies, and the Test & Validation sections. Especially, in the use sase requirements, I identified and documented the various scenarios in which our design would be utilized, and for the design requirements, I outlined the features and specifications that our system need to meet to ensure optimal performance and achieve the use case requirements (both requirements are also listed concisely in the presentation slide).
- I recorded audios for the sound alert system. I categorized these audio files based on direction and distance. They are divided into three directional categories: left, front, and right, and cover five distance ranges: 1m, 2m, 3m, 4m, and 5m, which resulted in a total of 15 distinct audio files. Each alert conveys the message: “Detecting obstacles in your {direction} about {distance} away from you. Please be careful to avoid it.” To facilitate the playback of these audio alerts, I researched and watched several YouTube tutorials on connecting our audio hat to the raspberry pi and then transmit and play the audio files during operation.
- I picked up and returned components which we agreed to relinquish.
Schedule
Is your progress on schedule or behind? If you are behind, what actions will be taken to catch up to the project schedule?
Since my tasks are typically focused on the middle or later stages of the project, the delay in receiving those components does not impact my individual progress very much. However, I recognize the need to prepare for a potential reduction in my work time in the future and to assist my teammates more, as the delay affects the overall progress, especially the first stage, of our project.
Upcoming Deliverables
What deliverables do you hope to complete in the next week?
- Set up the audio hat as soon as it arrives, and then mock different radar detecting results to test the audio message playback to ensure the files display correctly.
- Assist teammates with setting up the radar and accelerometer, and support data collection during the initial stage. My primary work will begin in the next phase, once the initial setup is complete.
(due to the components arriving delay, similar upcoming deliverables as last week)