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                <li>Simulation of Peltier Element electrical behavior</li>
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                <li>Adapt Psoc4 microcontroller code to Psoc5 microcontroller</li>
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                <li>3D Design of the liquid cooling system for MC96</li>
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                <li>Second iteration of the User Interface after the client feedback</li>
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                <li>Programming of the Rasberry pi 2 in Python language</li>
 
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         <li><b>Objectives for the Next Week</b>
 
         <li><b>Objectives for the Next Week</b>
 
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                <li>Building the H bridge</li>
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                <li>Starting the PCB electrical design</li>
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                <li>Peltier elemtn heat transfert experimentation with same aluminium piece as the <i>TAC</i></li>
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                <li>Establish communication between User interface and microcontroller</li>
 
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         <li><b>Problems encountered</b>
 
         <li><b>Problems encountered</b>
 
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                <li>Aluminium piece for the <i>TAC</i> arrived late</li>
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                <li>No electrical simulation model for desired H bridge pieces</li>
 
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Revision as of 00:24, 5 August 2015

Notebook

Week 1 (January 14 to January 21)

Instrumentation

  • Done This Week
    • Each part of the Project Overview Statement (POS)
  • Objectives for the Next Week
    • Assembling the Project Overview Statement
    • Starting to acquire knowledge
    • Starting to build the OPENTRONS's robot
  • Problems encountered
    • Assignment of the POS's parts to team's members
    • Internal communications not efficient (Too much posts on the Facebook wall)

Mecatronix

  • Done This Week
  • Objectives for the Next Week
  • Problems encountered



Week 2 (January 22 to January 28)

Instrumentation

  • Done This Week
    • Assembling the Project Overview Statement
    • Thinking about an efficient way to organise internal communications
    • First mecanical designs of the modules
    • First experimentations done on Peltier elements
  • Objectives for the Next Week
    • First experimentations on magnets
    • Starting to write individual parts of the Project Management Plan (PMP)
    • Optic density circuit board up and running
  • Problems encountered
    • No Instuction received from Opentron to build their robot

Mecatronix

  • Done This Week
  • Objectives for the Next Week
  • Problems encountered



Week 3 (January 29 to February 4)

Instrumentation

  • Done This Week
    • Preliminary mecanical design of the MC96
    • Finalizing the reserch on Peltier elements and photoreceptors
    • Choosing microcontroller used in each modules
    • Meeting with Opentrons
  • Objectives for the Next Week
    • Continuing experimentations on magnets
    • Starting to write individual parts of the Project Management Plan (PMP)
    • Optic density circuit board up and running
    • Starting to order pieces for first prototypes
  • Problems encountered
    • Disagreement with Mecatronix team about the microcontroller choice
    • Machining of some metal parts are too complex for university's tools

Mecatronix

  • Done This Week
  • Objectives for the Next Week
  • Problems encountered



Week 4 (February 5 to February 11)

Instrumentation

  • Done This Week
    • Experimentations and order of magnets
    • Modeling of the turbidity function
    • 3D modeling of all modules
    • Heat transmission simulation of the TAC
    • Split the Project Management Plan (PMP) into individual parts
    • Correction of the individual parts of the Project Overview Statement (POS)
  • Objectives for the Next Week
    • Starting to write individual parts of the Project Management Plan (PMP)
    • Assembling the corrected parts of the Project Overview Statement (POS)
    • Heat transmission simulation of the MC96 and MC1.5
    • Order Peltier elements
    • Peer review of team's performance
  • Problems encountered
    • Difficult choice between multiples 3D designs for the MC96
    • Difficult choice between different types of magnets, due to many constraints (mecanical and physical)

Mecatronix

  • Done This Week
  • Objectives for the Next Week
  • Problems encountered



Week 5 (February 12 to February 18)

Instrumentation

  • Done This Week
    • Starting to write individual parts of the Project Management Plan (PMP)
    • Assembling the corrected parts of the Project Overview Statement (POS)
    • Heat transmission simulation of the MC96 and MC1.5
    • Peltier elements received and characterized
    • Peer review of team's performance
  • Objectives for the Next Week
    • Finishing Heat transmission simulation
    • Starting electrical plans for the TAC
    • Finishing Project Management Plan (PMP)
    • Midterm project audit
  • Problems encountered
    • Courses overload for 4 members of the team

