Home Automation Log

Group Members

• Clayton Keating
• Savannah Rush

Week of September 4

This week we narrowed our project idea. Our design will be a mobile application with home security features. Using sensors, the application will notify the user if there is motion in the front doorway and will enable the user to remotely lock their door. This week we met briefly with our TA, Nathan, and scheduled a weekly time for us to meet. We also created our individual and project wikis.

Week of September 11

This week we determined a project timeline and identified key milestones throughout the semester. We thought through more of the details of our project and identified the technical mediums that we will use. We developed a list of hardware needs and supplies and crafted a budget. On Thursday, we spent time with our TA Nathan, and narrowed the scope of our project. The goal of our design is to enable a website user to remotely lock a door. With Nathan's guidance, we decided to use Raspberry Pi and create a website (rather than an app) which communicates with the locking system.

Week of September 18

• Savannah

This week I spent several hours watching video tutorials to familiarize myself with HTML and CSS coding. I downloaded a text editor on my computer and began designing the site using an HTML file and a CSS style sheet. The site now has a "home" page with a navigation bar with a link to an "about" page. This week I also began researching how to create a secure login page. I have currently identified two courses of action for the login page. I can either use a PHP script or a development framework (more specifically, Laravel).

• Clayton