ESE 1110, Team 11, OccuPal

The Pals!
System Overview
CAD Design of Device Case
User Experience
User Interface
Cost Estimates

Inspiration

-> Dorm-life Struggles

What it does

-> Informs users of shower occupancy in the common dorm bathrooms

How we built it

-> Adafruit Feather + Blynk interface = the next best thing for common showers

Challenges we ran into

-> Getting two feathers to talk to a single Blynk device
-> Getting the two feathers to talk to each other
-> Managing obstacles with internet connectivity during testing & development
-> Delayed parts request

Accomplishments that we're proud of

-> Improvising alternative implementation (with buttons) due to delayed parts request
-> Persevering through the troubles Blynk gave us
-> Creating mobile app wireframe to illustrate end-user functionality
-> Learning to use Solidworks (and ask for help) to CAD our device visualization
-> Branding! (logo + technology presentation)
-> Spray-painting :)
-> Presenting to the whole class!
-> Our wonderful team dynamic!

What we learned

-> Time efficiency
-> Teamwork
-> Adapting to new obstacles
-> Pros & Cons of Blynk as an IoT tool
-> Versatility of Solidworks
-> How to utilize Tangen Hall as a resource
-> Deeper familiarization with Arduino code