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'''Week of January 27, 2017''' | '''Week of January 27, 2017''' | ||
* Brainstormed project ideas | * Brainstormed project ideas | ||
| − | #Our focus was on a website that provides realtime updates about the availability of South 40 study rooms | + | #Our main focus was on a website that provides realtime updates about the availability of South 40 study rooms |
*Held first meeting with our TA | *Held first meeting with our TA | ||
*Began work on our proposal | *Began work on our proposal | ||
'''Week of February 3, 2017''' | '''Week of February 3, 2017''' | ||
| − | *Met with TA to finalize our project idea as well as its highlights | + | *Met with TA to finalize our project idea as well as work on some of its highlights |
| − | #Highlights include: | + | #Highlights that we decided we would like to include: |
## User input ability, where students can publicize which subjects are being studied in specific study rooms | ## User input ability, where students can publicize which subjects are being studied in specific study rooms | ||
## The detection of room occupation via light sensor | ## The detection of room occupation via light sensor | ||
## A history log of past room availabilities, so that students can make predictions for future study plans | ## A history log of past room availabilities, so that students can make predictions for future study plans | ||
| − | * Finished proposal | + | * Finished writing the proposal as a team |
'''Week of February 10, 2017''' | '''Week of February 10, 2017''' | ||
| − | * Refined proposal | + | * Refined proposal |
# Edited Gantt chart and budget | # Edited Gantt chart and budget | ||
| + | *Team decisions: | ||
| + | **Add both motion and sound detectors to the light sensor, all of which will be hooked up to our raspberry pi | ||
| + | ***This will allow more accurate prediction on whether or not the room is occupied | ||
| + | * Began learning how to code in python | ||
| + | * Began brainstorming design ideas for Raspberry Pi casing | ||
| + | **Official design must wait until materials arrive | ||
| + | |||
| + | '''Week of February 17, 2017''' | ||
| + | # Edited Gantt chart and budget | ||
| + | *Worked on recommendations from our TA about our proposal: | ||
| + | **Streamlined our objectives | ||
* Began learning how to code in python | * Began learning how to code in python | ||
* Began design ideas for Raspberry Pi casing | * Began design ideas for Raspberry Pi casing | ||
| − | '''Week of February | + | '''Week of February 24, 2017''' |
| − | * | + | * Heavy exam week for systems engineers |
| + | *Decided on using google SketchUp for 3D printing design | ||
| + | *Continued brainstorming ideas for raspberry pi casing | ||
| + | *Continued learning python | ||
| + | * Obtained our raspberry pi | ||
| + | |||
| + | '''Week of March 3, 2017''' | ||
| + | *Added a highlight to the BetaDelta website: users can now see a ranking of study rooms based on their probability of being available | ||
| + | *Discussed how the website will display information for each study room | ||
| + | **Light sensor: "on" or "off" | ||
| + | **Motion and sound sensor - will report most recent indication of activity | ||
| + | *Edited our budget: | ||
| + | **Included the specific website host for BetaDelta | ||
| + | **Got rid of the ethernet cord (using a wifi dongle instead) | ||
[[Category:Logs]] | [[Category:Logs]] | ||
[[Category:Spring 2017 Logs]] | [[Category:Spring 2017 Logs]] | ||
Revision as of 23:40, 1 March 2017
Week of January 27, 2017
- Brainstormed project ideas
- Our main focus was on a website that provides realtime updates about the availability of South 40 study rooms
- Held first meeting with our TA
- Began work on our proposal
Week of February 3, 2017
- Met with TA to finalize our project idea as well as work on some of its highlights
- Highlights that we decided we would like to include:
- User input ability, where students can publicize which subjects are being studied in specific study rooms
- The detection of room occupation via light sensor
- A history log of past room availabilities, so that students can make predictions for future study plans
- Finished writing the proposal as a team
Week of February 10, 2017
- Refined proposal
- Edited Gantt chart and budget
- Team decisions:
- Add both motion and sound detectors to the light sensor, all of which will be hooked up to our raspberry pi
- This will allow more accurate prediction on whether or not the room is occupied
- Add both motion and sound detectors to the light sensor, all of which will be hooked up to our raspberry pi
- Began learning how to code in python
- Began brainstorming design ideas for Raspberry Pi casing
- Official design must wait until materials arrive
Week of February 17, 2017
- Edited Gantt chart and budget
- Worked on recommendations from our TA about our proposal:
- Streamlined our objectives
- Began learning how to code in python
- Began design ideas for Raspberry Pi casing
Week of February 24, 2017
- Heavy exam week for systems engineers
- Decided on using google SketchUp for 3D printing design
- Continued brainstorming ideas for raspberry pi casing
- Continued learning python
- Obtained our raspberry pi
Week of March 3, 2017
- Added a highlight to the BetaDelta website: users can now see a ranking of study rooms based on their probability of being available
- Discussed how the website will display information for each study room
- Light sensor: "on" or "off"
- Motion and sound sensor - will report most recent indication of activity
- Edited our budget:
- Included the specific website host for BetaDelta
- Got rid of the ethernet cord (using a wifi dongle instead)
