======All Hands Meeting- October 17, 2015====== **Attended: Dr. Kuh, Kenny, Jon, Jason, Zach, Christie, Garrett, Brian, Brandon, Kim, Tyrin, Tryston, Kaeo, Kristie, May, Scott, Ryan, Ernesto, Raydan, Daisy, Jeremy, Keoni, Travis** =====Reminders===== * Please turn in weekly forum posts to Discourse on time * **Deadline is on Fridays at 11:59** * Use Discourse and Slack for communication * Format your wiki according to the following instructions: [[https://wiki.scel-hawaii.org/doku.php?id=tools:wiki|How to Use our Wiki]] =====Preliminary Design Review (PDR) Presentation Comments===== * Put numbers on slides so it is easier to reference * Make graphs readable * Goals for PDR should be long term * Find a good balance between text and pictures * Good to take pictures for documentation and posters/presentations too * Do not repeat information from the last time =====Preliminary Design Review Presentation Technical Notes===== *** Wind Sensor Team** * Use software- adaptive noise cancelling * Talk to Dr. Kuh for more information on this * Use wind tunnel to test mics * Quiet room in POST and Holmes * **Firmware Team** * XBee library has acknowledgements internally * Will ask XBee team for help with XBees * ** Forecasting Team** * Interface with other teams to get data from Kenny and HNEI * Will install iPython on lab server * Maybe set up tutorial to teach others in the lab * Post notes from forecasting session on wiki * **XBee Team** * Focus on ranges rather than transmission rate * **Verification Team** * Share documents with SCEL * Interface with Firmware after hardware is done * Not difficult to check voltage on MCU * Put documentation on wiki * **Apple Design Team** * Create a power budget and BOM (build of materials) * Ask Kenny for help if needed * **Dragonfruit Design Team** * Practice material for surface mounts * Possibly get breakout boards * No Cranberry software * Kenny will help with that * Interface with verification team * Create a power budget and BOM (build of materials) * Ask Kenny for help if needed * **Cranberry Design Team** * GPS is low priority * Create a power budget and BOM (build of materials) * Ask Kenny for help if needed