Duckling log

This is the log page for the duckling project

Week of Friday, September 14th

Matheus:

9th- Worked on the breadboard version of the nightlight. (01:30:00)
10th- Created the wiki and the log pages. (00:15:00)
12th - Soldered the perf board for the nightlight project (01:30:00)

Trish:

9th - Worked on the breadboard version of the nightlight. (01:30:00)
12th - Soldered the perf board for the nightlight project (01:30:00)
14th - Worked on the project proposal (1:00:00)

Tushar:

9th - Worked on the breadboard version of the nightlight. (01:30:00)
12th - Soldered the perf board for the nightlight project (01:30:00)
14th - Worked on the project proposal (1:00:00)

Week of Friday, September 21st

Matheus:

19th: Researched about potential challenges we might find in the project (00:30:00)
22nd: Did a few experiments with Processing to work with the Kinect (01:30:00)
26th: Meeting with professor and TAs, discussed presentation (00:30:00)
27th: Tried to get the pi to work in the lab (01:30:00)

Trish:

19th: Worked on proposal objectives and challenges (00:30:00)
20th: Worked on proposal budget and overview, downloaded arduino IDE and read about preliminary arduino projects (00:40:00)
21st: Collaborated with Tushar on Gantt chart (00:20:00)
22nd: Bought USB-C to USB converter to work with Arduino on computer, read usage section of Picar website, got Onshape account and looked in the picar github CAD folder for the onshape files of 3D printer layers and encoder mount (locating files unsuccessful), read about 3D printing, made LED blink using https://picar.readthedocs.io/en/latest/chapters/tutorials/arduino_basics.html, and read Arduino function library at https://www.arduino.cc/reference/en/. (02:00:00)

Tushar:

17th: Looked for ISC25 rotary encoders (00:20:00)
18th: Cleaned up project wiki and log page - formatted and organized layout. (00:30:00)
18th: Worked on nightlight box on Onshape (00:45:00)
19th: Finished nightlight box with Tony (00:25:00)
19th: Tried to outbid user a**s on eBay for the kinect (00:15:00)
20th: Drafted Gantt chart (01:00:00)
21st: Studied directions on Pi Car website to see what needs to be done (01:00:00)

Group :

Week of Friday, September 28th

Matheus:

25th: Reviewed the presentation for Wednesday meeting (00:30:00)
25th: Updated the Gantt Chart (00:30:00)
27th: Learnt the basics of Processing (2:00:00) 

Trish:

24th: Created presentation for Wednesday meeting, to be presented on Friday (00:45:00)
25th: Reviewed Gantt chart and powerpoint for Friday (00:20:00)
26th: Reviewing picar electronics section, reading I2C communication (https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/i2c), read raspberry pi tutorials and information guides (01:00:00)
29th: Reviewed raspberry pi setup tutorials and shs tutorials (00:30:00)
30th: Cleaned new 3D printed parts by removing excess plastic, dropped parts off at lab (01:45:00)

Tushar:

24th: Reformatted Gantt chart (00:30:00)
27th: Read PiCar documentation and watched Pi tutorials (01:00:00)
28th: Did research on kinect and tried to familiarize with Processing language (01:00:00)
28th: Spoke to Craigslist guy about buying kinect (00:15:00)

Group:

26th: Meeting with professor and TAs, discussed presentation (00:30:00)
27th: Met with group to discuss presentation (01:00:00)

Week of Friday, October 5th

Trish:

1st: Examined parts list, found discrepancies in CAD files vs manual (00:30:00)
1st: Redownloaded raspbian because the initial attempt was not working, burned it onto sd, connected Pi to desktop and waited for updates to download (03:00:00)

Tushar:

30th: Learnt Python fundamentals (02:00:00)
1st: Examined parts list, found discrepancies in CAD files vs manual (00:30:00)
1st: Downloaded raspbian, burned it onto sd, connected Pi to desktop and waited for updates to download (03:00:00)

Matheus:

1st: Downloaded raspbian, burned it onto sd, connected Pi to desktop and waited for updates to download (02:00:00)
2nd: Put the Picamera to work (02:00:00)

Link to Project page

[Link to Duckling Project Page]