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Weekly Meetings with Professor: Intro

Weekly Meetings

  • The Fifteenth Meeting - 12/2/2020

Opening

Fourteenth meeting beginning at 4:05 PM on December 2, 2020 through Zoom.

Present

Masood Ejaz (Design Mentor)

Joseph Amalbert (Design Member)

Etin-osa Otokiti (Design Member)

Business

  • Went over presentation PowerPoint and received tips and corrections from Professor Ejaz.

Adjournment

Meeting was adjourned at 4:37 PM by Masood Ejaz. This was the final meeting.

  • The Fourteenth Meeting - 11/25/2020

Opening

Fourteenth meeting beginning at 4:15 PM on November 13, 2020 through Zoom.

Present

Masood Ejaz (Design Mentor)

Joseph Amalbert (Design Member)

Etin-osa Otokiti (Design Member)

Business

  • Talked about the success criteria results and findings for the combined, letter, and phrase models. 

  • Watched and received tips from Dr. Ejaz on the videos made to demonstrate the functionality of SignGlove. 

  • Heavily went through and discussed the senior design project report in terms of corrections. 

Adjournment

Meeting was adjourned at 5:16 PM by Masood Ejaz. The next and last weekly meeting will be at 4:00 PM on December 2, 2020 through Zoom.

  • The Thirteenth Meeting - 11/20/2020

Opening

Thirteenth meeting beginning at 4:07 PM on November 13, 2020 through Zoom.

Present

Masood Ejaz (Design Mentor)

Joseph Amalbert (Design Member)

Etin-osa Otokiti (Design Member)

Business

  • Talked about how the microcontroller was fried and that it had to be replaced. 

  • Talked about the confusion matrices made based on the new models and datasets. 

  • Received advice and tips on the report in terms of errors and the organization of the report. Also discussed additional materials that should be included in the report as well. 

Adjournment

Meeting was adjourned at 4:55 PM by Masood Ejaz. The next weekly meeting will be at 4:00 PM on November 25, 2020 through Zoom.

  • The Twelfth Meeting - 11/13/2020

Opening

Twelfth meeting beginning at 4:06 PM on November 13, 2020 through Zoom.

Present

Masood Ejaz (Design Mentor)

Etin-osa Otokiti (Design Member)

Business

  • Joseph could not stay in the meeting due to a certain circumstance. 

  • Spoke about Progress Log and current troubleshooting on Emic2 and hidden layers. 

  • Discussed the current state of the project.

  • Talked about meeting next Monday see update of design.

Adjournment

Meeting was adjourned at 4:34 PM by Masood Ejaz. The next weekly meeting will be at 4:00 PM on November 20, 2020 through Zoom.

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  • The Eleventh Meeting - 11/6/2020

Opening

Eleventh meeting beginning at 4:00 PM on November 6, 2020 through Zoom.

Present

Masood Ejaz (Design Mentor)

Joseph Amalbert (Design Member)

Etin-osa Otokiti (Design Member)

Business

  • Talked about changes to Time and Effort.

  • Discussed edits and changes that should be made to Progress Log.

  • Discussed progress and problems with the gesture capture.

  • Voiced opinions on how Valencia is handling security and their students.

  • Went through the report along with changes and tips that should be made to it.

Adjournment

Meeting was adjourned at 4:50 PM by Masood Ejaz. The next weekly meeting will be at 4:00 PM on November 13, 2020 through Zoom.

  • The Tenth Meeting - 10/30/2020

Opening

Tenth meeting beginning at 5:30 PM on October 30, 2020 through Zoom.

Present

Masood Ejaz (Design Mentor)

Joseph Amalbert (Design Member)

Etin-osa Otokiti (Design Member)

Business

  • Reviewed Progress Log.

  • Discussed progress on glove completion.

  • Talked about issues during hardware implementation. 

  • Discussed power module placement locations.

  • Briefly discussed Design Report updates. 

  • Next week's goal is have glove completed and being recording gestures.

Adjournment

Meeting was adjourned at 6:17 PM by Masood Ejaz. The next weekly meeting will be at 4:00 PM on November 06, 2020 through Zoom.

  • The Ninth Meeting - 10/23/2020

Opening

Ninth meeting beginning at 9:05 PM on October 23, 2020 through Zoom.

Present

Masood Ejaz (Design Mentor)

Joseph Amalbert (Design Member)

Etin-osa Otokiti (Design Member)

Business

  • Reviewed Progress Log.

  • Discussed casings for the microcontroller and other devices.

  • Talked about scheduled hardware completion. 

  • 2.2" flex sensor was received.

  • Briefly discussed Design Report updates. 

  • Next week's goal was to have the hardware aspect of the glove completed.

Adjournment

Meeting was adjourned at 9:27 PM by Masood Ejaz. The next weekly meeting will be at 4:00 PM on October 30, 2020 through Zoom.

  • The Eighth Meeting - 10/16/2020

Opening

Eighth meeting beginning at 4:05 PM on October 16, 2020 through Zoom.

Present

Masood Ejaz (Design Mentor)

Joseph Amalbert (Design Member)

Etin-osa Otokiti (Design Member)

Business

  • Reviewed Progress Log.

  • Clarified weekly in-person meetings at Valencia West

  • Discussed glove building and upcoming goals. 

  • Ordered 2.2" flex sensor for thumb.

  • Briefly discussed Design Report updates. 

  • Next weeks goals include built glove for testing as well as 3d printed enclosures for Emic2 and MB102.

