Logbook
Weekly Report
1st Week Report
The group arranged a meeting in order to get familiar.
Started assigning tasks to different team members.
Discussed a few ideas about marketing plans.
2nd Week Report
The first official meeting with the supervisors took place
Task allocation and Gantt Chart was done
Searching for components and materials already in progress
Discussion about suggested ideas and advice which appeared during the 1st official meeting
3rd Week Report
Things that happened this week:
Research on modules and materials continued
First flowchart was created
First draft of a logo was created
First draft of leaflet was created
Ethical code concerning our teamwork was set up and signed by teammembers
Tried to find an appropriate market for the final product
4th Week Report
Things that happened this week:
5th Week Report
During our Eastern holiday week we:
Started the state of the art
Started to design webpage
Started to modify a scrum document for project management, so that we can use one in the future.
6th Week Report
Things that happened this week:
We started to insert more info to the report sub-page on the wiki
We finished the scrum excel file and are now able to use it for project management.
We updated the gantt chart so that it matched the scrum file.
We started to modify the existing marketing plan for the interim report.
We started to write the sustainability and ethics part for the interim report
7th Week Report
Things that happened this week:
Leaflet was updated according to Anas' comments.
All separate documents were compiled into a interim report document.
Presentation for interim report was created.
All deliverables were uploaded to the wiki.
8th Week Report
Things that happened this week:
9th Week Report
Things that happened this week:
10th Week Report
Things that happened this week:
11th Week Report
Things that happened this week:
Asked for feedback for the deonotolgy & sustainability part.
Started working on the poster
Created first drafts of flow charts
12th Week Report
Things that happened this week:
13th Week Report
Things that happened this week:
Soldered the GSM breakout board
We received some parts
Feedback for deontology part was received.
Deontology part was finalized
14th Week Report
Things that happened this week:
Finalized sustainability part of final report
Finalized marketing part of final report
Finalized state of the art part of final report
Compiled final report
Created final presentation
Website went online
3D renders of prototype were done
Paper was written
Started to write user manual
Final delivery of component order was delivered
Meetings
1st Meeting (2013-03-01)
Agenda:
Presentation
Modus operandi
Project proposal
Electronic Logbook
Minute:
A team familiarized with the Wiki Page
Project topic was chosen
The first discussion about the project took place
A list of suggested questions for the first official meeting with supervisors was created
2nd Meeting (2013-03-07)
Agenda:
Presentation of team
Communication/Communication module
Power supply
Data storage
Weight
Suppliers
Radiation/ radiation control
Materials
Minute:
It was decided that we should:
Create a list of devices/modules that meet the requirements
Insert all attributes from devices into a list for easy comparison (power consumption, price and dimensions have to be taken into consideration)
Check allowed levels of radiation, temperature etc. for pets as well as for humans
Get Pro-form invoice from chosen supplier. Get VAT from Benedita
Develop web interface in Linux. App for Android
Figure out how to minimize the power consumption
Define detailed scope of product
Other suggestions:
3rd Meeting (2013-03-14)
Agenda:
Considerations about prototype
Battery/battery charging module
Battery step-up regulator
Using the GSM/GPRS module
Using the GPS module
Standalone chip(PIC/AVR) vs arduino
Suppliers restrictions
Mobile Website vs Mobile App
Minute:
It was decided that we should:
Create a “Top to bottom” agenda list next time.
Create a Block diagram and add contents to it.
Add logging to flowchart
Choose if update interval should be fixed or adaptive.
Investigate in FSK modules. Might need external antennas.
Define final test requirements.
Check with G7electronica 800 102 037 if they can agree upon paying after receiving materials
Create a list as Manuel suggested.
Other suggestions/comments:
4th Meeting (2013-03-21)
Agenda:
Tracking system integration
Q2686 Module(Antenna, Mechanical Integration, Programming)
XM0110 Module(Antenna, Mechanical Integration)
GSM/GPRS to webserver
Minute:
5th Meeting (2013-04-05)
Agenda:
Interim report(What to expect, guidelines, suggestions)
Interim Presentation
Building the pet tracker
Minute:
6th Meeting (2013-04-11)
Agenda:
General considerations about the report
Minute:
7th "Meeting" (2013-04-11)
Agenda:
Minute:
8th Meeting (2013-04-26)
Agenda:
Power Supply design - evaluation of the current design
Programming the Arduino Pro Mini
Minute:
It was decided that we should:
check the feedback from other professors about the report
think about the switching regulators
look for some regulators modules - there exist better suggestions than we found
think about users' manual
prepare more detailed signal schemating and drawings
9th Meeting (2013-05-02)
Agenda:
Status update on the components.
