After receiving their parts, the team started to start fully implementing their research and designs to configure the sensors and development board as planned. In the Documentation Page, there are diagrams and models of design configurations that the team is implementing. They also got approved for a budget increase to buy another development board so multiple team members can work on development at once. They encountered some road blocks trying and are a little behind schedule, because they underestimated how difficult the processes they are trying to accomplish are.
Materials Update
Finalized and Ordered Main Components of Project:
1. Accelerometer – LIS3DH
2. Strain Gauges
3. Op Amps – TS912IYDT, MCP6002-I/P
4. Development Board – Nordic Thingy:91
October Update
The team has begun order parts, which includes the development board and various sensors. They ordered a Nordic Board and some test sensors. They have also decided to include strain gauges into their mix of sensors after consulting with a Civil Engineering professor and learning the importance of strain gauges in civil engineering. The team has also started to make way in web development and will start creating the static pages for the site.
Fall Semester Begins!
As the fall semester starts, the team is busy continuing to research more into the structural health of bridges and ways to monitor bridges. They are meeting with various professors and sources knowledgable on bridges, sensors, and NB-IoT in order to gain a better understanding on ways to build up their system. So far, the team has gathered information on what types of sensors will be most beneficial, low power circuitry, and the benefits of different types of semiconductor boards that could be used to develop the system. They have also put together an approximate budget and milestone chart.