Internship week 9

The ninth week of my internship.

I have been focusing on the software portion of my product for the past two weeks. Finally i have been able to get the object to move in the Unity 3D with little or no drifting during the use of the MPU 9150. The past few weeks i have been researching on the equation however there is another way of doing so by filling the buffer of the MCU (micro controller unit) so that the stability of the object would increase. The directions of movements are also correct and i finally got a code working in the way that i want mine final product to do or act.

There has been a part that is missing from my progress which is the real actualization part of my product, i have been focusing on the software and mostly neglecting the hardware part. I spent the other half of the week getting my hands dirty to start doing my product. I started doing the soldering of the Blend Micro board on the strip board. I then carried on soldering the switch on the strip board and to ensure that the switch works. The information that i learned in Polytechnic really helped me alot but i had to practice more as i have not been doing any soldering since the last semester. I then planned how to solder on the remaining parts of the product.

On Friday, we also met up with the mentor of my Lean LaunchPad group, Mr Kang Choon Seng, the Senior VP/ Head, Services BU. Both my supervisor and i met up with him in the office and we discussed about our product. we discussed on the feasibility of our product and whether there is a need in the market for the product. We also discussed which field we should go into, entertainment or health and etc. and which market contains the most opportunities and has a middle to low barrier of entry. Since the LLP programme will not start till January, thus we decided to discuss further in depth when the official thing started. He encouraged us to continue working on the product as it has great potential and we should work on it. He also said that we could ask for his help or opinion if we needed any of it. He said he could help us with the communication of the sensor to the cloud or computer.

This sums up the ninth week of my internship.