156B Week 8

Overview of Status of Analysis, Design, Fabrication, Tests, etc.

• • Cut and built a new behavioral chamber with our modifications

  • Instructions manual for adaptor piece is done

  • Picked up more electronics from Prototyping lab

    • Pick up Control Board and electronics for nose ports

  • NEATLabs has added an additional strip of lights that will need to be added to our chamber

    • We need to cut a whole in our lid for wires to come out

Accomplishments from Previous Week

• • Cut and Built a new behavioral chamber

  • Make an instructions manual to show how to assemble our adaptor pieces

Goals for Next Week (list names after each item). Use specific and measurable objectives.

• • Get our water delivery system to work again with a new lixit that does not leak

    • Decide how the attachment will lead into the cage

  • Find a solution for the strip of light wires to come out of the lid 

  • Have a complete cage ready to test

  • Get a PCB design

Sponsor Comments from Last Meeting and Actions Taken to Address these Comments (indicate date of comments and if via email or in person)

• • Agrees that we should find a solution to the leaking lixit (5/20)

  • Comments on testing:

    • NEATLabs has not gotten approved to do any behavioral testing in the VMU, but we can test on a rat in the VA

Instructor Comments from Last Meeting and Actions Taken to Address these Comments  (indicate date of comments and if via email or in person)

• • Look into designing a PCB so there won't be any worry about wires disconnecting (5/14)

    • ExpressPCB 

  • Talk to the lickometer team about a lixit that does not leak (5/14)

  • Use some sort of bracket to hold the lixit in the cage (5/14)

Comments from Other Students in the Class (indicate date of comments and if via email or in person)

• • N/A

Risks and Areas of Concern

• • We might not get to test our chamber with rats

  • We need to get the water delivery system to work again

Resources or Information Required but not Available

• • N/A

Budget (list amount spent and amount remaining)

• • Amount Spent: $354.43

  • Amount Remaining: $2645.57

Progress on Report and Webpage

• • Report:

    • Added an Abstract and filled out most sections

    • Need to add in updated CAD pictures

    • Need to add to sections for "Lessons Learned" and "Conclusion"

    • Need to add more results once we can test

  • Webpage:

    • Need to update CAD pictures and add our final design pictures

    • Need to add results

Schedule

• • Describe upcoming milestone

    • Get a working box so that we can test

    • Order PCB

  • Updated Gantt chart: