Status Update 11/30

Our goals for the week were to get the gloves up and running, have the PIC recognizing a bend in the finger, and have have the SD card reader close to working.  Connor worked on sewing the sensors on to the gloves and the associated hardware required to make the PIC recognize a bend for an individual finger.  Geoff worked on the SD card reading and is finding the 2015 Fingerprint Doorbell Project to be a very helpful resource.  Some current challenges we are facing is sewing the sensors on to the glove without sewing the gloves shut and locating the spot in memory of the notes.  For this coming week, Connor is going to finish relating the combination of finger bend inputs to a note and Geoff is going to finish getting the SD card reader playing a song.

Status Update 11/9

This week, we slightly modified our initial proposal.  Now, we are using an SD card reader to play WAV files that contain notes played from an alto sax.  For the previous week, our plan was to get the proposal approved by Professor Watkins.  The goal was achieved, and now the plan for the following week is to flesh out our design and create a full implementation plan.  This will require understanding of how to operate the SD card breakout board, foot pedal, and flex sensors operate.  We will also start building the hysteresis circuits for flex and pressure sensors, while also learning how WAV files work.