Difference between revisions of "PartyBox log"

Revision as of 20:54, 10 February 2017

Group finalized PartyBox project idea
General objectives: LED array, modular and connectable, response to live music, different modes, wireless (if time permits)
Wiki page published

Group met with TA Nathan to discuss project proposal and demo.
Developed finer ideas of project (center cube with processor and power, no wireless, only music and standby modes, and modularity with plugs flush to cube surface).
Drafted and finished a project proposal, including a Gantt chart.
Agreed upon minimum weekly meeting, Monday at 7pm

Met with Nathan and discussed issues with the previously submitted proposal, most importantly the need for an additional arduino on the second cube
Group meeting on 2/8/17:
- Sketched out a basic picture of what we’re brainstorming
  - Add sketch to proposal?
  - LEDs 4 x 4 x 4 with none on bottom where Arduino is located
- Reevaluated how we would get the two cubes to connect
  - Considered more complicated mechanisms, such as force sensors, but ultimately decided on just wiring the inputs and outputs of the two arduinos together using male/female plugs
- Fix Budget
  - Removed items we previously thought we would need (micro-USB)
  - Add new objects to connect the cubes
    - Physically: Magnets? (Could be too expensive) 3D Print locking mechanism?
    - Plugs/wires straight from an output port of one Arduino to an input port of the other
  - Specify resistors
  - Magnets, microphones, acrylic adhesive, counters, transistors
- Fix formatting of proposal
- Adjust Gantt chart
  - More time for physical construction
  - More actions occurring simultaneously
- Add more details to the overview in the proposal (size specifications, reason for two cubes)
Group meeting on 2/9/17
- Dropped the plan for the second cube due to budget constraints
- Adjusted Gantt chart accordingly to account for the change in objectives
- Finalized budget
- Spruced up project proposal

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 * Met with Nathan and discussed issues with the previously submitted proposal, most importantly the need for an additional arduino on the second cube
-* Met separately as a group and:
+* Group meeting on 2/8/17:
 ** Sketched out a basic picture of what we’re brainstorming
 *** Add sketch to proposal?
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 *** More actions occurring simultaneously
 ** Add more details to the overview in the proposal (size specifications, reason for two cubes)
+*Group meeting on 2/9/17
+**Dropped the plan for the second cube due to budget constraints
+**Adjusted Gantt chart accordingly to account for the change in objectives
+**Finalized budget
+**Spruced up project proposal
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