During our last couple weeks our plan was to complete the final assembly of our mouse with the shell fitted to the chassis and moving on to finalising code and testing. After Luke completed the assembly, testing revealed issues with the IR sensors. Further diagnosis revealed 3 of the 5 fitted into the shell had failed and damaged to the PCB was found. With the time remaining in the lab Tristan repaired the PCB and I removed the defective IR sensors from the shell. On the first day in Gregynog Luke replaced the IR sensors and some testing carried out to ensure the base code and all hardware functioned correctly. Then, the following morning, before assessments begin, after a couple of tests of combat mode a white line following LED failed which needed to be de-soldered and replaced, eating up the rest of our time before assessments. During all the reassemblies the front touch bar also was bent out of shape, hindering the touch sensors. Overall the final week was very challenging and tested our perseverance as a team.
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Rhys
Hello there, my name is Rhys and I'm currently in my second year of studying Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Swansea University. I am the the breadboard technician and secondary programmer in the team. Since a young age I have been interested in technology and electronics. I have keen interest in keeping up to date in the latest electronic releases and as hobbies I enjoy building my own desktop PCs and playing video games.
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