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Project Preference

 * 1) Smart Shoe
 * 2) Wind Turbine
 * 3) Mobile Robot Hallway Navigation

Problem Statement
We will be creating a smart shoe which will measure a persons' vertical. The device must be portable, meaning it should be able to attach and detach itself on a shoe. We will be in the DESIGN phase.

Project Plan
Week 1: Making an accelormeter work with Arduino, and formulating an equation that measures height and acceleration and adding it to our code.

Week 2: Attaching wireless communication to the arduino with a RF Link. Testing accuracy (don't know how yet.)

Week 3: Creating a designs to attach device to shoe, then implementing the best design

Week 4:

Week 1 Narrative
This week, I assembled the Arduino design which implements an accelerometer and used code copied from a previous CDIO report page to get the accelorometer working. After we assembled the Arduino, the code wasn't working too well. It was hard to decipher, since there were no comments, and once it was tested, the readings didn't make any sense. We would get readings that said the accelerometer would jump 2 meters when we were only measuring with a one meter stick. After tinkering with the code, we were finally able to get some sensible readings out of the accelerometer. After getting the accelerometer to work with the arduino, I did some more research on the accelerometer. I wanted to learn more about the readings. Thus, i did some research. I found the accelerometer still gets a measurement when its still on the ground, because it senses gravity acting on it. Also, I was better able to understand the x,y,and z axis system measuring. Each are measured using a 360 degree scale, and each measurement is divided by volts. I wasn't able to find out why though. Next week, I will look up wireless communication with the Arduino.

Link to CDIO report: http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/User:Medelen8/ENES100/Smart_Shoe_Design

Week 2 Narrative
''Describe in detail what you did for your team during the week (and weekend). Link to any CDIO documents you are working on. Compare your task (from CDIO discuss page) with what you actually did.''

Week 3 Narrative
''Describe in detail what you did for your team during the week (and weekend). Link to any CDIO documents you are working on. Compare your task (from CDIO discuss page) with what you actually did.''

Week 4 Narrative
''Describe in detail what you did for your team during the week (and weekend). Link to any CDIO documents you are working on. Compare your task (from CDIO discuss page) with what you actually did.''