Today we met to finalize ordering a load cell. We purchased the following one:
While we wait for the load cell to ship (1-3 days), we have set the following goals before next Tuesday Nov 4:
Mustafa/Weng Fei/Michael:
Maria/Oscar:
These meeting minutes were taken by Maria.
Meeting Minutes – October 28th, 2014
Attendees: Eric Molendyk (E.M.), Maria Serbanescu (M.S.), Mustafa Mussayev (M.M.), Oscar Yang (O.Y.), Weng Fei Yu (W.Y.), Michael Li (M.L.), Duane Geddes (D.G.), and two other Capstone groups
Location: Tetra Society office, Suite 318 – 425 Carrall Street, Vancouver BC
| Topics of Discussion | Meeting Notes (bolded lines indicate action items) |
| Intro | Overview of Sam Sullivan Disability Foundation and Tetra Society by D.G.
We are welcome to join any volunteer meetings (next one is Nov 17 at 7pm at APEGBC office in Burnaby) |
| Project Resources | We can have access to:
We just have to ask and give enough notice |
| IP / NDA Forms | M.S. to send IP / NDA forms to Eric for signing |
| Project Specific | Max weight for load cell: 500 – 600 lb
Error tolerance: ± 5 lb E.M. to send M.S. wheelchair dimensions M.S to send E.M. project proposal |
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)
We had our presentation on Tuesday and submitted our proposal. Now we need to get started on the first prototype. We have made a spreadsheet outlined all of the major components we need to obtain for this project. We plan to have filled in the spreadsheet with various options for each part by Tuesday, Oct 21st. We will meet that day, analyze our options, and decide on which parts to order.
We met today to work on our proposal presentation. We decided to split up the work such that each team member completes the section of the presentation that corresponds to the section of the proposal that they were responsible for:
Maria – Intro, Project Description, RCGs
Michael – Proposed Solution #1
Oscar – Proposed Solution #2
Weng Fei – Proposed Solution #3
Mustafa – Comparison and Conclusion
The presentation slides and script will be complete by Sunday. Maria will present the first half of the slides and Mustafa will present the second half. After practicing the presentation individually, we will meet on Tuesday to run through it as a team before we present.
Today we had a short progress meeting regarding our proposal.
Sunday, Oct 5
Tuesday, Oct 7
Tuesday, Oct 14
During our meeting today, we finalized our team agreement and split up tasks for the proposal as follows:
Maria – Title Page, Introduction, and Problem Definition
Michael – Platform Design
Weng Fei – Load Cell Design
Oscar – Rail Design
Mustafa – Comparison, Conclusion and Bibliography
We are planning to work on our respective sections over the weekend and meet early next week to collaborate before handing in our draft to our instructor.
Below are the action items that resulted from today’s quick meeting: