Weekly Updates
Week 1:
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:
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:
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:
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:
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:
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:
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:
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:
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:
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:
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.