Abhi

this week:

• Designed the first iteration of the user interface for LAURA's E Ink display
• Researched LoRaWAN networking protocol
• Designed several options for button layout on LAURA devices

moving forward:

• Have initial wireframes displayed on E-Ink display and figure out with what and how we're going to drive the display in our device
• Use LoRaBug’s bluetooth to communicate with a non-LoRa device

Madison

this week:

• Set up MongoDb collections for assets, beacons, and messages
• Wrote a basic Node.js web app for admin to display, register, and edit assets and beacons, and to display and send messages to devices

moving forward:

• Improve web app with data validation on input forms, result filtering, and a dashboard for quick search and new device registration
• Set up an iOS app with table views for assets, messages, etc.
• Look into using Socket.io for a more real-time web app experience

Vivek

this week:

• Ported Decawave firmware to the Raspberry Pi platform
• Got time-of-flight ranging working with two Decawave chips
• Looked into options for how to improve accuracy of Decawave ranging

moving forward:

• Complete PCB design

Colin

this week:

• Researched LoRaWAN networking protocol
• Designed peer-to-peer (p2p) packet structure
• Designed p2p handshake sequence
• Worked on algorithm to send p2p messages
• Researched / verified LoRa's low power consumption

moving forward:

• Have a working LoRa network between two devices, capable of sending basic packets and receiving them

Abhi

this week:

• Implemented control of E Ink display over serial through the Raspberry Pi
• Struggled to set up CCS toolchain

moving forward:

• Get BLE working on launchpad and LoRabug

Madison

this week:

• Added dashboard to web app with options to register new LAURA devices

moving forward:

• Set up iOS app with table view for messages
• Add data validation on web app forms
• Start localization API
• Research BLE implementation for iOS

Vivek

this week:

• Completed preliminary PCB design

moving forward:

• Add charging circuit to PCB design for final PCB version

Colin

this week:

• Attempted to get two LoRabugs talking
• Failed and only got 80% of the toolchain installed

moving forward:

• Implement basic p2p communication abilities between two LoRabugs

Abhi

this week:

• Completely set up CCS toolchain
• Got BLE Project 0 working on TI launchpad
• Did not get BLE working on LoRabug

moving forward:

• Get BLE working on LoRabug
• Have LoRaBug connect to iOS app over BLE
• Implement the E Ink pager GUI and add button control

Madison

this week:

• Majorly refactored server code
• Added form data validation to the web app
• Started localization API
• Set up iOS app with messages list view populated from API requests

moving forward:

• Allow posting from / refreshing of iOS app
• Implement Bluetooth Manager in iOS app
• Have LoRaBug connect to iOS app over BLE
• Complete localization API

Vivek

this week:

• Updated the PCB design to include the charging circuit

moving forward:

• Submit final PCB design by Friday (3/31)
• Port the Decawave library to the CC2650

Colin

this week:

• Figured out that we were installing the toolchain wrong and installed it correctly
• Achieved p2p communication between two LoRabugs

moving forward:

• Set up LoRa base station
• Have base station be able to service requests from LoRabug
• Design algorithm to allow the switch from central server mode to p2p mode

Abhi

this week:

• "Oh no"
• Got Bluetooth working on LoRaBug
• Have LAURA UI wireframes ready and working with RPi

moving forward:

• Test communication over BLE between LoRaBug and iOS app
• Port E Ink driver to LoRaBug

Madison

this week:

• Server app running on RPi
• Implemented Bluetooth support / communication in iOS app and connected to LoRaBug (and housemate's FitBit)
• Post messages to server from iOS app

moving forward:

• Test communication over BLE between LoRaBug and iOS app
• Set up user accounts / notion of LAURA user devices
• Get boys to tell me what they need for the localization API

Vivek

this week:

• Assembled boards
• Got Decawave library compiling with TI RTOS

moving forward:

• Get entire board working and Decawave talking
• Attempt to 3D print an enclosure
• Discuss code structure for LAURA components

Colin

this week:

• Set up RPi server
• Serial communication between LoRaBug and server
• Algorithm for switching to P2P communication between LAURA devices

moving forward:

• Work on inbound communication for LAURA from server
• Discuss code structure for LAURA components

Abhi

this week:

• Integrated BLE and LoRa code
• Able to send messages to and receive messages from iOS app

Madison

this week:

• Web app receiving Decawave localization data from assets for location updating
• Web app accepting messages over serial from central gateway for database storage
• iOS app sending messages to and receiving messages from LAURA device over BLE

Vivek

this week:

• Assembled hardware and got buttons working
• Designed and 3D-printed cases
• Decawave chips on asset devices sending localization data to central server

Colin

this week:

• Assisted Abhi with BLE / LoRa integration
• Wrote "central server" LoRa communication algorithm
• Rewrote E Ink drivers
• Switching from communication through gateway to P2P communication