May 31, 2015
We're almost finished with everything. We went to TI today (Sunday) and we have a good plan for our video, which we have already filmed as well. Now all that's left is everything coming together. Our presentation is also almost complete, we're just waiting for final edits now!
Sunday, May 31, 2015
Wednesday, May 20, 2015
Day 23
May 20, 2015
All portions of our clock are finished! Cathy also brought us a new light, a Superbright LED, so David is working on implementing that now to the project. With the clock portion finished, we now only have to prepare our presentation and fix the LED part.
Monday, May 18, 2015
Day 22
May 18, 2015
Dave came and helped Reuben set up the date function, so now we have everything displaying except for AM/PM. We're working a lot on our presentation now, and building a video plot to explain our product.
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
Day 21
May 13, 2015
Today our project started acting up; some of the parts of our code didn't display properly onto the screen, but we're working on it to fix the problem.
Today our project started acting up; some of the parts of our code didn't display properly onto the screen, but we're working on it to fix the problem.
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
Day 20
May 6, 2015
Today Reuben was able to display the time onto the LCD display from the serial port. So now we have a continuously updating clock! It glitches sometimes, but we're beginning to think that it may be because of the hotspot connections that we have to use instead of wi-fi. The next step is to add the date and a AM/PM function.
Today Reuben was able to display the time onto the LCD display from the serial port. So now we have a continuously updating clock! It glitches sometimes, but we're beginning to think that it may be because of the hotspot connections that we have to use instead of wi-fi. The next step is to add the date and a AM/PM function.
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Day 19
April 29, 2015
Lillian began working on the marketing portion of the presentation, mostly putting together the powerpoint, while Reuben and David continued compiling code for the light and alarm clock.
Lillian began working on the marketing portion of the presentation, mostly putting together the powerpoint, while Reuben and David continued compiling code for the light and alarm clock.
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Day 18
April 22, 2015
Today, we got the time to display on the serial port in Energia. The next step which we haven't quite figured out yet is to get that time to display onto our LCD screen. We've mostly been working with Trey, Dave, and checking in with Travis for progress, and we're making good progress.
Today, we got the time to display on the serial port in Energia. The next step which we haven't quite figured out yet is to get that time to display onto our LCD screen. We've mostly been working with Trey, Dave, and checking in with Travis for progress, and we're making good progress.
Monday, April 13, 2015
Day 17
April 13, 2015
We didn't make any specific progress today because some things on the code stopped working, so Reuben and David spent their time fixing that, and Lillian was working on the Wiki page.
We didn't make any specific progress today because some things on the code stopped working, so Reuben and David spent their time fixing that, and Lillian was working on the Wiki page.
Monday, April 6, 2015
Day 16
April 6, 2015
We learned a lot about marketing plans and the various stages of development, so for a presentation we'll be giving to someone tomorrow, Lillian will be making a powerpoint presentation based off of the basic marketing plan that Laretta shared with us. David and Reuben are still working on the codes for their individual parts and are very near completion. We still have left to implement code for the gettime function, the setting the alarm clock, receiving temperature data, syncing the CC3100 with the light, and finally compiling everything together. For now, we are making good progress and hope to finish all the coding aspects, except for possibly the alarm function, within the next two weeks.
We learned a lot about marketing plans and the various stages of development, so for a presentation we'll be giving to someone tomorrow, Lillian will be making a powerpoint presentation based off of the basic marketing plan that Laretta shared with us. David and Reuben are still working on the codes for their individual parts and are very near completion. We still have left to implement code for the gettime function, the setting the alarm clock, receiving temperature data, syncing the CC3100 with the light, and finally compiling everything together. For now, we are making good progress and hope to finish all the coding aspects, except for possibly the alarm function, within the next two weeks.
Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Day 15
April 1, 2015
We received an email attachment earlier this week from Cathy regarding Laretta's visit on today, so today Lillian worked on filling out a form about the sales and marketing plan of our product. Reuben continued working with syncing the display code and the CC3100, and David is now working on making the code fade in from low to high within a certain time period - both plan to be finished on Monday of next week.
We received an email attachment earlier this week from Cathy regarding Laretta's visit on today, so today Lillian worked on filling out a form about the sales and marketing plan of our product. Reuben continued working with syncing the display code and the CC3100, and David is now working on making the code fade in from low to high within a certain time period - both plan to be finished on Monday of next week.
Monday, March 30, 2015
Day 14
March 30, 2015
Using the MQTT that Trey showed him, Reuben was able to start figuring out how to work the CC3100. Today, he tried to run a demo, but then we ran into a road block because we did not have a hotspot for Reuben to use in running the wi-fi demo. We see this becoming a potential problem, but Lillian will try to set up her phone's hotspot the next session.
Using the MQTT that Trey showed him, Reuben was able to start figuring out how to work the CC3100. Today, he tried to run a demo, but then we ran into a road block because we did not have a hotspot for Reuben to use in running the wi-fi demo. We see this becoming a potential problem, but Lillian will try to set up her phone's hotspot the next session.
