Project Plan

The Project Plan is finished

Click here to see the project plan

Since all the planning is finally done and all the parts have arrived i will start with technical issues next week.

Worked: (9h) + 4h = 13h

Project Management

Creating the Gantt, networking diagram, timeline and include resources to the project.

According to the module description at the CIT homepage for the project module the electrical engineering department planned with 3h40m independent project work for the student for each week.
Regarding the 14 weeks the semester has it sums up to 51h20m for the whole semester.

However I calculated with 91h for the whole project. This is the result of the agreement that was made with my supervisor. We decided that my project will planned and realised in the same semester since my semester abroad will after Christmas. Normally the project is planned in one semester and realized in the next semester.

The diagrams below were all done with Microsoft Project 2010 ver. 14.0.6 (32 Bit)


 Timeline



Timeline Project Alcodino - Microsoft Project 2010

 

Gantt- Chart

 

Resources


The Network Diagram is sadly to big!

Learend:
-How to use Microsoft Project (First steps)

ToDo:
-digitalize the Block Diagram
- Define the goals of the project according to the milestones
- make a table that shows the

Worked: (6h) + 3h = 9h

The Order

The Requisition Form

First order:
1. Arduino Mega 61,44€
2. Linear Active Thermistor (Analogue) 4€
3. Humidity Sensor (Analogue) 16,95€
4. MQ-3 Ethanol Sensor 4,95 €
Sum: 87,34€ + Porto (high porto for the MQ-3 since its from USA)

After the first order form was declined due to high expenses a cheaper way had to be found.
The solution is to order the MQ-3 sensor from a store in the UK which is called cool components this will will result in cheaper porto costs. The second step was to combine the temperature sensor and the humidity sensor into a cheap all together sensor. The sensor is called DFN6 and is an I2C sensor this will require more work and research but the Arduino is capable of handling the I2C bus.

New order:
1. Arduino Mega 61,44€
2. Sensor Humidity & Temp DFN6 (I2C) 19,05€
3. Ethanol Sensor MQ-3 5,92£ = 6,97€
Sum : 87,46€ + Porto ( porto for the MQ-3 will be cheaper and faster)

First C# steps

First steps in C#

Today i made my first steps in C# using Microsoft Visual Studio Professionel.
I learned how to create a Project and creating my first "Windows Form Application".
The tutorial i used was the "create a picture viewer" tutorial from the visual studio website.

Tutorial 1 - Picture viewer

From there i tried to improve the form for my usage in the project.


The outcome was this form.

First form, microsoft visual studio profesionel

I learned how to create simple forms and how to convert strings into interture and back. Therefore i am now able to use button clicks (events) to perform simple algorithms and display the solution in labels.

Next steps are:

1. Improvement of the layout
2. Using of global variables (Since it was somehow not possible for me implement them yet)
3. Creating data classes for users

Working hours so far : 6h

 

The first meeting - the changes

The first meeting  - the changes

the first meeting with my supervisor Mr. O'Donovan was held at the 07.10.2013 and we agreed on a few changes to my project idea.

We agreed on changing the initial project idea of using “Processing” as a language to make the inputs and outputs of the Arduino visible on the pc screen. The language is now C# and the visualisation will be done in form of a GUI. That GUI is then responsible for taking the inputs from the user just as age, gender and weight. It then allows the user to use the “Alcodino” and shows the result.

To calculate the amount of alcohol in the air correctly we decided to add a humidity and temperature sensor to the Arduino just as proposed as one of my extra ideas. It will allow a more correct calculation by correcting the changes in resistance of the gas sensor that comes with the changes of humidity and temperature.

Agreed next steps for the project are:

• ·         Taking the first steps in C# by playing with the software.
• ·         Fulfil the order form and hand it to the purchase office.
• ·         Rearrange the project description.

The order form is now already filled out but has to be signed by the supervisor.