Weekly Progress Reports (see sidebar), the Gantt chart, and this Project Management page should be printed out before meetings with the sponsor and instructor.
All team members should be able to explain all items on the progress report.
Place a "*" at the beginning of the title of the active week Progress Report (see * in sidebar).
Project Objectives
Concisely list and prioritize the project objectives and constraintsÂ
High Priority Objectives
Automatic Calibration for Size of Tendon
Second Priority Objectives
Automatic Calibration for Temperature of Tendon
Wireless Design
Other Constraints and Issues
Exccellent Signal/Noise Ratio
WOW Design Solution
Incorporates all above ( Calibration for Size, Temperature, Wireless, Large S/N ratio )
Risk Reduction Strategy
Research into Strain Gauge Technology and Load Cell Design is ongoing.
An improvement on current design with automatic calibration based on tendon thickness has been proposed by experimentally determining a mapping function between tendon thickness and transducer Sensitivity. Using this sensitivity force in a tendon can be calculated and compared with actual applied force in tendon to determine accuracy of using such a mapping function in final design.
Intermediate Milestones
25 Possible Designs by Jan 8th 2012