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Design an electronic system to track the distance of an object using Bluetooth technology, preventing loss and ensuring safety of property, pets, and children. Milestones and tasks completed, ongoing, and upcoming are outlined in detail.
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Status Report #7 Simoo Sipili Ionatana Sipili Anthony Mickens LizardoBuleje 3/26/2012 Design an electronic system to track the distance of an object using Bluetooth. TrackReady
Need for Design • To prevent the loss of property, pet, and/or children • Statistical Facts- • DOJ reported an average of 2,185 children missing every day • ASPCA states that 65% of households in the U.S. have pets • Common knowledge: Everyone will or had misplaced a personal item in their lifetime Milestones: • Order all parts 2/6/2012-complete • Design website 2/16/2012-complete • Program microcontroller 3/1/2012~75% complete • Construct prototype 3/15/2012 • Debug prototype 4/1/2012
Task Recently Completed • Have written the program source code to calculate signal strength. • Found threshold java code online
Ongoing Tasks • Working on coding the threshold levels. • Looking for proper encasing for MC and BTM • Designing the prototype. • Finish the project file. Each team member delegated individual tasks.
Upcoming Tasks • Testing and debugging the prototype. • Final Draft completion • Start to work on the demo day poster.