Ben Chu // Engineering Journal
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Date of Work (2007) | Time Spent | Description |
Week 1 | ||
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2 hours |
Selected & organized group, decided on name "insomnia design." Declared project name as "Prism." Began initial research on which parts would be necessary. |
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1 hour |
Decided on Atmega16, MAX7313 LED drivers, and tricolor LEDs, other parts, etc. |
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1.5 hours |
Meeting with Paul Godin. Decided against tricolor LEDs, better understanding of complexity. |
Week 2 | ||
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2 hours |
Recieved initial design and layout of website from George. Started designing rest of website. After meeting with Paul Godin, decided against tri-color LEDs. Will use standard LEDs of different colors. |
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1 hour |
Went to Active Electronics to understand pricing and availabilty of LEDs, as well as connectors, etc. |
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3 hours |
Ordered free samples of MAX7313s from Maxim. Started learning CSS coding for website. |
Week 3 | ||
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1 hour |
Finished initial draft of project proposal. |
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1 hour |
Ordered 3 Atmega16s, decided on ordering from Digi-Key. Ordered free samples of various microprocessors and LED drivers from TI.com. |
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3 hours |
Learning more CSS coding for website. Added drop down menu. |
Week 4 | ||
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3 hours |
Started implementing engineering journals onto website. |
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3 hours |
Worked on presentation powerpoint as well as website. |
Week 5 | ||
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3 hours |
Continued to work on website. Continued to learn CSS. Created picture page and uploaded pictures. |
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2 hours |
Ordered connectors from Digikey. |
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1 hour |
Atmel tutorial with Craig Maynard. |
Week 6 | ||
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2 hours |
Continued to work on website. |
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3 hours |
Prepared Progess report. Added videos to website. Progress meeting with Dylan Saunders. |
Week 7 | ||
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1 hour |
Assisted group with miscellanous tasks. |
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4 hours |
Helped George build and test with three terminal regular circuit. Prepared test board for George. |
Week 8 | ||
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3 hours |
Prepared skeleton for final report. |
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3 hours |
Updated website. |
Week 9 | ||
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5 hours |
Started working on final report. |
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2 hours |
Continued to work on final report. Progress meeting with Dylan Sanders. |
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2 hours |
Continued to work on final report. |
Week 10 | ||
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3 hours |
Read up on AVR to attempt to help scott. |
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2 hours |
Started skeleton for user manual and installation guide. |
Week 11 | ||
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4 hours |
Went to pick up PCB from alberta circuit. Continued to work on final reports. |
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3 hours |
Prepared wires and assisted George in soldering. |
Week 12 | ||
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3 hours |
Progress meeting #3. Assisted in soldering and wire preparation for PCB. |
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3 hours |
Worked on manual. |
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1.5 hours |
Continued to work on user manual and installation guide. |
Week 13 | ||
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4.5 hours |
Assisted in troubleshooting. |
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3 hours |
Worked on final report. |
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1 hour |
Worked on final report. |
Week 14 | ||
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1.5 hours |
Worked on final report. |
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0.5 hours |
Worked on final report. |
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2 hours |
Worked on final report. |
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1 hour |
Worked on final report. |
Week 15 | ||
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4 hours |
Worked on final report. |
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2 hours |
Worked on final report. |
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7 hours |
Worked on final report. |
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1 hour |
Final presentation. |