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**Meeting Minutes - October 30th, 2008** **Present:** * Dr. Hastrudi-Zaad * Jonathan Mash * Mike Studli * Liliane Barbour **Agenda** * Proposal paper **Discussion:** * Reviewed proposal report * Looked at web-site * Clean front end of web-site * Have some password protection option **Project:** * Check devices but we may need budget approval first * Contact: Steve Humphrey * Items and testing devices * Use volt meter and oscilloscope to test * Particular bench set-up if we need special equipment * Research proximity sensors * Discussed next meeting date * * field trip next Thursday so the following Thursday November 13th **Deliverables for the next meeting** * Deliverables for November 13th Meeting: * Look at sensors * Crude plan of what we want to do * Present all options (uC, fpga, etc) * Up-dated budget * Be ready to start ordering --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **Meeting Minutes - Nov 14, 2008** Sensors * Putting blinders on sensors * Problem that it might not detect close objects. * Need more cure for sensors to each have their own area. * Need to test thermal sensor -> see if can be used to differentiate between objects * Will order more PIRs later in case some get damaged Motor * How much force on gears? Don’t want to break * If use gears can use a smaller stepper motor * Algorithm: ramp start and stop * Spline curve -> so can start acceleration with zero slope at beginning and zero slope at end * Spline toolbox in MATLAB Electrical * Heat sinks * Do we need an enclosure? * Test on bigger TVs Microcontroller * Need a lot of analog ports -> 8? * Serial output Ordering plan * Buy pre-fab controller, and purchase PING, etc. * When see how much money left, then buy parts for custom controller and PIR sensors * PERF board * Need to put PCB boards in the budget What we need now * Excel table with minimum costs in a budget * Possible other budget with custom controller, etc. For next week * Budget * Test thermal sensors *Test volume * Look for evaluation board for controller * Ease of programming * Power supply * memory --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **Meeting Minutes - Nov 20, 2008**

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