At the end of last week, two sensors arrived in the mail, and we were able to begin our first prototyping iteration. We soldered pins into the first pair of accelerometers that we will use for this first prototype. After downloading the test code for our chosen accelerometers, however, we found that they did not work. We suspected there were issues with the soldering, but we weren’t able to find a solution by the end of our team meeting on Friday. We had planned to correct this on Monday of this week.
Yet this week we were not able to go into Widder’s lab on Monday because of a biomechanics lab using the laboratory space. We plan to ask Professor Widder about whether the orientation of the pins is affecting the device. We plan to meet on Friday again to work and diagnose the problems from last week. We as a team also need to determine more times when we can meet during the week to move the building phase along faster. Moving forward, we will try to work more individually and divide up tasks in getting our first prototype running. We will also look to meet again with Dr. Carter to confirm our new specifications and metrics, but hopefully with at least a basic prototype in hand.
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