We are now approaching the symposium day, so we have been finalizing our mechanical fits.

After migrating all hardware modules to the final version of the device we want to show, we tested it in the newest 3D printed shell.

We have gradually made the mechanical housing smaller and limit tested how tight the fit can be before it is not realistic for assembly. After taking the device apart and putting it together many times, we have found a lot of areas for improvement in a future run when it comes to assembly and scaling. Some of it also involves PCB changes.

The person who was running RPC also found some nice aluminum sheets from which we made the GSR sensor leads (shout out Chloe)!

As promised, here is the results of our MOSFET investigation from last time…

It turns out that the footprint for our MOSFETs were rotated on the PCB, so we rotated them best we could and re-tested. It solved the issue. Always remember to double check the data sheet!!

While creating our poster earlier, we also made a logo for our team/project. It is a butterfly in our signature colour scheme, which represents the period of “metamorphosis” that menopause is:

Finally, we began to brainstorm how to set up our station and what exactly we want to demo. More on that later!