With just two weeks left in the semester, Simplicitea came back from Thanksgiving break with a lot of work to do, and little time to do it. In terms of the System Level Design Review (SLDR) report, the team updated majority of the documentation and added new information regarding their current prototype and the prototyping scheduling for the upcoming semester. The mechanical sub team will be working on creating various iterations of each sub assembly for rapid prototyping and testing purposes. Similarly, the electrical team will work to fine tune the project’s electrical schematic and create a prototype of the user interface. The two sub teams will collaborate to integrate their components and test the overall prototype. To gauge the public’s opinion on the team’s product, user testing will also be conducted, and is outlined as an important milestone. With this new sense of direction, the team is looking forward to starting next semester.

Along with the report, the SLDR presentation serves as a means of communicating the team’s progress this semester, and highlighting their expectations for the next. Experimental data, CAD drawings, technical performance measures, etc. will all be included to capture the current state of the project. In class, the team had the opportunity to give their SLDR presentation, and get valuable feedback from their peers and faculty in IPPD. Considering and implementing this feedback, will help improve the content of the presentation slides, as well as their delivery.