For this week, as per the schedule I was working on interfacing with the RFID reader and the Farsens tags. After some extremely tedious time trying (and finally successfully) getting the ThingMagic API working on the Rasperry Pi, I was not able to interface with the RFID reader to read Read more…
This week I worked finalized the TP load sensor integration with the rotation sensor. The system uses an acrylic piece mounted inside the TP tube to trigger a contact switch mounted on the end of the TP axis. This triggers the start of a “wiping session” in the code, telling the Read more…
I finished up the entire app frontend and backend and fixed small bugs in the python script to update the database. Next week, I plan on helping my team integrate my piece into the raspberry pi so that they can datalog and we can use the app in the project, Read more…
I have been working on the iOS app frontend. I have some familiarity with iOS, but not too much outside of the storyboard. I’m still learning how to dynamically display the data. At this point, I have programmatically been able to create labels and imported firebase into my iOS project Read more…
In the week following Spring break I was responsible for hooking up the RFID reader and getting some preliminary results using the battery free sensing technologies. Using the Mercury API to read the state of the battery free sensor, I created software to monitor and log the state to a Read more…
This week I worked on finalizing the TP load sensor, began designing the TP rotation sensor, door latch sensor, and working out plans for the overall TP sensor PCB. The sensors are progressing well, and I should have a finalized design shortly. Looking into the PCB costs, the parts needed Read more…
This week I worked on ordering parts for the final prototype of the load sensor, as well as critical RFID components (tags, reader, and raspberry pi control module). Due to Spring Break, there is a bit of a reduced timescale this week, I, as well as my groupmates, will be unavailable starting either Read more…
Individual This week I set up the data logging for our app. We are using firebase — the admin sdk and the real-time database. I created a simple interface for us to create key value pairs and increment counters in our database. This will be easy to deploy on the Read more…
This week I worked on the design review report, as well as prototyping the TP load sensor, and prototyping the initial functions of the reader. The group all worked together on the design review report, which took up a fair amount of time. Now that the load sensor parts had arrived, I Read more…