Weekly Updates

Week 1:

• Created team site and added homepage content.
• Published team site and made it public to the Stevens community
• Received Raspberry Pi and initialized the setup.
• Team meeting to discuss project plan and timeline for the Spring 2019 semester.
• Lab time in B123 on Feb. 8, 2019 to gather components and setup code.

Week 2:

• Completed Exercises/Labs 1 and 2.
• Raspberry Pi is configured for SSH and remote access.
• Lab time in B123 on Feb. 22, 2019 to work on exercises and LiFi project.
• LiFi receiver module completed

Week 3:

• Completed Exercise/Lab 3.
• Raspberry Pi SPI and GPIO configured.
• Lab time in B123 on March 1, 2019 to work on exercises and LiFi project.
• Added functionality to LiFi transmitter which grants access to multiple hosts.

Week 4:

• Completed Exercise/Lab 4.
• Installed Python scripts for monitoring geographic location.
• Runtime comparison was performed with different Python versions.
• Remote GPIO was configured and Doxygen was installed.
• Lab time in B123 on March 8, 2019 to work on exercises.

Week 5:

• Completed Exercise/Lab 5.
• Researched examples of Trademark, Service Mark, Copyright, Copyleft, Patent.
• Created a Django server.
• Lab time in B123 on March 15, 2019 to work on exercises and LiFi project.
• Developed scripts to test multicolor hex LED for faster transfer.
• Created a dictionary of lux values for each corresponding HEX value.

Week 6:

• Completed Exercise/Lab 6.
• Lab time in B123 on March 29, 2019 to work on exercises and LiFi project.
• Worked on GUI for LiFi module in .NET language.
• Researched microprocessors that are more compatible with LiFi technology.

Week 7:

• Completed Exercise/Lab 7.
• Lab time in B123 on April 5, 2019 to work on exercises and LiFi project.
• Created a preferences map to outline the pros & cons of several potential microprocessors.
• Class Registration: All team members enrolled in CPE423a and TG403e.

Week 8:

• Completed Exercise/Lab 8.
• Lab time in B123 on April 12, 2019 to work on exercises and LiFi project.
• Outlined the potential hazards of producing LiFi modules
• Setup Google Sheets to track analytics on specific platforms
• Instantiated ThinkSpeak IoT API to add remote functionality to LiFi testing modules

Week 9:

• Completed Exercise/Lab 9.
• Lab time in B123 on April 19, 2019 to work on exercises and LiFi project.
• Considered potential solutions to prevent hazards of producing LiFi modules.
• Raspberry Pi Lab on Data Analysis and plotting.
• Sampled several linear regression problems in the various Pi platforms.

Week 10:

• Completed Exercise/Lab 10.
• Lab time in B123 on April 19, 2019 to work on exercises and LiFi project.
• Completed lab on BlockChain.
• Completed lab on NETCONF and YANG for Raspberry Pi.

Week 11:

• End of course CPE322 Engineering Design 6
• Ideas considered for senior design.
• LiFi project will continue over the summer and weekly updates will resume in the fall.
• Overall proof of concept completed for the LiFi module.
• Further research will take place over the summer and official product will be developed in the fall.