EE/CS 480 Spring February, 2008 University of Portland School of Engineering Yellow Rumped Warblers Instant Message Control System Team Kenneth Lee Rob Vandermeulen Mike Rumely Vladimir Shvets Advisor Dr. Nuxoll Industry Representative Jason Favors Harland Financial Solutions

EE/CS 480 Spring February, 2008 University of Portland School of Engineering Overview Introduction Scorecard Additional Accomplishments Plans Issues/Concerns Conclusions

EE/CS 480 Spring February, 2008 University of Portland School of Engineering Introduction Instant message control system for electrical devices.

EE/CS 480 Spring February, 2008 University of Portland School of Engineering Introduction (cont.)

EE/CS 480 Spring February, 2008 University of Portland School of Engineering Scorecard February Plans- Interface with Pidgin via DBUS Write PIC code for Bluetooth serial Textual message from Pidgin Theory of Operations Unit testing DBUS Completed Plans- All plans in February were completed

EE/CS 480 Spring February, 2008 University of Portland School of Engineering Scorecard (cont.) Shortcomings- Theory of Operations.95 fell a little behind schedule. –Revisions that needed to be addressed in.90 Switchbox construction needs to be done. –Dimensions of the breadboard were undetermined

EE/CS 480 Spring February, 2008 University of Portland School of Engineering Additional Accomplishments Completed a contingency. –Wired version of YellowTooth.

EE/CS 480 Spring February, 2008 University of Portland School of Engineering Plans Translate textual message from Pidgin into Bluetooth signal Yellowtooth software code review Test, debug, and finalize Bluetooth communication Successfully interface switchbox to PIC

EE/CS 480 Spring February, 2008 University of Portland School of Engineering Milestones NumberDescriptionOriginalPreviousPresent 1Interface Pidgin Via DBus02/09/08 2Write PIC Code for UIceBlue02/15/08 02/12/08 3Capture Textual Message02/20/08 02/16/08 4Theory of Operations02/27/08 5Unit Testing DBus02/27/08 6Translate textual message03/06/08 7YellowTooth Software Review03/07/08 8Test and Debug03/12/08 9Interface Hardware components 03/18/08

EE/CS 480 Spring February, 2008 University of Portland School of Engineering Concerns/Issues Interfacing BlueTooth with PIC. –Wire Seperately. BlueTooth dongle. –Use computer with integrated BlueTooth Interfacing whole system –Contingency system

EE/CS 480 Spring February, 2008 University of Portland School of Engineering Conclusions Finished February tasks Plan to integrate whole system.