Satayish Bint-e-Anjum

Week Starting:23rd March 2015.

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Achievements:
+Comparison between Raspberry Pi models and beagle board
+Market survey for the availability of Raspberry pi model B+
+redid power calculations
Challenges:
+ Battery not available need to order it
+The leds on RN 171 do not glow upon powering it up
+troubleshooting to send data using wifi still needs to be done
To do List:
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+programming in raspberry pi
+power calculations
+battery left
+contact fawad
+contact sohaib
+finish battery
+raspberry pi libraries
+buzzer testing
+recharging mechanism(mini usb to battery)
Suggestions:
+ none
Week Starting:16th March 2015.
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Achievements:
+Comparison between Raspberry Pi models and beagle board
+Market survey for the availability of Raspberry pi model B+
+redid power calculations
Challenges:
+ Battery not available need to order it
+The leds on RN 171 do not glow upon powering it up
+troubleshooting to send data using wifi still needs to be done
To do List:
+practical implementation of the battery
+choosing a controller for the M6e module
+new calculations for the battery including the controller
+sending data using RN171
Suggestions:
+ none
Week Starting:9th March 2015.
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Achievements:
+Wifi module must be configured rather than programmed
+Server code and the configuration commands were written

+Socket programming details studied

+Datasheets of MPlab IDE and Pickit3 debugger were studied.
Challenges:
+ troubleshooting to send data using wifi still needs to be done
To do List:
+programming of the wifi module
+studying the details of socket programming
+practical implementation of the battery
+packaging of the reader (injection moulding)
+working on the form for the FYP funding
Suggestions:
+ none
Week Starting:2nd March 2015.
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Achievements:
+mid defence preperation
Challenges:
+ none
To do List:
+preparing for the mid defence
+reading the programming guide of the mercury API and working on it
+programming of the wifi module
Suggestions:
+ none
Week Starting:23rd February 2015.
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Achievements:
+basic connection of the wifi module
+preperation of the design expo
Challenges:
+ none
To do List:
+connecting the wifi module to the NUST internet
+performing simple operations on the wifi module
+reading the programming guide of the mercury API
Suggestions:
+ none
Week Starting: 16th February 2015.
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Achievements:
+a report on the testing results
+poster for the design expo

Challenges:
+ none
To do List:
+measure the read
nna
+measure the read
a
+measure the read
+measure the read
ive angle variation
+designing of the

rate for the horizontal distance variation of the ante

rate for the vertical distance variation of the antenn
rate for the power level variations
rate for angle variation in the positive and the negat
design expo poster

Suggestions:
+ none
Week Starting: 19 January 2015.
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Achievements:
+The M6e development kit,demo application and the Nexqo tags were sucess
fully tested
Challenges:
+ Driver installation for the M6e development kit
To do List:
+Test the equipment
+determine the read range
+determine the read rate of the development kit
+prepare document about the project specifications
Suggestions:
+ none
Week Starting: 8 December 2014.
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Achievements:
+The following documents were read:
-M6e Hardware Guide
-Mercury API user guide
-Universal Reader Assistant user manual
+Calculations for the battery requirements were done
+Proteus Simulation for ARM 7 processor was done
+API were downloaded
Challenges:
+ Could not generate the Hex file for the ARM 7 processor because it was
not included in the keil database
+Difficulty in understanding the implementation of the mercury API
+Exact working time for the reader not clear so difficulty in the batter
y requirements
To do List:
+Learn generating packets of data to be transferred over wifi
+Create a sample example for the API

Suggestions:
+ none
Week Starting: 1st December 2014.
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Achievements:
+RFID tags were searched
+Datasheets were started studying
Challenges:
+none
To do List:
+Study the datasheets of the M6e module and the API
+DC power requirements
+Proteus simulation of the controller
+Download APIs
Suggestions:
+none
Week Starting: 17 November 2014.
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Achievements:
+The datasheet of the interface was read
Challenges:
+ none
To do List:
+Study the datasheet of the RN-171 EK
Suggestions:
+ order the hardware to move forward
Week Starting: 10 November 2014.
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Achievements:
+interfaces were searched
Challenges:
+ A wide variety of wifi and bluetooth modules so hard to shortlist
To do List:
+search for interfaces for the readers
Suggestions:
+ none
Week Starting: 27 October 2014.
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Achievements:
+readers were shortlisted
Challenges:
+ not all specifications of the kits of the two group members were found
so a fair comparison could not be made
To do List:
+shortliting details of the kits
Suggestions:
+ none
Week Starting: 20 October 2014.
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Achievements:
+all was successfully done
Challenges:
+ none
To do List:
+Encapsulation
+Frequencies of operation
+difference between classes and generations
+life of tag
+security and collision issue of tags
Suggestions:
+ focus more on readers
Week Starting: 13 October 2014.
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Achievements:
+The different types of RFID tags were explored and I could come up with
some idea what type of tags do we need for the project.
Challenges:
+ The exact specifications were still not known.
To do List:
+ Collect data regarding RFID chips and tags
Suggestions:
+ None