With pivoting to a new concept in recent weeks the team has had to make up ground in research and part selection. One of the primary components needed for this project to succeed is the motor to rotate the lights. The lights must be fast enough to fool the human eye into blurring multiple small images together, however finding a motor to reach this speed while being small enough for easy mounting and strong enough is a challenge. A few motors are being tested, with as many contingencies in store as possible.

Without a full physical hardware setup, writing a program to control the lights and interface with appropriate sensors is difficult. Schematics of the logic are being put together however to keep progressing the software side while the hardware side is being finished. Lead times for parts other than the motor may also keep this project held up, so we are designing parts to be 3D printed to help rapid prototyping and avoid long lead times on custom parts from being a hold up.