On April 26th, we had our Final Design Report (FDR) event, where we were able to show off our finalized prototype and where the project could go in the future. After presenting to our sponsor and giving a detailed overview… Read More
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Finalizing Enclosure and FDR
This week, Team InvestiGator worked on finalizing the design of the RFID reader enclosure and getting it 3D printed. The prototype of the box is shown above, with areas to hold the RFID reader, power sources, and other components. With… Read More
FDR Preparations
Team InvestiGator recently completed a successful prototype inspection day for their senior design project. The project showcased the capabilities of their UHF RFID asset management system. During the prototype inspection day, the team demonstrated the system’s capabilities to a panel… Read More
QRB2 and PCB purchase
Over this past week, our team worked on putting together a presentation and showing it for our QRB2. We also worked further on building our prototype, which is currently in the following stages: RFID Reader System: We have decided in… Read More
Start of Testing
Welcome to this week’s investigator Blog post. This week we had our first quarterly review board presentation to showcase the accomplishments we have completed so far and what our next steps are in completing our project. Over the past weeks we have… Read More
Preparing for SLDR
Now that we’re back from our short and sweet Thanksgiving break, it’s time to finish the semester strong. The System Level Design Review (SLDR) event is on December 6th, where we will be presenting what we learned through from our… Read More
Prototype Inspection Day
On Tuesday of this week, we had our prototype inspection day. Our team’s weekly meeting was used to finalize the prototype and decide on roles for the presentation. The goal of our prototype was to test the flow of information… Read More
Prototype Nearing Completion
With the prototype nearing completion, things are looking optimistic for Team Investigator. The GPS is able to obtain latitude and longitude information, the RFID reader is able to read tags and obtain the serial numbers, and we ended up using… Read More
Building the Prototype
Last week, we had a great time presenting our Preliminary Design Review to Florida Power and Light sponsors and subject matter experts, and we were able to get our preliminary design report finalized and signed off. We are working now… Read More