01/26/2018
Last week we ordered all of our circuitry components. They have now all arrived. To ensure timely productivity, we created a detailed Gantt chart for the semester breaking our tasks down into smaller components by week and by team member.
Because we are prototyping with small (to-scale) surface-mount components, we needed to create prototyping boards that allow us to connect our small integrated circuits (ICs) to breadboards. Nathan spent time using CAD to design custom breakout boards for each of the chips (voltage regulator, microcontroller, RF chip, and the digital potentiometer). He also printed our first scaled up model of the screw (5mm = 1 in) for prototyping visualization and placement. Natalie spent time researching the best Arduino libraries to use with the TFT screen and will begin experimenting with GUI creation this weekend. Additionally, we plan to attempt to etch PCBs using the designs Nathan created so that we can reflow solder our components and begin manipulating them.
We have scheduled a meeting with our client for next Friday to hear his opinions on our final design choices and update him with what our semester will entail.
Last week we ordered all of our circuitry components. They have now all arrived. To ensure timely productivity, we created a detailed Gantt chart for the semester breaking our tasks down into smaller components by week and by team member.
Because we are prototyping with small (to-scale) surface-mount components, we needed to create prototyping boards that allow us to connect our small integrated circuits (ICs) to breadboards. Nathan spent time using CAD to design custom breakout boards for each of the chips (voltage regulator, microcontroller, RF chip, and the digital potentiometer). He also printed our first scaled up model of the screw (5mm = 1 in) for prototyping visualization and placement. Natalie spent time researching the best Arduino libraries to use with the TFT screen and will begin experimenting with GUI creation this weekend. Additionally, we plan to attempt to etch PCBs using the designs Nathan created so that we can reflow solder our components and begin manipulating them.
We have scheduled a meeting with our client for next Friday to hear his opinions on our final design choices and update him with what our semester will entail.