Introduction and Motivation
Goals for Spring 2016
Block Diagram
Parts
Resources
Powerpoint
Final Notes
Meeting Minutes
Authors

Introduction and Motivation

Project Badger is a first time EE196 team under the Smart Campus Energy Lab (SCEL), at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. The team consists of three freshmen, Kyle Chan, Cyrus Noveloso, and Brianne Tengan, all majoring in Electrical Engineering and are mentored by Zac Dorman.

Hawaii is one of the most expensive places to live largely due to high energy costs from imported oil. The need to save energy is becoming increasingly more drastic as oil is detrimental to the island's fragile environment.

SCEL is aiming to create weatherboxes to detect and predict sunlight patterns to hopefully alert the electric companies in time to turn on the generators if the photovoltaic cells cannot produce it or to turn them off if they are not needed. Our project is to create a smart outlet, which will be able to toggle household appliance's access to electricity.

Goals for Spring 2016

Create a functioning smart outlet
Acquire workplace skills: Communication, teamwork, time management
Acquire technical skills: Soldering, Eagle, Arduino, Bare Arduino, PCB design
Learn how to use: XBee, LCD, current sensor, relay

Block Diagram

Parts

Parts	Website Information
Arduino	Arduino Uno - R3
Breadboard	https://www.adafruit.com/products/64
XBee	XBee Module - XB24-AWI-001
XBee Breakout	Breakout Board for XBee Module
Monochrome 2.3 Display	https://www.adafruit.com/products/2675
Breakout Board	https://www.adafruit.com/products/935
USB Cables A to Micro	https://www.adafruit.com/products/2185
Powerswitch Tail 2	https://www.adafruit.com/products/268
Current Sensor	http://www.amazon.com/Sunkee-Current-Sensor-Module-Arduino/dp/B00CD23PBE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1459308448&sr=8-1&keywords=ACS712