Reflection

This project ended up being significantly more complicated than either of us had anticipated. Despite our best efforts to start early and remain open minded, we ran into major complications at almost every step of the way, resulting in us being unable to present a working demo at the live demo session. Soldering the physical computing units was a new workflow, and communicating with multiplexers required learning new coding concepts. Integrating the ML model into the Arduino code was something very new and unfamiliar to us, and required a lot of cross-referencing examples and seeking external help.

Furthermore, Yvonne had to leave for a conference the week before the demo meaning that all work on site could only be done by Clover. As testing the code required uploading and running on the Arduino, and the wiring had to be done physically in person, our progress was capped by the limitations in manpower. However, once she returned, we were able to divide the tasks up and progress as much faster.

Overall, this project was very difficult and took a lot of time to complete. While it may not have been the resounding success at the live demo that we wanted. Nevertheless, we did manage to complete it in all its necessary complexity, and learned a lot of different skills along the way.