Discussed what is the goals for the project in order to devise a plan for the project.
The notes that were gathered from meeting with Dr. Faruque was taken and compared to the project's plan.
Team worked on the Project Plan and Specifications draft.
Meeting 3: 09/28/2015
Meeting with Dr. Faruque
Budget description of Project.
Real-time pricing algorithm description.
Proposals of Hardware.
Type of customers.
Implementation of solar power.
Meeting 4: 10/09/2015
Project Plans and Needs Assesment.
Meeting 5: 10/11/2015
Creation of initial materials and hardware for project.
Meeting 6: 10/15/2015
Start design of project.
Decision on hardware needed for project.
Begin communication software code.
Meeting 7: 10/21/2015
Meeting with Dr. Faruque
Budget description of Project.
Presentation 1 finalized.
Inclusion of other aspects on presentation.
Budget inclusion, Gant Chart, Comparison with other technologies.
Meeting 8: 10/22/2015
Team worked on the first presentation.
Each member was assigned a part and was in charge of completing their slides.
Once all the slides were completed, each member checked each other's slides.
The final slides were put together and each team member practiced going over their slides in a prep presentation to prepare for the final one.
Meeting 9: 10/26/2015
Team worked on the final drafts of the Needs Analysis as well as the Project Plan and Specifications.
Team proofread each other's assigned section.
Once all the sections were adjusted then all the parts were put together .
Meeting 10: 10/27/2015
Midterm Report.
Meeting 11: 11/04/2015
Meeting with Dr. Faruque
Final Report suggestions from Dr. Faruque.
Objectives, State of the art.
Algorithm description
How to save money using the system proposed.
Meeting 12: 11/17/2015
Team worked on the second presentation.
Each member was assigned a part and was in charge of completing their slides.
Once all the slides were completed, each member checked each other's slides.
The final slides were put together and each team member practiced going over their slides in a prep presentation to prepare for the final one.
Meeting 13-14: 11/18/2015 - 11/19/2015
Demo testing and coding for Presentation 2
Communication from Website -> Main Controller -> Load Controller
Web Application coding and implementation on LAN(Local Area Network).
Meeting 15: 11/29/2015
Team go together to work on the poster for the poster presentation
A draft poster was made and printed out to see what improvements could be made
Once adjustments were made, the final copy of the poster was sent to Dr. Hooker
Meeting 16: 12/02/2015
Team divided out sections of the final report for the Fall Semester and worked on them on their own time
Once all the sections were completed, the team got together and critiqued each other's work in order to make improvements to the paper.
Meeting 17: 01/14/2016
First Meeting of 2016
Division of labor and organization.
Status of Order #2: Redo the purchase order.
Schedule for meetings throughout the semester: Group meeting every Thursday at 5:00 PM - CAPS LAB.
Meeting 18: 01/19/2016
Completed the testing for the communication between the Load Controller and Main Controller.
The testing was done in the COE on the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd floor.
Data was recorded and stored in the Dropbox.
Meeting 19: 01/21/2016
Testing procedures designed.
Organization of source code. All the code will be available in a Git Repository on BitBucket.
Decision on working mechanism for the exchange of information between the load and main controllers.
2nd Purchase Order sent.
Meeting 20: 01/23/2016
Team worked on the first presentation of the Spring 2016 Semester.
Each member was assigned a part and was in charge of completing their slides.
Once all the slides were completed, each member checked each other's slides.
The final slides were put together and each team member practiced going over their slides in a prep presentation to prepare for the final one.
Meeting 21: 01/27/2016
Meeting with Dr. Faruque
Possible Theoretical additions to Smart Algorithm:
Energy Storage (Solar - Renewable Energy)
Grid
Presentation 1 2016 : Changes and tests done since last presentation.
Report 1 : Add normalization graphs and comparison between regular and 'smart' results.
Perform reliability tests by mapping an area and showing Good - Regular - Bad reception areas.
Meeting 22: 01/28/2016
First part of the signal reception tests performed on CAPS.
Real Time Graph addition to the webapplication.
Meeting 23: 02/10/2016
Ask Dr. Hooker about presentation rubric.
Discussed main controller features briefly.
Discussed new implementations.
Transceiver testing. Should do one test in CAPs and a test in the COE
Does this mean the system could be used in homes and buildings as well?
Discuss that we should add why we used TI components in the project
Instead of a acrylic casing then we could just use a custom acrylic casing
Meeting 24: 02/23/2016
Team worked on the second presentation of the Spring 2016 Semester.
Each member was assigned a part and was in charge of completing their slides.
Once all the slides were completed, each member checked each other's slides.
The final slides were put together and each team member practiced going over their slides in a prep presentation to prepare for the final one.
Meeting 25: 03/02/2016
Meeting with Dr. Faruque
Presented our current prototype.
Discussed what type of casing should we use for our casing? Plexiglass/acrylic?.
Discuss what is the plan for real-time pricing reading off the internet?.
Incorporate real data, Research algorithm implemented (load priorities), Hourly pricing.comed.com.
Discuss how the Main Controller is connected to the internet.
Meeting 26: 03/10/2016
Worked on completing the prototype Load Controller and Main Controller.
Meeting 27: 03/15/2016
Discussed testing the communication with new data being transferred.
Discussed protocols and codes for transmitting to the MSP - Load Controller
Meeting 28: 03/31/2016
Team divided out sections of the Operations Manual for the Spring 2016 Semester and worked on them on their own time.
Once all the sections were completed, the team got together and critiqued each other's work in order to make improvements to the Operations Manual
Meeting 29: 04/06/2016
Had meeting in class.
The log book is due the 11th at 10:00 AM, The website is due 11th at 10:00 AM, Poster is due the 10th by 5:00 PM, Final Report is due the 11th at 10:00 AM.
Began to work on the Final Report
Continue to do testing on the communication between the Main Controller and the Load Controller.
Meeting 30: 04/07/2016
Continue work on Final Report.
Began final contruction of Load and Main controllers.