Overview of Status of Analysis, Design, Fabrication, Tests, etc.
Conference call with Delson, Browne and Dey, along with Electrical Engineering team
decided on dates to demo product to focus group at hospital on 6/7 and to West Wireless on 6/8
Got sensors to give digital readout when sensing pills, 1 for pill in blister, 0 for no pill
Wired piezo buzzer to play melody
Wired vibrating motor
Accomplishments from Previous Week
Will be removing one day of pills on blister pack in order to make room for sensors and electronics
Need to meet with plastics professional Bob Greene from SD Plastics to find out about thermoforming, possibly outsourcing
meeting with him this week was cancelled
Decided on deliverables to demo at West Wireless Health Institute
Demo 1:
Send signal to remind patient to take medication through sound
Patient takes pills, puts blister back in pillsafe
signal sent to computer that pills have been puctured
Demo 2:
Toggle switch to turn off sound
Send signal to remind patient to take medication through vibration
Patient takes pills, puts blister back in pillsafe
signal sent to computer that pills have been puctured
Asking Sara to set up focus group to present to
New decision must be made regarding either removing more day's worth of pills in order to self make blister
Goals for Next Week (list names after each item). Use specific and measurable objectives.
Sync all electronics together
Write code for demo
Debug code for demo
Switch testing to turn on and off LEDs
Sponsor Comments from Last Meeting and Actions Taken to Address these Comments (indicate date of comments and if via email or in person)
Delson:
pursue mini muti-day pillsafe
use storyboard made for doctor presentation
create handout with the different possible designs, highlighting everything important about each design
have a plastic demo (form factor), an electronic demo (possibly larger/bulkier), have EE team demo wireless communication
Dey
good presentation from phone conference, well organized
1. You will 3D print a "iPhone" size Pillsafe that is externally form factor accurate. It will have a functional lid, be the size it will be, etc.
2. It will have an integrated LEDs, alarm system, and sensors.
3. Internally, it will NOT take the regular Pillsafe blisterpack, but will accept the Eclipse gum blisterpack. The optical sensor array will be aligned with the Eclipse gum blisterpack. The biggest risk I see -- can you integrate the optical array in the form factor of the iPhone? I know the Eclipse gum pack is narrower than the typical pillsafe blister pack -- is there enough "depth" to the Pillsafe to be able to integrate the optical array and the eclipse gum blisterpack? Taht's the
As for the demo, here's what I imagine. The demo will consists of this pillsafe attached with wires to your computer (that is talking to it over a serial connection). The demo will be:
1. Pillsafe alarms and LED goes green. (driven from computer).
2. I look at the Pillsafe -- "Ah the light is green, it is time for me to take a pill"
3. "Open lid"
4. "Take out blister pack" (this is noted on computer)
5. "Dispense pill"
6. "Put back blisterpack". Pillsafe automatically takes a reading of the pills taken. (sensor readings noted on computer)
7. LED goes red
Browne:
spilt presenation into particular parts per person
WWHI will provide lunch at meeting, so better to present there than at UCSD
WWHI-more technical presentation (engineers, potential employers will be there)
Instructor Comments from Last Meeting and Actions Taken to Address these Comments (indicate date of comments and if via email or in person)
work concurrently with finding a solution to plastics and thermoforming
will let team have ultimate decision of what to provide sponsor with, which direction to go in for final product
Risks and Areas of Concern
crunch time! can we get everything done in time?
all components are ordered, received and working
Progress on Report and Webpage
2nd draft will be sent following Mike's instructions by Friday, along with website update