On Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014, the team had a meeting with TA. We showed our current progress on integrating the separate parts of the project. After the meeting we set following tasks for the rest of the week:
1. M.L, W.Y, O.Y, M.M and M.S – to complete the integration of the load cell and amplifier with the microcontroller and LCD ;
2. O.Y and M.S – to implement the push button and toggle and write the appropriate code;
3. M.L, W.Y and M.M – to test the load cell and the amplifier even more, refine the equation for the voltage-weight conversion;
4. M.L, W.Y, O.Y, M.M and M.S – to start preparing presentation slides;
All the tasks were completed
1. M.L, W.Y, O.Y, M.M and M.S worked on the integration; the LCD shows appropriate values of the weight;
2. O.Y and M.S implemented and wrote the code for the push button and the toggle switch; push button resets the microcontroller and screen, the toggle switch changes displayed weight from kg to lbs and vise versa;
3. M.L, W.Y and M.M refined the equation by applying a wider range of voltages to the load cell (picture attached);
4. Each member of the group started preparing presentation slides.
Abbreviations: M.S – Maria Serbanescu, O.Y – Oscar Yang, M.L – Michael Li, W.Y – Weng Fey Yu, M.M – Mustafa Mussayev.