This is your logbook. Insert here all relevant information regarding the evolution of your project
Choosing the project theme. Doing some background research about the themes.
We chose our project topic. Starter research about the materials and parts we could use. Prepared questions for the first meeting.
Started thinking about the objects design. Started with our marketing plan.
Hannes and Toomas researched the materials needed. Anna worked on our marketing plan. Due to the intensiti of our timetable we don't have much time to work on our project.
Clarification of our idea. Got our acrylic glass. Made updates and presented our material list.
Continued our work on the marketing and developing our project. Started the Interim Report. Made some changes in our material list.
Preparing the interim report presentation. Presenting our interim report. Visited shops for small parts (nuts, screws etc.)
Waiting for the parts.
We started to connect the parts (soldering and connecting wires). Hannes started testing the program on the parts.
Tested the program (some problems with it). Toomas and Hannes made some angle brackets. Jana finished the logo.
Toomas and Hannes made all the acrylic parts for the shell. Jana corrected the leaflet. Anna worked on the Interim report mistakes.
Making the report. Jana made the poster.
Testing the new IMU. Finishing the deliverabels.
Introduce here a brief report of the meeting.
-Questions:
1. What are the tasks that the object must fill?
2. What senseors should it have, what are the things it should measure?
3. In what environment the object is going to be used?
4. Is there a size limit?
5. What is the budget?
6. Has it to be mobile or stationary?
7. What wireless systems (wi-fi, blootooth) can we use?
8. What range should it operat in?
9. Do we need to use batterys or can we use the plug-in system? If we use batterys then how long should they last ( how many houers)?
10. Who is the finale customer/ consumer?
11. What the customer/consumer expect from it?
12. Free questions (questions that have risen on the meeting)
13. Conclusion
Got some information and ideas how and what to research.
Questions about matrials and laboratory:
1. Shall we add small parts like headers, wires or soldering materials to the material list?
2. Can we use machines for heating and cutting acrylic glass (plexiglass)? Does ISEP have any?
3. Do you know where we can buy acrylic glass in Portugal or Porto (company name would help)?
4. Who can show us the laboratory?
5. Is it possible to make small changes to the material list like a LED or switch after the end of March?
6. Is Bluetooth reflected by acrylic glass? Do we need an external antenna? ( We have decided to use Bluetooth, because then the object will also be able to communicate with smartphones etc.)
Questions about marketing:
1. Do we have to do market analysis, if the Smart Object is going to be used only for school?
2. Do we have to do market segmentation?
3. Is the object only for ISEP or for indiviudal client?
4. Can we use ISEP's logo on the Smart Object?
Free questions that have risen during the meeting.
Conclusion
Got some anwsers for the questions we had. Got some good advise what to look in to and so on.
We got some web links where we should find the materials and parts we need (http://www.dagol.pt/ and www.inmotion.pt). The power consumbtion becomes obvios when we test the parts. We don't have the general idea what the SO is going to be so we have to think about that. Also we have to think about if we need all the parts that we have listed.
