Day 1 – 5/30/12
- Set up computer area and computer
- Read articles about microphones and directional determination
- Got organized
Day 2 – 5/31/12
- Finished chapters 3 – 6 from MATLAB book
- Turned in direct deposit
- Got info sheet filled out
- Emailed Milutin
Day 3 – 6/1/12
- Finished Chapters 7 – 8 in MATLAB book
- Looked at many different Wiki pages on the ear and hearing
- Worked to understand papers
Day 4 – 6/4/12
- Finished chapters 9 – 11 in MATLAB book
- Got as far as I could in my understanding of the microphone systems
- Annotated my understanding
- Printed MATLAB notes
Day 5 – 6/5/12
- Wrote out and understood more of the algorithm
- Found out my actual project (programming the bot)
- Spent time researching the robot
- Got instruction manuals for the Robot
Day 6 – 6/6/12
- Figured out Taylor Series
- Found more parts to the bot
- Took the bot apart and put it back together
- Set up another computer
- Looked at the code for the program algorithm
- Thought I broke the robot and the transistor trying to prop it open
Day 7 – 6/7/12
- Tried multiple configurations for the robot
- Got it to work in autonomous mode
- Spent the day trying to figure out Serial Connections
- Tried different computer
- Tried switching the wires
- Downloaded some Terminal Emulators programs for the computer
- Printed out Instructions
Day 8 – 6/8/12
- Printed out Research Papers
- Tried to solder a 6th connection – failed
- Connected bot to computer with the pins reversed
- Turned on robot and it got connected
- Worked for a little bit
- Computer had exception issues, bot ceased to function
- Worked on E-Portfolio
Day 9 – 6/11/12
- Most frustrating day in the lab thus far
- Couldn’t get bot to go in autonomous mode
- Got bot to connect to computer once, wouldn’t connect anymore
- Tried to redo connection wire, I think I did it wrong
- Bot freaks out every time I try to plug it in
- Tried Khepera I, didn’t work either
- Going to try to get bot to work again tomorrow
Day 10 – 6/12/12
- Got Khepera to work in autonomous mode
- Got it to work and hooked it up to computer
- Rebuilt the serial line wire
- Figured out MATLAB configuration
- Trying to open the serial port in MATLAB
Day 11 – 6/13/12
- Couldn’t get Khepera to communicate with MATLAB
- Tried many different serial ports
- Tied compiling the code many different ways
- Wrote on Khepera forums
Day 12 – 6/14/12
- Checked forums, got answer
- Couldn’t’ get MATLAB to work originally
- Turned on old computer because COM1 wasn’t available
- Found old files and projects and looked at history
- Finally got Khepera to work in MATLAB
- Transferred old files to new computer
- Got Khepera to work with MATLAB on new computer
- Neatened work area and computer
Day 13 – 6/15/12
- Tried to write a simple code for Khepera in MATLAB
- Robot was not functioning as expected to
- Read papers on the sound chip and the project
- Tried to figure out how to hook up the acoustic chip
Day 14 – 6/18/12
- Tried to figure out why Khepera wasn’t working
- Had maintenance guy look at broken resistor
- Printed many documents on buses
- Hooked up general turret to Khepera
- Emailed Milutin about schematics
- Read about circuits
Day 15 – 6/19/12
- Continued to work with Khepera
- Went through the LabVIEW tutorials
- Learned the workings of LabVIEW
- Read through Bus Connections and Turret Specifications
Day 16 – 6/20/12
- Got Khepera to work with LabVIEW
- Revised Grad Essay
- Read through some more papers and tried to understand the algorithm
- Looked at KTProject
- Found files for KTProject
- Emailed Milutin asking for the schematics for the chip
Day 17 – 6/21/12
- Meeting with Milutin
- Found other chip
- Tested Acoustic Chip
- Learned about Electronics equipment
- Installed AC
Day 18 – 6/22/12
- Learned how to download programs onto the bot
- Tried to do autonomous mode
- Posted to forums, tried to figure out autonomous
- Mode 0 stopped working
- Printed out KTProject tutorials
- Learned about KTProject
Day 19 – 6/25/12
- Got bot to work in mode 0
- Got bot to download code and run in autonomous mode
- Figured out how to attach serial cable and chips
- Read the diagrams and tried to figure out how to interact with the chip
- Read some old MATLAB files
- Found new MATLAB commands
Day 20 – 6/26/12
- Met with Milutin, discussed robot
- Tried to figure out Robot with Chips
- Figured out addressing
- Looked up address and bus information
- Looked at Bios Information
Day 21 – 6/27/12
- Spend more time researching the buses and connections
- Tried to figure out connection
- Wrote MATLAB code for easy testing
Day 22 – 6/28/12
- Spent all day going through the FPGA
- Tested the digital chip
- Tested the ICs on the chip
- Researches buses and connections
- Revised MATLAB code to make it more efficient
- Emailed Milutin about the code
Day 23 – 6/29/12
- Spent the day trying to figure out FPGA for the robot
- Asked Shuo for help
- Tried testing just the bottom chip
- Still unable to program the bot
- Not sure what the next steps are
Day 24 – 7/2/12
- Hit a rode block in the project
- Began to look over some of the documentation for the project
- Read and reread papers to understand gradient flow localization
Day 25 – 7/3/12
- Spent the whole day reading for increased comprhension of the material
Day 26 – 7/5/12
- Looked at the connections
- Tried multiple different connections
- Tested the circuits multiple times
Day 27 – 7/6/12
- Tested things through the computer
- Tried to look up information online
- Looked at FPGA some more
- Tried to draw generalizations
- Emailed Milutin about the code, what kind of input it is
Day 28 – 7/9/12
- Developed the code for the robot
- Thought about inputs and outputs
- Looked at the old code
- Figured out microphone layout
Day 29 - 7/10/12
- Tried to figure out the code more
- Made improvements
- Tested with oscillator to see what isn’t working
- Tried to run the programs with the oscillator
Day 30 – 7/11/12
- Tested the chip with the oscillator again
- Tested the chip with single wire connections
- Identified the reset pin as the problem
- Robot stopped working with the turret
- Tested attaching the Vcc to Reset
Day 31 - 7/12/12
- Tested the robot with multiple connections
- Tried to program the robot with just the other cables connected
- Not working
- Tried to troubleshoot some more
- Couldn’t get anything done
Day 32 – 7/16/12
- Couldn’t get anything done
- Couldn’t meet with PI
Day 33 – 7/17/12
- Talked with Milutin
- Planned to test the chip by itself
- Obtained necessary materials
- Attached chip to breadboard with various wires
- Drew diagrams with color schemes
Day 34 – 7/1812
- Tested the chip on the breadboard
- Getting back a short circuit
- Hooked up power supply directly to chip to determine issues
- Need to re-wire
- Found switches to use
Day 35 – 7/19/12
- Tested the breadboard configuration
- The current was jumping up and down
- Figured out we didn’t need 4 of the pins
- Took the rig to Tony’s, couldn’t get it to work with a clock signal
- Rewired the bread board so it is easier to test
Day 36 – 7/20/12
- Tried to contact the Scott, wasn’t available
- Wrote him an email
- Worked on my research paper
- Took pictures for my posters
Days 37 - 44 - 7/23/12 - 8/1/12
- I focused the majority of my time developing my abstract, poster, and research paper