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Proposal Abstract 2016-2017

Abstract: This project will focus on first creating an automated attendance system using a combination of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag...

Daily Weblog 3/1/17

Today, I built my EC meter out of an electrical cord, as described in the guide that I have linked to previously. Because the shape and spacing of el...

Daily Weblog 4/10/17

Today, I finished wiring the temperature sensor in - I soldered a set of jumper wires to the leads so that it could fit in to the breadboard, and add...

Daily Weblog 2/22/17

Today, we had a guest who was an amateur hydroponicist, to help us get the initial ideas down for the beginning of the HPA hydroponics project. The ...

Daily Weblog 4/26/17

Today, I set up the sensor system with the Raspberry Pi to run it, live and configured in what should be the first working prototype. The sensors all...

Daily Weblog 2/27/17

Today, Ilan and I took apart the 3D printer to replace the heating bed with the new one we had been sent. When we reassembled it with the new heating...

Weekly Weblog 2/25/17

This week, I have been mostly focusing on the new hydroponics project, especially the analytical and automation aspect. I created a spreadsheet for t...

Daily Weblog 2/6/17

Today, I finished creating and uploading the models for my entire class. I ran out of RAM again, however. I discovered by analyzing the Python memory...

Daily Weblog 2/1/17

I fixed the memory problem! Or at least I hope so. With today's modifications to my project, I was able to cut the weight of the Python script by abo...

Daily Weblog 9/12/16

Today, I worked on the dependency issues between Phidgets and OpenCV. I have resolved a host of issues, and I am now down the last issue of the devic...

Weekly Weblog 4/30/16

This week, I made serious progress on the golf cart project. I set up a Raspberry Pi with remote control capabilities (accessible over the golf cart ...

Daily Weblog 1/20/17

Today, I planned the database architecture that I will be using for the Attendance project. I set up the MySQL server, made it available over the net...

Daily Weblog 4/17/17

Today, I tried again to set up the Raspberry Pi with a static IP (this time at 10.14.88.138), but it is not connecting properly - I am not sure why. ...

Daily Weblog 4/7/17

Today, I tested my temperature sensor against the official sensor that we bought, and it returned exactly the same result. I also connected the tempe...

Daily Weblog 3/3/17

Today, I spent most of class showing an Alaskan potential student the class's projects. I also set up the Raspberry Pi again, so I can now access it ...

Daily Weblog 2/8/17

Today, I set up a crontab that will activate my recognition program every 10:00 AM on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and modified the code to run ...

Daily Weblog 1/30/17

My project works - as of today, I was able to test it in its entirety, despite losing a Pi to water damage (it has since been replaced - thanks, Dr. B...

Daily Weblog 10/24/16

Today, I worked on my attendance project - I coped all of my code and project data onto my laptop and then erased the SD card that is the main memory...

Daily Weblog 9/14/16

More dependency issues have arisen. It turns out the "linux2" problem exists in every major file in the Phidget library. I have modified those necess...

Weekly Weblog 9/10/16

This week (a short week, so with only two ISR class periods), I worked on integrating the two separate attendance systems that I have built. The RFID...