Gator Waves spent this week participating in the QRB 2 event, as well as making progress on implementing the final prototype design. On Monday, the team met with Dr. Subhash to discuss the work completed last week, as well as plan for the additional meeting in the IPPD lab on Thursday February 24th. The QRB 2 event was held on Tuesday, and our team presented the current status of the project and our plans moving forward to ensure its completion. We received feedback from a committee of team coaches, which was mainly positive. There were also suggestions for improvements in the testing plan, which are now incorporated in our timeline.

On Thursday, Gator Waves met with Dr. Subhash in the IPPD lab to present our progress in person and demonstrate the current prototype. During this meeting we received important feedback that has influenced our plans for the weeks to come. After the meeting, the mechanical engineers worked on iterating through designs of the bushings. The electrical engineers continued work on the SPI module, and after consulting an ECE staff member, became aware of RF (radio frequency) complications due to the 50 MHz operation. Also, an improved version of the transfer function has been determined.

Next week, the mechanical engineers plan to machine the bronze rods for the aluminum bushings, as well as machine the aluminum rods. The electrical engineers plan to test the finished SPI module with the DAC and investigate ways to mitigate the RF complications, as well as implement the updated transfer function in VHDL.