===== Verification Team Meeting - October 12, 2015 =====

Attended: May Chen, Kristie Lee, Jon Liang

=====Goals for the semester (redefined)=====
  * Documentation for testing plans
    * Create a checklist for quality assurance (Google Sheets)
      * One checklist for an unpopulated PCB
      * Another checklist for a populated PCB
  * Documentation for Apple
    * Purpose
    * Features
    * How to test features
    * Ranges for test values
  * Verification board
    * Firmware
    * Plugs in to unit test Apple
      * Components powered on
      * Checks MCU programmability
      * Checks I2C functionality
        * And possibly other functions of MCU

=====Testing protocol notes=====
  * What to look out for during continuity checks
    * Make sure components that need power are connected to power
    * Check power planes for short circuits
    * Check other connections for short circuits
    * Check for properly connected signals
      * Incorrect wiring
      * Thin traces
  * Populated board
    * Two ways to populate board
      * Power fewest but most critical components
      * Populate entire board and test everything at once
    * How to test a populated board
      * Verify with circuit schematic
      * Check component's voltage values
        * Sensors should match datasheets
      * Check reference planes are correct
      * Check that it is grounded properly
  * Verification (after board has been populated)
    * Check MCU programmability (firmware)
      * Read/Write/Save/Run, etc. functionality
      * Unit test I2C (or PWM)
    * Then, upload full script
  * Verification board
    * Purpose: So hardware can test their board without handing it off to firmware
    * MCU on the verification board will program Apple's ATMEGA
      * Firmware script will tell the verification board to program whatever it is connected to 
      * Will check I2C (or PWM or whatever function WeatherBox is using) 
    * We will not be doing hardware/voltage checks on the verification board
      * Too complex; basically going into power systems and creating a multimeter with a voltage reading sensor
    * We will not be doing power measurements
      * Theoretical approach: take source and all other components' characteristics and calculate over time
      * Experimental approach: power boards and see how long it lasts (we know the board lasts several days so this is not very feasible)

=====Tasks=====
  * EAGLE tutorial
  * Find MCU for verification board
    * Check compatibility with ATMEGA

=====Questions=====
  * Need assistance finding an MCU
  * Unsure of who to go to for hardware help: Kenny or Jon?