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Day 13
March 25, 2015
We worked on coding with Dave today, and he informed us that we would have to move back to Code Composer, which we would be starting next week on Monday with the TI laptops. We've made good progress overall, we just need to compile everything and then add the wi-fi function, but so far, we haven't been able to add wi-fi because none of us have personal hotspots.
We worked on coding with Dave today, and he informed us that we would have to move back to Code Composer, which we would be starting next week on Monday with the TI laptops. We've made good progress overall, we just need to compile everything and then add the wi-fi function, but so far, we haven't been able to add wi-fi because none of us have personal hotspots.
Monday, March 23, 2015
Day 12
March 23, 2015
Today, we were updating our Wikipedia page and filling out a form for a meeting that we'll be having with a marketer next week. We're going to be starting on the bulk of compiling the codes we already have in Code Composer on Monday, so for now we're fixing everything else besides that.
Today, we were updating our Wikipedia page and filling out a form for a meeting that we'll be having with a marketer next week. We're going to be starting on the bulk of compiling the codes we already have in Code Composer on Monday, so for now we're fixing everything else besides that.
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Day 11
March 18, 2015
We're all still focused on our new assignments as of Monday, and not much measurable progress has been made, but we do feel closer to the actual goal now for both the clock and the LED.
We're all still focused on our new assignments as of Monday, and not much measurable progress has been made, but we do feel closer to the actual goal now for both the clock and the LED.
Monday, March 16, 2015
Day 10
March 16, 2015
Today, our focuses were redirected concerning the clock function. Lillian is now trying to find a code suitable for for the clock to be continuously running, Reuben is working on displaying everything properly on the LCD screen, and David is working on the LED part, trying to make it dimmer and brighter according to different readings that are fed into it.
Wednesday, March 4, 2015
Day 8, 9
February 25 & March 2, 2015
I was not present on these two days; however, Reuben and David in the meantime were able to figure out how to set up the demo on the display, and even how to input their own data into it. Our group has decided to table the work as far as the CC3100 goes, until we figure out everything associated with actually running a clock on the display.
Monday, February 23, 2015
Day 7
February 23, 2015
Sai and Dave came today to help with the demos for each board that we have, and other teams' boards, but almost all of us ended up being unsuccessful. We tried downloading some programs and followed their instructions, but nothing really worked.
Sai and Dave came today to help with the demos for each board that we have, and other teams' boards, but almost all of us ended up being unsuccessful. We tried downloading some programs and followed their instructions, but nothing really worked.
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Day 6
February 18, 2015
After the President's Day break we had on Monday, we arrived and the new display boards were ready! We spent the day experimenting with these boards, but we weren't able to make any of the demos on the board. The CC3100 board was also giving us trouble again, and we weren't able to re-run the initial wifi demo; Dave even came to help, but we haven't been successful as of yet.
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Monday, February 9, 2015
Day 4
February 9, 2015
We were finally able to figure out how to run the start up demo on the CC3100! Also, we came up with a company name and logo to represent our product. Still awaiting the display board to arrive, since we just ordered it last week.
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
Day 3
February 4, 2015
We received all of our parts today; however, we were not able to figure out how to run any of the start-up demos. In the meanwhile, we have researched more in the conceptual aspect of our product, and we developed a conceptual and technical block diagram along with an elevator pitch for our product.
- We realized that we actually had not ordered all the products, we were still missing the display board, so we chose to use the Sharp Booster Pack LCD Display and have ordered that. However, and Travis brought by a few colored LED's that we could use as well.
We received all of our parts today; however, we were not able to figure out how to run any of the start-up demos. In the meanwhile, we have researched more in the conceptual aspect of our product, and we developed a conceptual and technical block diagram along with an elevator pitch for our product.
- We realized that we actually had not ordered all the products, we were still missing the display board, so we chose to use the Sharp Booster Pack LCD Display and have ordered that. However, and Travis brought by a few colored LED's that we could use as well.
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Day 2
January 21, 2015
All the specific parts of our project have been finalized besides the LED that we will be using to simulate the lightbulb. We sent in our orders to univ@ti.com and are awaiting arrival of the parts!
All the specific parts of our project have been finalized besides the LED that we will be using to simulate the lightbulb. We sent in our orders to univ@ti.com and are awaiting arrival of the parts!
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Day 1
January 14, 2015
Today, we finalized the project we're choosing to do. In 6 months, we'll hopefully have created a working prototype of an alarm clock, which we're calling the Rise & Shine. Ideally, this alarm clock will have all the traditional functions of an alarm clock, including alarms and snooze, as well as have wireless functions that allows it to channel weather information from The Weather Channel and remotely turn on a room's light bulbs. For this next week, we will be scoping out the design parameters of this project to create a final schedule based on the requirements.
Today, we finalized the project we're choosing to do. In 6 months, we'll hopefully have created a working prototype of an alarm clock, which we're calling the Rise & Shine. Ideally, this alarm clock will have all the traditional functions of an alarm clock, including alarms and snooze, as well as have wireless functions that allows it to channel weather information from The Weather Channel and remotely turn on a room's light bulbs. For this next week, we will be scoping out the design parameters of this project to create a final schedule based on the requirements.
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