Michelle’s Status Report for 10/26

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).

  • This week, I looked into weighing the option of rotating the LCD screen versus keeping it in a horizontal display.
  • Rotating the LCD is time costly (as it requires a nested for-loop) and could potentially put our latency past our requirements, but would be better for the physical design.
  • I continued making progress on the design using the rotated LCD, including preparing a CAD model to do initial fit tests on.
  • I began preparing to connect the power SHIM onto the pico, including doing research on what steps to take before/after connection.

Is your progress on schedule or behind. If you are behind, what actions will betaken to catch up to the project schedule?

  • I am slightly behind schedule, as I haven’t been able to print the glasses cases yet. To catch up with the schedule, I plan to do a short sprint tomorrow to finish the CAD and send the print job over to the TechSpark 3D printers.

What deliverables do you hope to complete in the next week?

  • I hope to have a prototype of the glasses will all components attached, even if the LCD is in the incorrect orientation.
  • I will be working with Alena and Kayla to standardize the method of communication between all components, including web app to the picos.

Michelle’s Status Report for 10/20

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).

  • This week, I worked on prepping the CAD model for 3D printing. This included figuring out a good fastener system.
  • I also realized that the transparent LCD cannot be rotated, so I sketched out plans for design modifications.

Is your progress on schedule or behind. If you are behind, what actions will betaken to catch up to the project schedule?

  • We are on schedule, since we planned to work mostly before fall break.

What deliverables do you hope to complete in the next week?

  • By next week, I hope to have a 3D printed casing and attach components to it.
  • This will allow me to make modifications to the design as needed.
  • I will also be working with the battery and power SHIM to allow for hands free power.

Michelle’s Status Report for 10/5

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).

  • This week, I worked on version 3 of the CAD model for the glasses, including making sketches of the extending/flexible transparent LCD holder.
  • I also worked on bringing up the transparent LCD using Thonny and the Raspberry Pi Pico W.
  • I also helped out with the design presentation earlier in the week.

Is your progress on schedule or behind. If you are behind, what actions will betaken to catch up to the project schedule?

  • I hope to start integrating the components with Alena tomorrow (10/6). From there, we will determine what the best course of action is.
  • Because I am second-guessing the need for a PCB, our progress is either on time or slightly ahead. The PCB may just add additional weight and not serve much purpose if we find an alternative way to mount our components and connect them.

What deliverables do you hope to complete in the next week?

  • By next week, I hope to have all components integrated and tested on one Raspberry Pi Pico W.
  • I also hope to have at least one version of the glasses printed to judge weight and comfort.
  • I will be working with Kayla + Alena to see what the best method of communicating with the Raspberry Pi Pico W is (sending information to the web app) throughout the week.
  • Finally, I will work on experimenting with the battery and power SHIM to see if the battery life meets our expectations.

Michelle’s Status Report for 9/28

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).

  • Towards the first few days of the week, I ordered all the components after clearing them with the capstone advisor + TA. 
  • We received the Raspberry Pi Pico W’s on Wednesday and the other components on Thursday. On Friday, I confirmed that I would be able to communicate with Raspberry Pi Pico W by installing “Thonny” and running a simple LED test. Alena and I then distributed our parts (I took the LCD, Alena took the microphone + speaker) and one Raspberry Pi Pico W each for solo-testing purposes.

Is your progress on schedule or behind. If you are behind, what actions will betaken to catch up to the project schedule?

  • We are slightly behind our prototyping schedule, as we held off on ordering parts until after our meeting on Monday. We are about a week behind on prototyping, but because we schedule with 2-3 weeks of leeway, it is enough to catch up.
  • I am also well into designing a third iteration of the outer casing, and each iteration takes less time.

What deliverables do you hope to complete in the next week?

  • By next week, I am hoping to have code that communicates with the transparent LCD. I will also be syncing with Alena’s progress to finalize a schematic.
  • If the schematic is completed, I will work on making the PCB with Alena and developing a fully fleshed-out design for the outer casing of the glasses.

Michelle’s Status Report for 9/21

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).
  • This week, I worked on finalizing the parts list for the initial prototype of our device. I looked into the transparent LCD and speaker while Alena looked into a microphone. As a group, we decided to use a Raspberry Pi Pico W as the microcontroller for our smart glasses.
  • Following these decisions, I created a Bill of Materials for the parts required in our prototyping phase.

  • I also began redesigning the external casing for the glasses. The design process is on-hold until Alena and I finish the schematic and PCB design.
  • The team and I also spent Sunday finalizing the presentation for our proposal. During this meeting, we set up our general deadlines for the phases of our project: Research, Prototyping, Development, and Testing. We created a Gantt chart to keep track of these deadlines.

Is your progress on schedule or behind. If you are behind, what actions will betaken to catch up to the project schedule?

  • My personal progress is on schedule, but I would like to get started on the schematic design for the components and order materials listed on our parts list by early next week.

What deliverables do you hope to complete in the next week?

  • By next week, I hope to complete the schematic of our glasses with Alena and design a PCB. Assuming we are on schedule, I hope to design a prototype casing around the newly designed PCB.