Day 4

Day 4 of my internship at NUS CUTE center. This is the last day of my first week working, it had been a new and interesting experience for me. From getting used to the working hours to the expectations and goals i had to fulfill during my internship here. I was also introduced to another type of controller board which was totally new to me. So i had to play around with the board before slowly getting used to the programming IDE.

The first task of the day was to meet my supervisor and the industry liaison officer of NUS to update them about my daily progress. I showed them the designs and informed them about my progress during the past week regarding the prototyping and programming. When i showed them the designs, they were quite satisfied, however the design of my watch had to be changed due to the applications of the product. Initially i thought it would be a smart band or watch however due to the applications of the product it had to be conformed to be a sword for gaming purposes ths the position of the controller board had to be adjusted to the bottom of the product to make it feel realistic.

They also reminded me that by he end of November, i had to come out with a prototype to show to the professor thus invisibly giving me a deadline for my prototype. I will work hard towards that goal. At the end of the discussion, both of them were satisfied with my progress and encouraged me to keep up the good work. i then carried on with the programming of the sensors. I had to get used to the codes of the sensors so that i could edit it for different applications which would be useful for our product. I got the both the sensors working on individual programs which i was very contented with as i have been trying to figure these codes out for the past few days. Below is how the sensors would look like on a breadboard.

Soon it came to the end of the day, i approached Yuichiro, my supervisor with my logbook for him to sign on regarding my progress for work. He gave me overall grade of an A for my first week. I take it as a form of motivation and work even harder for the remaining 15 weeks of my intern so as to be able to give them a workable prototype which they can actually use in the future.