Week of Feb 17 – Feb 23
Finalized design of IR transmitter and receiver. Met with Professor Mukherjee and had him review and approve of both of the circuits.
Continued work on the model of the car. Almost all features have been added and planned out (only thing missing is the battery pack for the motors and pi).
Reworked the budget and bill of materials to better reflect the parts we want.
Also worked on slides and diagrams for the Design Review Presentation on Monday.
Scheduling
No changes need to be made to the schedule, as I am currently on track for the task that I have to do. Next week, I will be work on the layout of the PCB for the IR circuits and the physical layout og the gates, as per the schedule below:
| New Schedule | |
| Dates | Task |
| Feb 4 – Feb 6 | Came up with a first draft of the bill of materials for three cars |
| Feb 6 – Feb 8 | Started design of RFID and IR circuits |
| Feb 8 – Feb 15 | Started design the physical layout of a car |
| Feb 15 – Feb 22 | Finish circuit designs and physical layout of the car |
| Feb 22 – Feb 25 | Design the PCB that goes in the car |
| Feb 25 – Feb 28 | Design the physical layout of a gate |
| Feb 28 – Mar 3 | Electrically connect PCB to raspberry and test for short-circuit connections |
| Mar 3 – Mar 5 | Assemble motors, raspberry pi, battery packs into chassis of vehicle |
| Mar 17 – Mar 19 | Fix front wheels and rear-wheel axle and wheels to car |
| Mar 19 – Mar 25 | Place circuit on the base of the car and wire scanner with the PCB |
| Mar 25 – Mar 31 | Mount IR pulse gun on car |
| Mar 31 – Apr 4 | Add colored LEDs for visual display of interaction |
| Apr 4 – Apr 9 | Attach camera and finish car |
Deliverables for Next Week:
- Full design of the physical layout of the PCB for the IR Circuit
- Full design of the physical layout of the gates
- Start assembling the actual cars
- Continue working on exterior models for the three cars