Mecatronix

  • Done This Week
  • Objectives for the Next Week
  • Problems encountered



Week 6 (February 19 to February 25)

Instrumentation

  • Done This Week
  • Objectives for the Next Week
  • Problems encountered

Mecatronix

  • Done This Week
  • Objectives for the Next Week
  • Problems encountered



Week 7 (February 26 to March 4)

Instrumentation

  • Done This Week
  • Objectives for the Next Week
  • Problems encountered

Mecatronix

  • Done This Week
  • Objectives for the Next Week
  • Problems encountered



Week 8 (March 5 to March 11)

Instrumentation

  • Done This Week
  • Objectives for the Next Week
  • Problems encountered

Mecatronix

  • Done This Week
  • Objectives for the Next Week
  • Problems encountered



Week 9 (March 12 to March 18)

Instrumentation

  • Done This Week
    • Simulation of Peltier Element electrical behavior
    • Adapt Psoc4 microcontroller code to Psoc5 microcontroller
    • 3D Design of the liquid cooling system for MC96
    • Second iteration of the User Interface after the client feedback
    • Programming of the Rasberry pi 2 in Python language
  • Objectives for the Next Week
    • Building the H bridge
    • Starting the PCB electrical design
    • Peltier elemtn heat transfert experimentation with same aluminium piece as the TAC
    • Establish communication between User interface and microcontroller
  • Problems encountered
    • Aluminium piece for the TAC arrived late
    • No electrical simulation model for desired H bridge pieces

Mecatronix

  • Done This Week
  • Objectives for the Next Week
  • Problems encountered



Week 10 (March 19 to February 25)

Instrumentation

  • Done This Week
  • Objectives for the Next Week
  • Problems encountered

Mecatronix

  • Done This Week
  • Objectives for the Next Week
  • Problems encountered



Week 11 (March 26 to April 1)

Instrumentation

  • Done This Week
  • Objectives for the Next Week
  • Problems encountered

Mecatronix

  • Done This Week
  • Objectives for the Next Week
  • Problems encountered



Week 12 (April 2 to April 8)

Instrumentation

  • Done This Week
  • Objectives for the Next Week
  • Problems encountered

Mecatronix

  • Done This Week
  • Objectives for the Next Week
  • Problems encountered



Week 13 (April 9 to April 15)

Instrumentation

  • Done This Week
  • Objectives for the Next Week
  • Problems encountered

Mecatronix

  • Done This Week
  • Objectives for the Next Week
  • Problems encountered



Week 14 (April 16 to April 22)

Instrumentation

  • Done This Week
  • Objectives for the Next Week
  • Problems encountered

Mecatronix

  • Done This Week
  • Objectives for the Next Week
  • Problems encountered



Week 15 (April 23 to April 29)

Instrumentation

  • Done This Week
  • Objectives for the Next Week
  • Problems encountered

Mecatronix

  • Done This Week
  • Objectives for the Next Week
  • Problems encountered



Week 16 (April 30 to May 6)

Instrumentation

  • Done This Week
  • Objectives for the Next Week
  • Problems encountered

Mecatronix

  • Done This Week
  • Objectives for the Next Week
  • Problems encountered



Week 17 (May 7 to May 13)

Instrumentation

  • Done This Week
  • Objectives for the Next Week
  • Problems encountered

Mecatronix

  • Done This Week
  • Objectives for the Next Week
  • Problems encountered



Week 18 (May 14 to May 20)

Instrumentation

  • Done This Week
  • Objectives for the Next Week
  • Problems encountered

Mecatronix

  • Done This Week
  • Objectives for the Next Week
  • Problems encountered



Week 19 (May 21 to May 27)

Instrumentation

  • Done This Week
  • Objectives for the Next Week
  • Problems encountered

Mecatronix

  • Done This Week
  • Objectives for the Next Week
  • Problems encountered



Week 20 (May 28 to June 3)

Instrumentation

  • Done This Week
  • Objectives for the Next Week
  • Problems encountered

Mecatronix

  • Done This Week
  • Objectives for the Next Week
  • Problems encountered