Material list: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uOrNmMXwRpAIS5l9XwNB77idnNh9NM5bNxiXiauNUNs/edit
Name | Link | Price | Specification | Quantity |
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Arduino BT | http://www.inmotion.pt/store/arduino-bluetooth | 82,00 € | 1 | |
IMU Digital Combo Board - 6 Degrees of Freedom ITG3200/ADXL345 | http://www.inmotion.pt/store/imu-digital-combo-board-6-degrees-of-freedom-itg3200adxl345 | 48,95 € | 18mm X 16mm (see pictures on the link) | 1 |
Lithium Polymer Battery | http://www.inmotion.pt/store/polymer-lithium-ion-battery-2000mah | 13,95 € | Battery: 6mm×30mm×48mm | 1 |
LiPoly Charger - Single Cell | http://www.inmotion.pt/store/lipoly-charger-single-cell | 12.75 € | maybe 25mm x 25mm | 1 |
Logic Level Converter | http://www.inmotion.pt/store/logic-level-converter | 2,65 € | 12mm x 15mm | 1 |
Nintendo DS Touch Screen | http://www.inmotion.pt/store/nintendo-ds-touch-screen | 7,95 € | 55.88 mm x 69.85 mm | 1 |
Breakoutboard for Touchpad Nintendo DS Touch Screen Connector Breakout | http://www.inmotion.pt/store/nintendo-ds-touch-screen-connector-breakout | 3,50 € | 12 mm x 12 mm | 1 |
Breakout Board for ADMP401 MEMS Microphone | http://www.inmotion.pt/store/breakout-board-for-admp401-mems-microphone | 8,50 € | 11 mm x 14 mm | 1 |
Standoff - Nylon (3/8“, 4-40, 10 packs) | http://www.sparkfun.com/products/10927 | 2 X 2,23= 4,46 | Probelem: Portuguese adress missing | >12 |
Jumper Wires | http://www.inmotion.pt/store/jumper-wires-premium-6-pack-of-30-mm-20-mf-10-ff | 14,3 € | 1 | |
Screws with 4-40 thread and a flat head length: ca. 10 mm | > 16 | |||
Nuts 4-40 | http://www.sparkfun.com/products/10232 | >16 | ||
Angle Bracket - 4-40 | http://www.sparkfun.com/products/10228 | 0,38 x 10 = 3,8 | >8 | |
Targus USB Bluetooth® 2.0 Adapter, 100M | http://www.vobis.pt/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=02967093&oid=&c= | 14,99 € + shipping | 1 |
We introduced our idea. Presented the material list. Got some feedback where to get some missing parts.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/64919990/Scheme2.pdf
Got answers to our questions.
IMU has to be changed maybe.
We got some ideas how to bend acrylic glass. Supervisors told us how to test the microphone and touch screen if they are working or not.
Introduced current situation.
paper (how do we write it) poster (examples)
We got some answers where we get the templets.
General information what to add to the report, paper and so on.
All teams present the project results, videos and their prototypes.
Team 1, Team 2, Team 3 and Team 4 presented their project results and the supervisors gave some feedback.
Please register here all project activities
Start | End | Task | Description | Who |
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01.03.2012 | 30.03.2012 | Research and devolpment | Compose a general idea, choose materials | Hannes, Anna, Janna, Toomas |
15.03.2012 | 14.04.2012 | Marketing analysis | Anna | |
15.03.2012 | 30.03.2012 | Compose material list | Make a list of materials that we need for our project | Hannes, Toomas |
15.03.2012 | 30.05.2012 | Drawings | Drawings, sketches etc | Toomas |
01.04.2012 | 14.04.2012 | Preparing Interim Report | Hannes, Anna, Janna, Toomas | |
12.04.2012 | 17.04.2012 | Preparing Interim Report Presentation | Hannes, Anna, Janna, Toomas | |
07.05.2012 | 25.05.2012 | Connecting parts | Soldering, conecting wires, conecting the parts to the shell | Hannes, Anna, Jana, Toomas |
14.05.2012 | 16.05.2012 | Making our logo | Makeing the logo for our project | Jana |
14.05.2012 | 24.05.2012 | Making the pieces we need | Makeing the angle brackets, shell parts | Hannes, Toomas |
15.05.2012 | 12.06.2012 | Making the Final Report | Hannes, Anna, Janna, Toomas | |
25.05.2012 | 12.06.2012 | Making the Paper | Hannes, Anna, Janna, Toomas | |
06.06.2012 | 12.06.2012 | Making the Video | Butting together our video | Jana |
06.06.2012 | 10.06.2012 | Making the Poster | Jana | |
10.05.2012 | 13.06.2012 | Making the Final Presentation | Hannes, Anna, Janna, Toomas | |
25.05.2012 | 15.06.2012 | Making the User Manual | Hannes, Anna, Janna, Toomas |