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Jason Holmes - Design Notebook

Week of Sept. 19

September 21, 2011 (1.5 hours):
Participated in teleconference with HKUST. The discussion included possible processor options as well as the general scope of the project. Also received the new usernames for the HKUST students created for the Rhea page - emailed them to the team members.

September 22, 2011 (20 minutes):
Updated the Rhea page with information about the teleconference for those who were not there.

September 23, 2011 (1 hour):
Attended weekly meeting with VIP group.


WEEK SUMMARY:

Accomplishments: Obtained usernames for HKUST members
Weekly Work Total: 2.7 hours
Project Work Total: 2.7 hours



Week of Sept. 26

September 27, 2011 (45 minutes):
Researched processors and wireless modules, updated brainstorming session on the Rhea page. Still a little unsure of what I think.

September 27, 2011 (30 minutes):
Created a whenisgood address to organize a group meeting to create a diagram of the desired system before our group meeting on Friday. Set meeting time after results from team members came in.

September 28, 2011 (1 hour):
Met with group members to create system diagram and discuss processor choice.

September 29, 2011 (45 minutes):
Finalized system diagram and did more research on a processor/development board.

High Level.jpg
Low Level.jpg

September 30, 2011 (1.5 hour):
Attended weekly VIP group meeting. Updated block diagrams to reflect discussions at the meeting and updated the Rhea page with notes from the meeting.


WEEK SUMMARY:

Accomplishments: Completed preliminary block diagram layout of system. Decided on potential processor family.
Weekly Work Total: 4.5
Project Work Total: 7.2



Week of Oct. 3

October 6, 2011 (2 hours):
Attended group meeting to design initial draft of poster for VIP poster session. Finished initial draft of poster at home and posted a pdf version to the Rhea site to be reviewed at Friday's meeting. Link here : Poster

October 7, 2011 (1 hour):
Revised poster based on Dr. Johnson's initial impressions and researched wireless transceivers.

October 7, 2011 (1.5 hours):
Attended weekly group meeting and updated Rhea page with meeting minutes.


WEEK SUMMARY:

Accomplishments: Finished poster for VIP poster session
Weekly Work Total: 4.5 hours
Project Work Total: 11.7 hours



Week of Oct. 10

October 11, 2011 (30 minutes):
Reformatted and submitted poster to be printed.

October 13, 2011 (1 hour):
Did research on development boards presented on Friday's meeting.

October 14, 2011 (1.5 hours):
Attended weekly meeting. Picked up development board!


WEEK SUMMARY:

Accomplishments: Decided on a development board to begin prototyping.
Weekly Work Total: 3 hours
Project Work Total: 14.7 hours



Week of Oct. 17

October 17, 2011 (30 minutes):
Updated Rhea page with Oct. 14 meeting minutes

October 17, 2011 (1 hour):
Got "Blinky" to run using KEIL software!

Blinky

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October 14, 2011 (1.5 hours):
Attended weekly meeting. Picked up development board!


WEEK SUMMARY:

Accomplishments: Decided on a development board to begin prototyping.
Weekly Work Total: 3 hours
Project Work Total: 14.7 hours




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