This week, Gator Waves moved forward with working on the development of a prototype. We met with our coach Dr. van Oostrom in order to discuss our progress on the design, as well as to discuss scheduling for one on one meetings to go over peer feedback.

The mechanical engineers of the team compiled a bill of materials and created drawings of the prototype we will be building. On Wednesday, we met with our liaison Dr. Subhash to present these items as well as our progress on the control system. After presenting the drawings and bill of materials, we were given the okay by Dr. Subhash to begin manufacturing the necessary components of our prototype. Also, Ian was able to build and test the circuit design for driving current through the solenoid. With a nail as the test plunger, the circuit functioned as anticipated.

Moving forward, our team will begin the manufacturing, testing, and assembly of our prototype. Also, the testing of control loop designs on an FPGA will be underway.