156B Week 9

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

• • PCB has been ordered

  • First prototype only needs a raspberry pi from prototyping lab to be ready for testing

  • Modifications have started to be made for the next iteration

    • These are modifications are based on things we saw as we put our first prototype together as well as an additional strip of lights that NEATLabs has requested 

Accomplishments from Previous Week

• • Found a solution for the strip of lights that need to come out of the lid 

  • Have a complete cage ready to test

    • NEATLabs should have a raspberry pi ready for us this week

  • Get a PCB design

    • PCB ordered

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

• • Have our 2nd iteration built with the modifications

  • Have some testing done with our first prototype

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

• • N/A - Our meeting was moved to Wednesday because of Memorial Day

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

• • Get a PCB for our water delivery system (4/21)

    • We have sent our PCB design to Mr. Gillett to look over

    • We ordered our PCB and should be able to test it out with our water delivery system

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

• • Consider looking into how much time lab technicians take to fill up the home cage water bottles every day in order to compare how much time our system saves them (4/21)

Risks and Areas of Concern

• • We are still unsure that our water delivery system will work with the PCB

  • Although we are very close to having all of the electronics for a functioning behavioral system, we still aren't sure how much time we will have for testing and how much in depth testing we will be able to do with rats in the lab

  • We have ordered brackets to put on our 2nd prototype to help with the weight of the motors on the wall, but we aren't sure how well they will work

Resources or Information Required but not Available

• • N/A

Budget (list amount spent and amount remaining)

• • Amount Spent: $523.54

• Amount Remaining: $2,476.46

Progress on Report and Webpage

• • Report:

    • Done with 2nd draft of our report

    • Sections that still need information added:

      • Results about operant conditioning chamber

      • Lessons Learned

      • Conclusion

      • Appendix:

        • Machining Drawings

        • Code

  • Webpage:

    • Done with 2nd draft of webpage

    • Information still needed to be added:

      • Results about operant conditioning chamber

      • Code

      • CAD

Schedule

• • Upcoming milestone:

    • Get some testing done about the performance of our chamber

    • Get a functioning water delivery system with PCB

    • Complete poster

  • Updated Gantt chart: