Week 2 Progress report

- Finalize and order arduino UNO board after the approval of the TA. With many confusing and intricate parts of the product, it was challenging to order the right board. 

- Discuss Meeting times which everyone would be available to work on the project

  Wednesday: after 5 

  Thursday after 6 

  Weekend efforts are also taken into consideration 

- Hardware being ordered: 

Figure 1.0: Aurdino UNO Ethernet board

Details about the board: The board can also be powered via an external power supply, an optional Power over Ethernet (PoE) module, or by using a FTDI cable/USB Serial connector.

External power could come either from an AC-to-DC adapter (wall-wart) or battery. The adapter can be connected by plugging a 2.1mm center-positive plug into the board's power jack. Leads from a battery can be inserted in the Gnd and Vin pin headers of the POWER connector.

The board can operate on an external supply of 6 to 20 volts. If supplied with less than 7V, however, the 5V pin may supply less than five volts and the board may be unstable. If using more than 12V, the voltage regulator may overheat and damage the board. The recommended range is 7 to 12 volts.

Helpful Link: 

http://arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoBoardEthernet

*Goals for Upcoming Week/ Important notes from TA : start working on the design project after meeting upon a discussed time. 

get led and connect to digital ports Take PWM configure that and allow LED lights to work (hardware aspect). Laster download the software which provides many example codes looking at tutorials, manual and etc. 

Divide into 2 parts...

taking hardware controlling lights

communicating wirelessly 

than we can go through and compare on how you can send message to the computer and control that aspect.