Week 3

This week's deliverables required us to solidify ideas for the design. We added details to the design proposal to identify the resources to use and the skills needed to complete the design. We also ordered parts we need to create the device. We decided to 3D print the box to hold the mechanism and are using an Arduino Board and software for the design. The budget and process was planned out in the design proposal.

We plan to move further in the design process as we start to build. In the next week, we will plan out how we are going to program the Arduino Board to take the input and evaluate it, then generating an output for the user. The physical features will also be specified as we start to build and alter the plan according to the building process.

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