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Week 4 & 5 Updates

In brief, this week, we made tangible progress in terms of assembling the actual device, and furthermore, in the development of the companion Android app. To elaborate:

  • All of the materials on the BOM (available in Week 3 Updates) were delivered
  • CAD drawings were made of the parts of the device that are to be 3D printed (drawings provided in separate update)
  • Arduino code was written for the heart-rate sensor and the mini-screen modules for the PipBoy device
  • The Android app's sign-in screen UI and code was developed using MIT App Inventor 2 as an alternative to Android Studio, which we had been using thus far
  • The logo was made in order to use for the app i.e. on sign-in screen, loading screen etc. It is provided below:
  • Further code is being developed for other modules and aspects such as the body temperature sensor, interfacing the PipBoy device with the app through Bluetooth, further coding to optimize the mini-screen's communication with the Arduino and its modules etc.

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