Project Timeline

	Week
Task	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Studying of circuits, coding, Motor-Bee, and heart rate simulator	x	x	x	x	x
Mechanical design		x	x	x	x	x
Electrical design			x	x	x	x	x
Coding			x	x	x	x	x	x
Testing					x	x	x	x	x
Final report preparation							x	x	x	x

Table 1: Design Project Timeline for “The Running Heart”

     To complete this project, a timeline was created. Before a project was even created, research was done to see what kind of program was needed, what software/circuits/machinery did we need to purchase or hand-make. General research was done for the first week, to come to a conclusion on the project. For weeks 2-5, each individual member studied diagrams on circuits, coding using C++, and review the guide for Motor-Bee. While we are learning how to code using C++ and connecting the MotorBee to the laptop, Annie and Sean were working on the Mechanical Design for the placement of the motor and hamster wheel. Electrical Design was the easy component, since our primary source of power is the laptop and a power generator (which we later eliminated because we got an additional motor). Coding was the hardest part. Many components were added with each week, and constantly edited with each test run.