User:1sfoerster/enes100/fall2014/Attendance scanning/sfoerster-weeklyP2report

Week1
Task: Work on access project .. get hand scanner working with arduino and sparkfun usb host shield


 * Could not get serial monitor to display keystrokes, symptom was when pressing reset buttons, serial monitor would display "Start" and on the next line display "OSC did not start". It did work twice before stopped working at all.
 * Solution was found in this conversation: Jump pin 7 to RST pin

Next Steps Task: Work on CAN Bus project ... created video of LEDs
 * Modify USBHIDBootKbd to shrink down so it just displays the bar code on one line for testing purposes
 * Substitute the mini USBHIDBootKbd program for the knock knock detector
 * Run metal wire through door molding for usb cable
 * build mount for the wired, usb bar code scanner

Used Microsoft Live Movie Maker and Microsoft Paint, and video from Canon Camera to create this video of the CAN Bus shield LED's

Next Steps: Create video of the start up of the system ... and when sender or receiver looses power and reconnects Task: Turbine project: Find old shockwave files of turbine and Russian disaster


 * Russian Disaster power point
 * Russian Disaster wikipedia entry
 * Old project folder with symbols for turbine
 * jet engine
 * nozzle (not throttle) nozzle is constant energy
 * throttle (not nozzle) throttle is constant entropy
 * turbine symbol in Thermodynamics class
 * Gas Turbine shockwave (clickable video in IE) file
 * Turbine shockwave (clickable video in IE) file

Next Steps: merge this into turbine documentation, maybe turn swf files into video or png Task Plan how to put both motor shield and usb host shield on top of the arduino


 * bottom left corner shows how monster motor shield hooks to arduino through pins 4,5,6,7,8,9
 * bottom left corner shows how usb host shield hooks to arduino through pins 7,8,9,10,11,12,13
 * overlap pins 7,3,9
 * move either pins on monster motor shield or usb host shield
 * usb host shield is more complicated, pins are buried in C++ code, would have to build new Arduino library
 * pins are exposed in the monster motor shield arduino code where they can be changed easily
 * so decide to move pins 7,8,9 to 3,1,2 on monster motor shield

Next Steps
 * cut traces on monster motor shield to pins 7,8,9
 * solder wires to remaining traces and connect former 7 to 3, former 8 to 1 and former 9 to 2
 * modify motor shield code to work with the new pins, test
 * chart how power will be attached and flow through the three boards and the motors
 * combine with usb shield and test

Tasks New Building Project: Find cheapest method of video/photo new buildings during construction


 * searched Cannon PowerShot because the camera is programmable ... found one for $100
 * searched Construction CAM ... everything was expensive
 * searched Tree cam ... found infared triggered flash cameras for photographing animals for $61
 * $69 wifi camera looks rugged enough .. would need to log photos on a computer .. has 24 month warrenty

Next Steps
 * find out if construction cameras are planned as part of the build project
 * find out if security cameras are planned on the construction project
 * figure out how many are needed to record bridge, parking garage and new building construction

Week 2
Task: Add section lock and unlock to Attendance Access program

Added, uploaded new version to Github, tested fine on laptop, is spongy and slow on desktop

Next Steps: Install on different machines, test on schools image machine to figure out why it is so slow

Week 3
Task: Begin chasing power on the pickup ECU The ODB connector gets power for the ODB scanner from the only orange wire into the Izuzu Hombre ECU. The schematic says it goes to an oxygen sensor. Here are some pictures chasing power around the ECU:

Next Steps: Continue chasing the orange wire.

Week 4
Task: get 9MHz transmitter/receiver pair working

Reference links: transmitter purchased

Next Steps: