2/23/2005 - Preparing the presentation

  
This week we spent most of the time building the prototype and getting ready for the presentation on 02/28/05. Our process was slowed down a little bit due to the fact that the RF transceiver sent by Abacom-tech was different from the one that we ordered. They accepted their mistake and agreed on sending the correct one within 2 days. Everyone was working on the validation review for the project.

Omar Elsahy:
• Helped building the prototype
• Assigned respective completion dates for task submission, approved it from team members
• Conducted further extensive research of required equipment and began draft documentation

Fernando Souto:
• Built the prototype
• Altered the schematics
• Looked into validation review
• Researched on new modifications

Aldwin Saugere:
• Implemented the Graphical User Interface
• Modified the database
• Implemented the positioning algorithm

Ajit Gaddam:
• Research on programming the PIC micro controller
• Working on PIC Program implementation for prototype
• Software testing of the code generated and its implementation
• Software to interface hyper terminal for serial communication

Anand Mehta:
• Studied 2-wire RS232 protocol interface through C::COM and PIC programming
• Established necessary pin connections, signal levels and restrictions on RF transceiver module.
• Composed PIC function to randomly generate values between 0 and 255.
• Obtained PICbasic pro compiler and CodeDesign lite (editor).

Milinda Wathugala:
• Built the prototype
• Looked at old schematics to use in Pspice

Thanujan Ratnarajah:
• Built the prototype
• Worked on new modifications
• Looked into the parts specification that needs to be altered.
• Researched on the possible power sources.