Weekly Updates

Week 15 5/1/2020

• Learned about X11 Forwarding using SSH

• Learned more about router settings at home

• Polishing up weekly exercises

• Found cool article on Neural networks

  • https://www.explainthatstuff.com/introduction-to-neural-networks.html

• Labs 1 -10 completed and on website

Week 14 4/27/2020

• Reviewed IEEE Editorial Style Manual, Lab safety information

• PROOF Lab has machining and 3D printing capabilities

• Transforming a design concept into reality

• Hacked vs. kludged solution

  • • Designed vs. poorly designed

• Work around senioritis syndrome

Week 13 4/20/2020

• Added Lab 4 - 6 documentation onto site

Week 12 4/13/2020

• Added Lab 1 - 3 documentation onto site

Week 11 4/6/2020

• Found online software tool that allows users to document electronic circuit prototypes, layout and manufacture pcbs

  • https://fritzing.org/home/

Week 10 3/30/2020

• KISS Principle

  • Keep it stupid simple

• Focus on Synthesis in Engineering Design

  • Requires creative thinking to combine ideas and make something meaningful/impactful

• Explicit tasks,knowledge,skills, can be done individually

• Professors, advisers, pass tacit knowledge

• Cognitive IoT

  • IBM

  • Google

• GSpread lets you load data from pi onto google sheet thru cloud

• Thinkspeak.com

• Fritzing helps export electronic cirucits

Week 9 3/25/2020

• Went over abstractions

• Ordered wireless keyboard and mouse to work on raspberry pi

• Looking for CPE senior D partners HMU

• YouTube channels to looks at:

  • Explaining Computers

  • 3blue1brown (math/ML)

  • Jabrils

  • Derek Banas (tutorials)

• Finally bought wireless keyboard & mouse to setup raspberry pi

  • Learned how to add/remove directories, edit files, and ssh into pi

Week 8 3/16/2020

• No class

• Spring break

Week 7 3/9/2020

• Went over 4 types of Intellectual property

  • 1. Trade Secrets

  • 2. Trademarks

  • 3. Copyrights

  • 4. Patents

• Formulate senior design interests:

  • Government project

    • SDR

    • Signal processing/acquisition

  • Image processing

  • Wireless communications

Week 6 3/2/2020

• No class

Week 5 2/24/2020

• Went over Lesson 4: Structuring the Search for a solution

Week 4 2/18/2020

• No class

• Setup raspberry pi

• Cloned IoT repo onto my laptop

• Went over Lesson 3: Structuring the Search for the Problem

Week 3 2/10/2020

• Introduced to raspberry pi

Week 2 2/3/2020

• Went over fundamental engineering principles

Week 1 1/27/2020

• Added D6 to my course website

• Created Github and posted link to website