Project Update 3 (9/29/2024)
This week I made a prototype of last weeks schematic made for testing this week. In addition to that I was able to finish making the footprints for all of our components in KiCad. I would have liked to get more of the PCB design done this week but time ran a little bit short due to career fair. For this upcoming week I want to test the prototype that I made to make sure that our design works before investing too much time into designing the PCB. I have attached an image of the prototype that I made this week along with a diagram of device operations.
Goals for the upcoming week
- Test prototype
- If needed troubleshoot prototype
- Finish PCB design in KiCad
- Prepare CDR presentation
Project Update 2 (9/22/2024)
This week I was able to complete my design for a new schematic for the KeWee Energy meter. Caleb Jahncke and I were then able to compare our schematic designs to come up with a final schematic. I was also able to start working on making footprints for the components of our PCB. During our weekly team meeting this week we spent a large portion of our time working on our slides and preparing for our presentation at the OSHE meeting this past Thursday. In addition to that, we got our components ordered this past week and they will hopefully arrive this upcoming week allowing us to prototype and test our new schematic design. I attached an image of the updated schematic that I made this week.
Goals for the upcoming week
- Protype and test new schematic design
- Finish making component footprints in KiCad
- Research surface mounting resistors for the final PCB
Concerns for the week
- The new design will not work when tested and we will have to spend the week editing last week’s schematic to get it to work
Project Update 1 (9/13/2024)
Below is a drawing of my vision for a possible final product of the KeWee Energy Meter project. The first two drawings are a front and back view of the design. It is then followed by a simplified description of how the device would work from a component level.
Goals for the upcoming week
- Work on schematic for new PCB
- Research SPI communication
- Research outlet PCB attachments
- Create slide show for project update at OSHE meeting on 9/19/2024
- Finalize purchase order for components to prototype new board design