Day 7: Triangulation 101

Well In the mean time as I get the communication libraries to work, I shifted my focus onto other aspects of the project. I worked on the mathematical concept for how the system turns measurements into Cartesian plot data. When this project is complete, it will make three-quarters of my pre-calculus class worth my while. The […]

Day 6: The Night Before STEM

* This article is referring to events that took place on Wednesday, April 26, 2017. I will admit that I feel pressured sometimes to get parts of my project done within certain timeframes. But at the same time, I feel stuck at specific points of the project where I only focus all my energy on one task. […]

Day 5: Awaiting Feedback

As of now, I’ve completed a big obstacle within my senior project voyage. I keep reminding myself that even if the situation I’m in isn’t good from time to time, I need to calm myself down and find another way to approach the problem. I did that today when I couldn’t get the two devices to transmit data. My […]

Day 4: One Vacation Later…

There is nothing like a good week off to refresh your brain. I know I needed my mind to stop thinking linearly and instead, feed my habit of flying through new ideas. It really helped with senior project because, in the process of going off on tangents during vacation, I expanded my knowledge in electronics and my […]

Day 3: Laying the Foundation

It’s always easier to copy off the work of others. But it strips away accreditation and you feel less satisfied in the end. But at the same time, reinventing the wheel isn’t going to do any favors. As I work on XY-Fi, I’m not only gaining the academic and technical skills but life lessons that […]

Day 2: Creating a New Language

In programming, you need many lines of code for every small task; and simple radio communication requires it’s own scripts and libraries. As I mentioned in my last blog post, radio is a messy place to send data through. Humans are known to have this problem with the same medium. In a book I read […]

Day 1: Lo and Behold

The title “Lo and Behold” is a reference to the first message sent over the internet from Stanford University. They attempted to send the word “login” over the ARPANET, but the system crashed leaving only the two letters L and O to make a complete journey. My day was very similar to the “LO” problem. The goal […]

Day 0: Transmission Received

The purpose of this blog is to publicly share as much information on my project’s progress as possible. Here, you will find entries with pictures & videos of each day I work on my senior project. I hope you will find this website to be very informative and feel free to comment and share. I will […]

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