Progress of project (23 Oct)

  • Had the final presentation
  • End of project

Progress of project (30 Sept)

  • Printed attachment for servo motor
  • Got everything working

Progress of project (18-22 Sept)

  • Attempted to put everything together, failed
  • Ditched the solenoid actuator (details here)

Progress of project (8 Sept)

  • Soldered the headers and other necessary components onto the PCB (details here)

Progress of project (2 Sept)

  • Designed and ordered PCB
  • Printed casing for RPi (details here)

Progress of project (28 Aug)

  • Assembled all the physical components on the fan (details here)

Progress of project (25 Aug)

  • Tested the code
  • Refined fan attachment (details here)

Progress of project (5-23 Aug)

  • Lost too many springs for old solenoid actuators, scrapped the idea (details here)
  • Got the stepper motor working
  • Got the new solenoid actuator working (details here)

Progress of project (21-28 July)

  • Reshuffling of group members for everyone to experience something different
  • Printing chains to control up-down movement
  • Decided to use stepper motors in the end (details here)

Progress of project (20 July)

  • Solenoid Actuators were the wrong type
  • Stepper motors for vertical motion might be too much (details here)

Progress of project (14 July)

  • Changed design to vertical motion for universality (details here)

Progress of project (6-12 July)

  • Printed first fan attachment prototype
  • Changed from Particle.io to Adafruit.io (details here)
  • Recorded first PoC video for voice commands
  • Placed orders
  • Progress Meeting #1 (details here)

Progress of project (29 June)

  • Try to use relay module and solenoid actuators to push buttons
  • Use If This Then That (IFTTT) to connect to an IoT platform (particle.io)
  • Use RPi to control the relay module
  • Use voice recognition on smartphone to activate IFTTT

Progress of project (23 June)

  • Finalised our project on a voice controlled smart standing fan

Progress of project (17 June)

  • Wanted to change our project from a voice controlled stand mixer to an automated coin sorter and dispenser (details here)

Progress of project (9 June)

  • Decided on making a voice controlled stand mixer (details here)