Week 11

What was accomplished?

Goal: Start final phase of building with starting the final PCB design and marketing aspects
- Allison: complete physical dummy pcb
- Samantha: Catch up on documentation for the group
- Claire:
  - IN SCHOOL: Human head model for marketting / wow-factor
  - OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL: MATLAB and simulink model for communication
Team accomplishment:
- Samantha: Finished weekly reports and completed incomplete weekly pages on the website.
- Allison: Tested solder mask and created the dummy pcb, fully functional
- Claire: Tried different methods of slicing the head model, trouble-shooting the problems with each method, and determined a plan for how to slice the head model and what needs to change to make it happen.

W11 - Weekly Report

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Progress:
- learned how to apply solder mask while taking into account copper pads that need to be open
- applied solder mask and soldered components to create the working dummy pcb
Plan for next week:
- adjust pads and traces on final pcb design and start to cnc

Goal:

Slice an already-made human head model to CNC out of plywood or acrylic material to display the PCB for marketting or wow-factor reasons

What was actually Acomplished

Followed a tutorial to slice the head model, and learned how to divide the model manually using the surfaces tool features

Problems Run Into:

The head models are a type of component, not a physical body. Once converted into a body, Fusion360 can't apply certain surface features that would help to divide the model because they are surface features--not body tools.
The school computers don't allow for easy access to downloading different softwares needed to slice models (work will have to be done at home)

Goal for next week

Claire will download the models and slice them at home, and have a fully functioning head model by the end of the week (this is for in-class work, out of class work will be dedicated to MATLAB and testing still)

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