What happens if we are not allowed to buy the components.
Tasks to fulfill for the next days/weeks (what to do until we get the components?).
Minutes:
It was decided that we should:
10th Meeting (2013-05-09)
Agenda:
Minutes:
11th Meeting (2013-05-16)
Agenda:
Minutes:
It was decided that we should:
think about a current booster in our diagram
meet with Mr. Joao Fransisco Silva to discuss few things connected with plastic container
consider different types of container in Marketing Plan
12th Meeting (2013-05-23)
Agenda:
Minutes:
13th Meeting (2013-05-30)
Agenda:
* Are the following flowcharts ok?:
Minutes:
relating to the 1st general flowchart, we should think about reading 2 sensors in the same time
second and third charts should be re-done
suggestion to the activity monitoring chart - we should think about minimizing numbers of writes (make some average values to make the data more smooth and useful to read)
14th Meeting (2013-06-06)
Agenda:
Minutes:
Activities
Please register here all project activities
Start | End | Task | Description | Who |
1.3.2013 | 3.3.2013 | Choose project | - | All |
1.3.2013 | 7.3.2013 | Assign tasks to team members | - | All |
10.3.2013 | 10.3.2013 | Hand in task allocation chart | | All |
15.3.2013 | 18.3.2013 | Create leaflet | - | Anton & Ola |
1.3.2013 | 20.3.2013 | Research modules | - | Artur |
1.3.2013 | 21.3.2013 | Make list of materials | - | All |
19.3.2013 | 19.3.2013 | Spread questionnaire on social medias | - | All |
20.3.2013 | 21.3.2013 | Researching the modules specifications | - | Artur |
21.3.2013 | 21.3.2013 | Create Marketing Plan | - | Anton & Ola |
24.3.2013 | 25.3.2013 | Update the list of materials | - | Artur |
4.4.2013 | 4.4.2013 | Create a workplan (product and sprint backlog) | - | Anton |
4.4.2013 | 5.4.2013 | Updated gantt chart | - | Anton |
5.4.2013 | 6.4.2013 | Start defining use cases | - | Marti |
8.4.2013 | 10.4.2013 | Updated sustainability and ethics part | - | Ola |
8.4.2013 | 12.4.2013 | Interim report | - | All |
12.4.2013 | 13.4.2013 | Interim report revision | - | Anton and Artur |
12.4.2013 | 13.4.2013 | Finish smartphones market analysis | - | Marti |
13.4.2013 | 14.4.2013 | Start designing power diagrams | - | Artur |
22.4.2013 | 22.4.2013 | Create new template for final report | - | Artur |
29.4.2013 | 2.5.2013 | Improving the report | - | Artur |
1.5.2013 | 5.5.2013 | Updating Marketing Plan | - | Anton & Ola |
5.5.2013 | 6.5.2013 | Defining final tests | - | Marti |
9.5.2013 | 9.5.2013 | Power supply redesign | - | Artur |
21.5.2013 | 22.5.2013 | Flowchart revision | - | Artur |
22.5.2013 | 23.5.2013 | Finalize the Ethics part of the report | - | Ola |
23.5.2013 | 28.5.2013 | Assembling and programming the GSM module and EEPROM | - | Artur |
18.5.2013 | 30.5.2013 | Finalize Marketing Plan | - | Anton |
4.6.2013 | 4.6.2013 | Finalize poster | - | Anton |
4.6.2013 | 4.6.2013 | Render 3D image of prototype | - | Anton |
4.6.2013 | 4.6.2013 | Update logbook on wiki page | - | Anton |
4.6.2013 | 4.6.2013 | Finalize the Sustainability part of the report | - | Ola |
4.6.2013 | 4.6.2013 | Start creating the video | - | Ola |
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