Status Update 11/15/2017

Goals For The Past Week:

  • Gain knowledge of servo and weight sensor operation (Both).
  • Build preliminary touch UI (Tom).
  • Determine how to control servo operation (Jeremy).
  • Draw a detailed schematic of our system (Jeremy).
  • Determine final parts list (Both).
  • Order any remaining parts needed (Both).

Goals Achieved This Week:

  • Gained knowledge of servo and weight sensor operation.
  • Began building preliminary touch UI.
  • Determined and ordered finals parts list.
  • Gained knowledge of and began integration of flow valve and valve sensor.
  • Gained knowledge of and began integration of LM317 voltage regulator for step-down of 9V to 5V.

Current Challenges:

  • Determining how flow sensor and valve operation works.
  • Determining how force sensor operation works.

Plans For The Upcoming Week:

  • Finish preliminary touch UI (Tom).
  • Draw a detailed schematic of our system (Jeremy).
  • Begin scale integration (Tom).
  • Build software backend to servo operation (Jeremy).
  • Continue Servo integration (Jeremy).
  • Continue flow valve and sensor integration (Both).

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