Smart Lock Log

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Week 0: (1/22-1/28)

-January 30, 2018: (Ahmed Hassan, 30 min)

• Sketched General Product Prototype
• Specified details on product's construction

Week 1: (1/29-2/4)

-January 30, 2018: (Kelvin Xie, 35 min)

• Created project wiki and log
• Entered preliminary project plan

-January 31, 2018: (Group, 1 hour)

• Created basic project outline:
  • Components:
    • Hardware
      • dead bolt mount
      • Unlock mechanism
      • Microcontroller
      • Estimote beacon
    • AWS Server
      • AWS instance
      • HTTPS
      • Token authentication system
      • Unlock poll/request
    • App
      • Estimote API
      • Server request
      • Token handling
• Determined delegation of work:
  • Each member will be the the lead of one of the above three categories. However, every member will contribute towards all three aspects of the project.
  • As it stands now, the leads for each role. are the following:
    • Hardware: Kelvin Xie
    • AWS Server: Ahmed Hassan
    • App: Graham Webb

Week 2: (2/5-2/11)

-February 6, 2018 (Group, 1 hour)

• Created Gantt Chart
• Determined a more detailed plan/outline of project (See main project page)

-February 9, 2018 (Ahmed, 45 minutes)

• Reflashed Raspberry Pi (removed previous password on it)
• Found Products Links for Needed Materials

Week 3: (2/12-2/18)

-February 13, 2018: (Kelvin Xie, 30 minutes)

• Finalized and uploaded Gantt chart to main project page
• Addressed ethical issues (See main project page)
• Added list of key features (See main project page)

-February 13, 2018 (Graham Webb, 45 minutes)

• Addressed safety issues
• Addressed Security issues (twice)
• Edited Ethical Issues
• Added to budget
• Added to goals
• Edited materials

-February 13, 2018 (Ahmed Hassan, 25 minutes)

• Cleaned up Project Page
• Added details/ links to budget
• Clarified specific details regard project details

-February 15, 2018 (Kelvin Xie, 15 minutes)

• Finalized specific parts
• Ordered parts

-February 15, 2018 (Ahmed Hassan, 1.5 hours)

• Set up Pi and set up email forwarding for SSH

-February 16, 2018 (Graham Webb, 35min)

• installed Android Studio
• installed android app simulater
• read user manual for Android Studio
• researched potential app-learning software

-February 16, 2018 (Ahmed Hassan, Dr. Feher, 1.5 hours)

• Resolved Remote Login on Raspberry Pi
• Started Work on Presentation

-February 18,2018 (Graham Webb, 30 min)

• Presentation work

Week 4: (2/19-2/26)

-February 20, 2018 (Kelvin Xie, 2 hours 30 minutes)

• Work on presentation
• Familiarized myself with the Raspberry Pi interface
• Worked on the VNC server and how to get and email the IP address on boot up. Struggling getting the VNC working properly. Still a work in progress.

-February 20, 2018 (Ahmed Hassan, 30 minutes)

• Created AWS account and started learning about it
• Python Projects

-February 21, 2018 (Kelvin Xie, 1 hour 30 minutes)

• Continued work on VNC connection
• Enabled VNC cloud connection so IP address is no longer required for remote connection
  • VNC server automatically opens on startup
  • As a test, this log update was done through the Raspberry Pi from my iPad