This week we met with our instructor and TA about our first prototype. We spent some time discussing technical details and planning. Our goal for the first prototype is to get our electrical components working (excluding the power and motor circuit). We finalized most of the parts to order and got approval to begin ordering. We split up the work as follows:

Michael, Weng Fei and Mustafa:

– Getting the weight signal (load cell/amp/ADC)

– Zeroing the scale (microcontroller/push button)

Maria and Oscar:

– Displaying weight (microcontroller/LCD)

– Converting units (microcontroller/toggle switch)