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We ordered a smaller breadboard which could fit our wires better, and also printed a box with more accurate dimensions to our Arduino.
We also obtained 4 new, larger and stronger vibration motors (we only ended up using 2) and connected them to the load sensors successfully.
We coded them to vibrate constantly for 5 seconds, in 5 second intervals, if significant motion (previously defined) is not detected for 2 hours or more. This will go on for 30 seconds. This is as we found that 5 second vibrations are the most effective at stimulating movement, especially since we initially tried to set the motors to vibrate non-stop for 1 minute but it caused them to overheat which could potentially cause more hardware issues.
This vibration continues until the person shifts or until sufficient weight change is detected. We also worked on creating a website linked to Arduino which incorporates an alarm system to notify caregivers to shift users, with movement parameters remaining the same. We managed to achieve wireless connection.
