Week 5

The breaker board was soldered onto the Arduino board. This gave an idea of the basic shape of the monitor designs for the band could be brainstormed. A few things were still pending in the wiring with the LED lights. The questions arose, where to attach the LED lights, if the lights would have enough volts and if a resistor was necessary. To answer some of the questions a voltage of 5 volts was measured across the Arduino board using a volt meter. Another issue that came up was that there were only 8 spots available on the Arduino boards, therefore all the pieces that had to be attached onto to the board would have to fit in just right. To make things less congested there might be a change in design and only two light would be in use. The two lights in use would then be the yellow and red one. Yellow would indicate person to increase their workout intensity and the red would do the opposite. There would no light for a heart rate in the target range.