Smarter Blinds Log
Smarter Blinds Log
Contents
- 1 Week of January 14
- 2 Week of January 21
- 3 Week of January 28
- 4 Week of February 4
- 5 Week of February 11
- 6 Week of February 18
- 7 Week of February 25
- 8 Week of March 4
- 9 Week of March 11
- 10 Week of March 18
- 11 Week of March 25
- 12 Week of April 1
- 13 Week of April 8
- 14 Week of April 15
- 15 Week of April 22
- 16 Week of April 29
- 17 Link to Project page
Week of January 14
January 18: Met with Jim and TA's to discuss possible project ideas. 1 hour
Week of January 21
January 22: Met as a team and created first draft of project proposal. Decided on the Smarter Blinds idea basing it of off the previous Smart Blinds project. Further research allowed us to discover other similar smart blind projects. 1 hour
January 27: Created project wiki page and started logging our progress and updating our goals. Created our first draft of our budget and started thinking about our Gantt Chart. 1 hour
January 28: Met as a team with Professor Feher and Michael to discuss progress. Learned how to create Gantt Chart. Discussed possibilities of using either Arduino with a Bluetooth chip or Feather. Received Arduino device. Briefly went over Night Light project. 30 minutes
January 29: Added tasks to Gantt Chart, basing them primarily off of the Gant chart from the previous Smart Blinds project. Found and reviewed similar smart blinds projects from hackster.io, such as smart blinds that responded to ambient light and heat as well as smart blinds controlled by Blynk. 1 hour
January 30: Constructed a budget for the Night Light project using an Excel spreadsheet. 30 minutes
Week of January 28
Week of February 4
Week of February 11
Week of February 18
Week of February 25
Week of March 4
Week of March 11
Note: Week of Spring Break
