Project Progress Log

Individual Log - Prem The majority of this week was spent testing and publishing all results for final testing of thermostat and valve...

Group Log The group met many times this week to finalize the project, finish the report, and prepare for the presentation. Many planning...

Individual Log - Conner Started the week by updating the valve code to fix any issues that needed to be addressed before testing could...

Individual Log - Zach This week I started by reviewing the entire report to correct and adjust anything that used future tense, as the...

Individual Log - Prem The majority of this week was spent testing the functionality of the valve enclosure and diagnosing/debugging...

Group Log The group met again on Wednesday to bring the project together and iron out any issues that were presented during last week's...

Individual Log - Conner This week I fixed necessary coding issues for the valve enclosure, reconstructed the valve software flowchart,...

Individual Log - Zach I started this week by creating final software flow charts for the thermostat and adding them to the report....

Individual Log - Prem The majority of this week was spent designing and assembling the valve enclosure. Apart from the entrance and top,...

Group Log The group met again on Wednesday to bring together everyone's individual work and perform the first test of the complete...

Individual Log - Conner Following the group's meeting to test the smart water faucet, I began researching and troubleshooting the code...

Individual Log - Zach I began this week by diving into the final report, and began to rearrange sections according to the rubric's...

Individual Log - Prem This weeks progress was limited because I had to go out of town for the weekend, but final fitment has been made...

Individual Log - Conner Added the remaining functions to the valve code. Annotated code to account for changes with variables, SOC...

Group Log This weeks group meeting consisted of Prem and Zach. We discussed the tables hosted on the website, and what edits needed to be...

Individual Log - Zach This weeks efforts were focused on polishing the website, assisting with and troubleshooting valve enclosure...

Group Log The group reconvened on Wednesday to combine more individual work and test the project. Zach and Conner refined the bluetooth...

Individual Log - Conner This week, I created another digital output program to work with the logic controller. After further testing with...

Individual Log - Prem For this week, I assembled the mechanical components of the valve regulator and tested the systems functionality...

Individual Log - Zach Efforts were put into finalization of the thermostat assembly and other non-technical aspects surrounding this...

Group Log The group met to work together on Wednesday. Zach and Conner successfully passed data to and from the MCUs directly using the...

Individual Log - Conner Most of the work I completed this week was with the group. The individual work that I completed was further...

Individual Log - Prem The logic controller design was finalized this week so that efforts can now be directed at assembling the water...

Individual Log - Zach To prepare for our next group meeting, the week began with the goal to complete the import of thermostat BLE test...

Individual Log - Prem Since the logic controller operated on 12V and all GPIO pins had a maximum threshold of 3.3V, circuits needed to be...

Individual Log - Conner Met with the group to work on bringing the project together. Zach and I worked on expanding the Bluetooth code...

Individual Log - Zach Initial goals for the week were to finalize the thermostat enclosure design and prepare it for 3D printing,...

Individual Log - Prem As requested from Dr. Ejaz during our previous meeting, adding a circulation pump to allow the product to produce...

Individual Log - Conner I created a state of charge module using a AA battery and a voltage divider circuit. The Arduino can measure the...

Individual Log - Zach With Memorial day passing our scheduled meeting days have changed, and weeks 3 and 4 have intersected some....

Individual Log - Conner We began the week by evaluating the feedback from Dr. Ejaz. The group met to redo the weekly timeline and create...

Individual Log - Zach The week began with revisions to code for text displayed on the LCD screen, reducing the needed lines for...

Individual Log - Prem An initial dual comparator circuit was designed (fig. 1) and built to test the regulation capabilities of the...

Individual Log - Conner This week was spent reviewing the feedback from the presentations and talking with the group to determine steps...

Individual Log - Prem The internal power supply of the generator featured Zener diode soldering locations so one rated for 15V was...

Individual Log - Zach Proposal: Week 14 was spent exclusively revising the report with group members, and preparing both the slideshow...