Workflow

Final materials list for revised prototype:

Adafruit Bluefruit Feather nRF52382 ($24.95)
Adafruit accelerometer/compass sensor ($14.95)
iPhone with Adafruit Bluefruit LE Connect (free download)
Micro USB cable (Fab Lab)
Alligator clips (Fab Lab)
Soldering materials (Fab Lab)

Tools:

No other tools besides a laptop with Arduino software are needed

Files:

All Arduino codes are in shared google drive folder, which can be accessed from the main page.

Project Management:

This was an atypical project that took an unpredicted course. When I set out to "improve" my 1st semester project, I didn't have in mind a change-up in hardware nor was I anticipating so many error messages in my code. Day to day descriptions of what I accomplished and what I planned to do the next day are in my daily journal. Below is a crude breakdown of where my time was spent over the course of the quarter.

How to add Adafruit Bluefruit nRF52 board:

Download and install Arduino IDE
Go to "Arduino" tab at the top --> preferences --> scroll down to "Additional Boards Manager URLs
Paste https://www.adafruit.com/package_adafruit_index.json in box
Restart Arduino IDE
Go to "Tools" tab --> Boards --> Boards Manager
Enter Adafruit nRF52 by Adafruit in search box
Click install and wait for installation to finish
Go to "Tools" tab --> Boards --> scroll to the bottom --> select "Adafruit Bluefruit nRF52382 Feather"
For more info, you can visit the Adafruit Learning Guide on this particular model

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