Step 2 (Creating the casing):

Though the first step of the project was taxing, it was completed within a couple of days, and as such the group relaxed (our first mistake) and used the extra time as an opportunity to teach one another new skills, confident that we could achieve a decent fidelity prototype regardless. Travis taught JD how to use and call the different API's while JD gave Travis a crash course in Solidworks. JD coded the switch to an improved API led by Travis while Travis created the casing under JD's direction. The group then faced a series of unforeseen circumstances: the amount of wires in the initial prototype caused the group to order wires that could lay flat in the breadboard, there were no 9V battery caps available in the lab so they also had to be ordered, the wire for the battery pack was also too long so it had to be switched out for and shorter one and to cap it off, there was a long wait to use the 3D printer preventing time to test and iterate on the design, causing the group to have to resort to a laser cut version of the casing after the 3D print came out with incorrect dimensions (see pictures below). After all the group's work, we had to bring a prototype to demonstrate in class that did little more than the proof of concept that we created.