WTM Sense log

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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