Adjournment

Meeting was adjourned at 4:35 PM by Masood Ejaz. The next weekly meeting will be at 4:00 PM on October 23, 2020 through Zoom.

  • The Seventh Meeting - 10/9/2020

Opening

Seventh meeting beginning at 4:05 PM on October 09, 2020 through Zoom.

Present

Masood Ejaz (Design Mentor)

Joseph Amalbert (Design Member)

Etin-osa Otokiti (Design Member)

Business

  • Reviewed Progress Log.

  • Explained learned knowledge on Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs)

  • Discussed TensorFlow and Keras implementation. 

  • Spoke on increasing IMU sensor accuracy.

  • Briefly discussed updated and new 3D printed component enclousures. 

  • Next weeks goals including glove built for testing and troubleshooting.

Adjournment

Meeting was adjourned at 4:35 PM by Masood Ejaz. The next weekly meeting will be at 4:00 PM on October 15, 2020 through Zoom.

  • The Sixth Meeting - 10/3/2020

Opening

Sixth meeting beginning at 4:00 PM on October 03, 2020 through Zoom.

Present

Masood Ejaz (Design Mentor)

Joseph Amalbert (Design Member)

Etin-osa Otokiti (Design Member)

Business

  • Reviewed Progress Log.

  • Discussed IMU data capturing issues and findings. 

  • Total flex sensor capture was talked about.

  • Talked about updated Chapters (2 & 3) to report.

  •  Also briefly discussed plan for 3D printed casings to go on glove. 

  • Following week should have the IMU data capture figured and also update on the 3d models.

Adjournment

Meeting was adjourned at 4:30 PM by Masood Ejaz. The next weekly meeting will be at 4:00 PM on October 9, 2020 through Zoom.

  • The Fifth Meeting - 9/25/2020

Opening

Fifth meeting beginning at 4:05 PM on September 25, 2020 through Zoom.

Present

Masood Ejaz (Design Mentor)

Joseph Amalbert (Design Member)

Etin-osa Otokiti (Design Member)

Business

  • Talked about progress log.

  • Discussed flex sensor voltage measurements. 

  • Talked about fixed resistor calculations.

  • Talked about flex sensor outputs through the machine learning model.

  • Discusses 3d printed device holders on the glove. 

Adjournment

Meeting was adjourned at 4:39 PM by Masood Ejaz. The next weekly meeting will be at 4:00 PM on October 2, 2020 through Zoom.

  • The Fourth Meeting - 9/18/2020

Opening

Fourth meeting beginning at 4:03 PM on September 18, 2020 through Zoom.

Present

Masood Ejaz (Design Mentor)

Joseph Amalbert (Design Member)

Etin-osa Otokiti (Design Member)

Business

  • All components received.

  • Flex Sensors and OLED confirmed functionality.

  • Would like completed prototype glove by next week.

  • Would work on getting Machine learning model onto the board.

  • Make sure that flex sensors are interpreted by machine learning model.

Adjournment

Meeting was adjourned at 4:37 PM by Masood Ejaz. The next weekly meeting will be at 4:00 PM on September 25, 2020 through Zoom.

  • The Third Meeting - 9/11/2020

Opening

Third meeting beginning at 4:02 PM on September 11, 2020 through Zoom.

Present

Masood Ejaz (Design Mentor)

Joseph Amalbert (Design Member)

Etin-osa Otokiti (Design Member)

Business

  • Update on components ordered and received

  • Advised once again to create an Actual Budget table along side the proposed one.

  • Talked about information that should be placed in Chapter 2 of the report.

  • Discussed revised flowcharts (Both Hardware and Software)

  • Also discussed accelerometer and EMIC 2 coding

  • Briefly talked about a location to meet up in.

Adjournment

Meeting was adjourned at 4:33 PM by Masood Ejaz. The next weekly meeting will be at 4:00 PM on September 18, 2020 through Zoom.

  • The Second Meeting - 9/4/2020

Opening

Second meeting beginning at 4:10 PM on September 4, 2020 through Zoom.

Present

Masood Ejaz (Design Mentor)

Joseph Amalbert (Design Member)

Etin-osa Otokiti (Design Member)

Business

  • Update on components ordered and received

  • Advised to label circuit diagram - will attempt to create in Eagle

  • Discussed glove functionality

    • no trigger should be needed to differentiate before gesture and finger-spelling.

    • Advised to research buffer time needed in-between hand movement

  • Etin-osa worked on Machine Learning algorithm to predict finger-spelling.

  • Joseph created a schematic and diagram - utilizing circuito.io and photo editing software.

  • Project Report template complete, begin adding detailed information to Chapters 2 & 3.

Adjournment

Meeting was adjourned at 5:15 PM by Masood Ejaz. The next weekly meeting will be at 4:00 PM on September 11, 2020 through Zoom.

  • The First Meeting - 8/28/2020

Opening

First meeting after Summer break beginning at 4:00 PM on August 28, 2020 through Zoom.

Present

Masood Ejaz (Design Mentor)

Joseph Amalbert (Design Member)

Etin-osa Otokiti (Design Member)

Business

  • Update proposal timeline with correct dates

  • Discussed work done over the summer break

  • Joseph worked on IMU code while Etin-osa conducted more research on machine learning

  • Create proposed/actual timeline comparison

  • Create Budget and Timeline tab

  • Update any references used

  • Add design testing as part of Progress Log

  • Begin editing Project Report, transferring any usable content from Proposal

Adjournment

Meeting was adjourned at 5:05 PM by Masood Ejaz. The next weekly meeting will be at 4:00 PM on September 4, 2020 through Zoom.

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