Ben Chu // Engineering Journal

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Date of Work (2007) Time Spent Description
Week 1
  • January 8
2 hours
 Selected & organized group, decided on name "insomnia design."

Declared project name as "Prism."

Began initial research on which parts would be necessary.
  • January 10
1 hour
 Decided on Atmega16, MAX7313 LED drivers, and tricolor LEDs, other parts, etc.
  • January 12
1.5 hours
 Meeting with Paul Godin. Decided against tricolor LEDs, better understanding of complexity.
Week 2
  • January 15
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.
  • January 16
1 hour
 Went to Active Electronics to understand pricing and availabilty of LEDs, as well as connectors, etc.
  • January 17
3 hours
 Ordered free samples of MAX7313s from Maxim.

Started learning CSS coding for website.
Week 3
  • January 23
1 hour
 Finished initial draft of project proposal.
  • January 23
1 hour
 Ordered 3 Atmega16s, decided on ordering from Digi-Key.

Ordered free samples of various microprocessors and LED drivers from TI.com.
  • January 24
3 hours
 Learning more CSS coding for website. Added drop down menu.
Week 4
  • January 29
3 hours
 Started implementing engineering journals onto website.
  • January 31
3 hours
Worked on presentation powerpoint as well as website.
Week 5
  • February 5
3 hours
 Continued to work on website.

Continued to learn CSS.

Created picture page and uploaded pictures.
  • February 7
2 hours
 Ordered connectors from Digikey.
  • February 8
1 hour
 Atmel tutorial with Craig Maynard.
Week 6
  • February 12
2 hours
 Continued to work on website.
  • February 14
3 hours
 Prepared Progess report.

Added videos to website.

Progress meeting with Dylan Saunders.
Week 7
  • February 19
1 hour
 Assisted group with miscellanous tasks.
  • February 21
4 hours
 Helped George build and test with three terminal regular circuit.

Prepared test board for George.
Week 8
  • February 26
3 hours
 Prepared skeleton for final report.
  • February 28
3 hours
 Updated website.
Week 9
  • March 5
5 hours
 Started working on final report.
  • March 7
2 hours
 Continued to work on final report.

Progress meeting with Dylan Sanders.
  • March 10
2 hours
 Continued to work on final report.
Week 10
  • March 12
3 hours
 Read up on AVR to attempt to help scott.
  • March 14
2 hours
 Started skeleton for user manual and installation guide.
Week 11
  • March 19
4 hours
 Went to pick up PCB from alberta circuit.

Continued to work on final reports.
  • March 21
3 hours
 Prepared wires and assisted George in soldering.
Week 12
  • March 26
3 hours
 Progress meeting #3.

Assisted in soldering and wire preparation for PCB.
  • March 28
3 hours
 Worked on manual.
  • March 30
1.5 hours
 Continued to work on user manual and installation guide.
Week 13
  • April 2
4.5 hours
 Assisted in troubleshooting.
  • April 4
3 hours
 Worked on final report.
  • April 7
1 hour
 Worked on final report.
Week 14
  • April 8
1.5 hours
 Worked on final report.
  • April 9
0.5 hours
 Worked on final report.
  • April 11
2 hours
 Worked on final report.
  • April 14
1 hour
 Worked on final report.
Week 15
  • April 15
4 hours
 Worked on final report.
  • April 16
2 hours
 Worked on final report.
  • April 17
7 hours
 Worked on final report.
  • April 19
1 hour
 Final presentation.