WTM Sense log

Week of 1/30/17

• Finalized our project idea, combining two of our different ideas into one
• Met with our TA, Andrew, for the first time
• Downloaded Fusion360, Autodesk program and began to learn how to use it
• Andrew showed us how to use the 3D printer
• Created our project proposal, budget, and Gantt Chart
• Began to research the products which we will use to construct our speakers

Week of 2/6/17

• Met with our TA, Andrew, to review our project design and proposal.
• Discussed the weaknesses of our proposal and how we could change our project while still including an interesting demo at the end of the semester.
• Opened Arduino and looked at how examples (Blink, DigitalRealSeries, etc) were coded for use.
• Decided to design only one speaker doc for the project using Raspberry Pi.
• Redesigned the purpose and use of our speaker to include:
  • Weather
  • Time
  • Hand sensored volume control
  • Hand sensored pause and play control
• Started to recreate the proposal, which will be finished by Monday

Week of 2/13/17

• Met with Andrew to finalize our project proposal
• Final project idea
  • Speaker doc
    • Plays alarm from iPhone
    • Plays music from iTunes
    • Displays time and weather from internet
    • Leap motion to detect hand motions that will
      • Turn alarm off
      • Pause and play songs
      • Change the volume of a song
      • (Change song???)
• Initialized/Set Up? Two Raspberry Pis so that Audrey and Savannah can work simultaneously
  • Audrey will work to control the display from the Raspberry Pi connected to internet
  • Savannah will work to control the Leap Motion from the Raspberry Pi
• Ariel has begun working with Fusion 360 to prepare to design the dock
• Savannah has begun researching the functionality of a Leap Motion and the programming language Python
• Audrey has begun learning and experimenting with the Raspberry Pi