====== Mentorship Meeting - March 3, 2016 ====== **Attended: Zach, Brandon, Brian, Kim, Garrett, Ryan, Christie** ===== Fifth Week Tasks ===== * Students should be following their schedules * Christie will send out spreadsheet to post LinkedIn profiles * x96 parts purchase ===== Sixth Week (Next Week) Tasks ===== * Students should be following their schedules * Usual: progress, accomplishments, issues, goals for next week ===== Progress Sheet ===== * Update progress sheet by Fridays at 11:59 pm ===== Funding ===== * Christie will let Kim know what to do for purchases * 2 people in 296 team * Maybe purchase Sparkfun items * Team Black Hole and Rocket still need to purchase parts ===== Fablab Access ===== * Zach need to check on access to room for other members as well as training * Zach still trying to contact Dr. Garmire for learning to use CNC mill * UH Fablab page has tutorials on how to use the mill * Will go through tutorials together * Go over tutorials before spring break ends ===== 2nd All Hands Meeting ===== * Saturday, March 5, in POST 214 * Will take pictures first * Dress nicely ===== REIS-cess ===== * Encourage your students to go * Good for team bonding ===== 296 Project Updates ===== * Sensor modules * Should test sensors during sensor modules * Need to write code and push to GitHub * Will provide values to verify sensor values * Will use Apple board to get values in lab * Bare Arduino * Can use 5V and GND pins on Arduino as power supply to bare Arduino circuit ===== Updates for 196/296 Teams ===== * Project Badger * Current sensor * Figuring out how to verify AC current * Have a voltage sensor too * Kyle working on XBees and python * Team Nova * Working on XBee * Made parts for Eagle * Only have humidity sensor working * Behind by a week * Team Black Hole * Had a meeting with Dr. Kuh * Need to work on presentation * Soldered XBee adapter board * Still need to turn in papers for parts order * Behind * Team Asteroid * Configured XBee * Will test sending packets * Have most of the sensors working except temperature * Finished first draft of presentation and sent to Brian * Behind by a week * Team Rocket * Working on XBees * Worked on PDR presentation * Need to work on charging circuit * Behind by a week * Team Quasar * Finished testing sensors * Sensors working * Want them to write code * Working on XBees * Behind by a week ===== Mentoring Feedback ===== * Lab safety is important!