Past Meeting Minutes

Meetings Notes:
Oct 26, 2009
Attendees:
Adam
Yoileana
Giancarlo
Fernando
Angel
Topics:
New Division of work
1. New Items
a. Ph
i. Fernando
b. Conductivity Sensor
i. Angel
2. Work per Person
a. Yoileana
i. Keypad
ii. Power
iii. Thermocouples
b. Giancarlo
i. LCD
ii. Webpages
iii. Control Temperature
c. Angel
i. Zigby
ii. Programming PC for Zigbee
iii. Programming MSP for ZIgbee
iv. Conductivity Sensor
d. Fernando
i. pH sensor
ii. Light Sensor
iii. Light Control
iv. Programming service
e. Adam
i. Database
ii. Humidity Sensor
iii. Humidity Controls
New work hours to make up time: 20hrs a week.
Work all Mondays from 1-5pm at the lab.

Nov 2, 2009
Attendees:
Angel
Giancarlo
Fernando
Adam
Items Discussed:
1. Evaluations
2. Project items remaining.
3. Pieces waiting to arrive.

Adam Work Wednesday November 4, 2009 Morning

Starting Time: 7:00am
End Time: 11:00am

Items worked:
Remade database, and need to make a few changes to make the system more modular.
Worked on java functions for database.
Discussed future work for project.

Monday Nov. 11, 2009 Adam Work

Starting time 2:30pm
End time 7:10pm

Items worked:
Database installation for web developer.
Working on Humidity control module.
Created function to add items to the database and verify that the database is connected in java

Monday Oct 5 Meeting

Attendees:
Adam Hidalgo
Angel Morales
Fernando Diaz
Giancarlo Perez
Yoileana Jimenez

Items Discussed:
1. Hardware Methods to implement new features
2. Happy Hour Deliverables
3. Pieces to purchase

Hardware Methods:
Use 2 Chips one to implement and one for design and another for implementation.
This allows for multiple areas to be designed and implemented at the same time.

Keypad must include backspace and scrolls for the user.

LCD should be 2 lines for better display when scrolling.

Happy Hour:
Items that need to be ready for wednessday are:
Gantt Charts
Hardware Schematics
Software Schematics
Flow Charts used
Templates used for web design
ER-Diagram
Designs
Algorithms used
Test Cases for:
Zigbee
Web
Database
Software
Hardware

Pieces to purchase:
1. USB, Zigbee
2. Fans, PC for temperature control
3. Humidity vaporizers
4. Humidity sensors
5. Light
6. Light sensor
7. Dimmer
8. 2 line LCD Screen
9. Keypad at least 15 keys
10. Voltage regulator
11. Proto board
12. Resistors
13. Jumpers
14. Plugs
15. Wires
16. Casing
17. PC Board
18. Buzzer

Deadlines:
Oct. 21
Initial Proposal Prototype must be completed

Meeting on Oct. 6, 2009 8:00pm Capstone Laboratory

HW for Monday Oct. 5 2009

HW for Monday:
1. Design for new Module
2. Print out designs and schematics to place them in project binder
3. Bring design drafts and place them on project binder
4. Print out test cases and place them on project binder

Stand UP Meeting 2

Date: 9/21/2009
Attendees:
Angel
Adam
Giancarlo
Yoileana
Fernando

Items Discussed:
1.) Team members will each send emails to the team leader describing their weekly goals for the project.
2.) Giancarlo has been made the team's treasurer
3.) Yoileana will compile an initial Table of Content and send it to the team leader

Project Discussion Meeting

Meeting Attendees:
Fernando Diaz
Adam Hidalgo
Yioleana Jimenez
Angel Morales
Giancarlo Perez

Sep. 14, 2009

Meeting Agenda

1. System Design

a. Core Components

i. LCD -

b. Features

2. Gantt Chart

3. Progress Report

4. Proposal

5. Items that are going to be bought

6. Budget (opening account)

Device Inputs

Sensros –Temp

Keypad-

Should have the ability to enter each of the following information

a. Backwash

b. PH

c. Free Chlorine

d. Combine Chlorine

e. Bromine

f. Ozone

g. Salinity

h. Coliforms

i. Vacuum

Power button
Send Button
Button to scroll through items
Buttons to enter backwash

PC does time stamp and send back date for backwash

LCD

Show all inputs

a. Backwash

b. PH

c. Free Chlorine

d. Combine Chlorine

e. Bromine

f. Ozone

g. Salinity

h. Coliforms

i. Vacuum

j. Temperature

Sensors

a. Temperature

b. $40 thermo couples

c. Modular Thermocuoples

d. Soon as possible

a. Test for effictivity

Power

· 3.3V

Alarm

Buzzer

Zigbee

Need a decision

Web interface

Pages

a. Welcome

b. Administration

a. Temp. Range

b. Recording scheduler

c. Alarm

d. Emails/SMS

e. Animal

c. Login

d. Datasheet

e. Search Database

Proposal

Tomorrow at 10:30am

Gantt Chart

Shown to group

Group agrees that we are behind

Proposal Stand Up Meeting

Attendees:
Adam Hidalgo
Angel Morales
Fernando Diaz
Giancarlo Perez
Yoileana Jimenez

Action Items:

1. Division of Proposal Task:

• Smart Objectives - Giancarlo
• Prior Projects and Market - Yoileana
• Hazards and Risk management - Fernando
• Budget and Schedule - Adam
• Problem Statement - Angel
• Personnel - Each does his/her own bio
• Send cost of materials of each section

Stand UP Meeting

Attendees:
Adam Hidalgo
Angel Morales
Fernando Diaz
Giancarlo Perez
Yoiliana Jimenez

Action Items:

1. Proposal Research Meeting
2. Research the Following Items

• Temperature Profilers
• Similar Projects
• Zoo Hazards for animals
• Safety Risk for Device
• Current Items used by Zoos
• Clean Rooms
• Current Temperature Profilers for Clean Rooms
• Questions to ask zoo keepers
  

Presentation and Brochure Meeting

Date: 8-23-09
Time: 7:00pm
Attendees:
Adam Hidalgo
Yoileana Jimenez
Angel Morales
Giancarlo Perez

Action Items:

1. Finish Brochure
2. Finish Presentation
3. Research Standards
4. Gantt Chart
   

1st Official meeting

Members Present:
Fernando Diaz
Adam Hidalgo
Yoileana Jimenez
Angel Morales
Giancarlo Perez


Action Items:

1. Pros and cons for Zoo monitoring system
2. Pros and cons for trolley tracking system
3. Outcomes of meetings with costumers
4. Choose Project
   

Chosen idea:

1. Zoo temperature management.

Deciding factors:

1. Future Opportunity
2. Humanitarian Purposes
3. Project actually helps the end user.

Pending items for the next meeting:

1. Research for project on the following:
   

• Previous Projects
• Market
• Heat Sensors
• Microprocessors
• Wireless system
• Computers