Steps:
* What is the deadline? How much time do I have left?
* What tasks have been completed?
* What tasks remain?
* How will I complete the remaining tasks in time?
* What has worked? what hasn't?
* What questions need to be resolved?
* What have you learned?

What is the deadline? How much time do I have left?

The deadline with is the 7th of July (just a prototype). After that date I will continue to develop the project because I hope to make a full working prototype as soon as possible.

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What tasks have been completed?

Design and make rotor and testing it using the eddy current.
Design, mill, solder and program a PCB able to survive till 10min without incoming energy.

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What tasks remain?

Design and make an adaptable cover, in order to make my light affordable for every bike. Testing the prototype and optimize shape and elements. Interpret energy data and optimize electronics.

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How will I complete the remaining tasks in time?

I'm in time with the setted timetable. I will continue to work on my project in my free time. I'll take more time, but in this way I can deep thinking about the solution.

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What has worked? what hasn't?

The main part of the project works. I can produce energy with my rotor, I can manage end save energy with my pcb and generate a good safety light. The eddy current concept works well, even if I think that the magnets ring spin thanks to the attraction of the nuts that hold the wheel spokes and not by the eddy current generated on the aluminium rim.

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What questions need to be resolved?

Each project opens up an infinite number of topics.
-I need to learn more about the oscilloscope in order to determinate what I actually produce with my rotor and custom tailor the components of my board.
-Find a claver solution for install the project on all the different kind of bike and create an easy way to put it in place or take it away in order to prevent it from being stolen.
-Create a compact and waterproof cover solution.

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What have you learned?

Team power: I am very lucky and proud to have met colleagues and friends so competent here at FabLab Torino.
I never write a code line before: now I can design, mill, make and program. That is simply amizing and make me feel elated and several stimulates my imagination for my future project.
But more importantly, I learned a constructive and shareable working method because of the documentation. I strongly believe that if the makers' community learn to document well we could get even more amazing results.

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