Progress
January 2025 - June 2025 Timeline
Phase | Week | WIP | Deliverable |
Proposal | 2 | Pump flow rate testing | Schematics for pump components |
Water Environment | 3 | PIR sensor testing | Code for controlling pump flow rate Code for PIR Sensor |
"" | 4 | PIR mapping and Reset pin research for Arduino | Code of PIR input mapped to flow rate |
"" | 5 | Expanding PIR interactions and Testing more inputs Interpret genome data | One pump with full PIR behavior Code for reading genome data |
"" | 6 | Non-blocking code rewrite Test PySerial library | Continuously running pump with 2 sensor inputs Reading serial across Arduino and RPi |
"" | 7 | Cont. previous + Integrate 2nd pump and float input Consider and test water level sensor options Shut off/system pause button | 2 pumps running on 2 sensor inputs with pausing functionality Prelim genome visual mapping |
"" | 8 | Integrate adding/removing water Test 2 pumps running at the same time | Add/remove water functionality |
Presentation | 9 | Test ultrasonic sensors for cyan pump integration and extreme case handling Develop builds | Two-pump + Add/Rmv Pump prototype |
Phase | Week | WIP | Deliverable |
Water System continued | 11 | Format and send Arduino data thru Serial to Rpi | Program that reads Arduino program input data to RPi |
"" | 12 | Develop pump mounts and main tank lid | |
Animation | 13 | Full wiring with one extreme case Rpi-received data to MPI data | Physical layout of all Arduino components |
"" | 14 | Incorporate all extreme cases with current build | Data read across all cluster nodes |
"" | 15 | Test run full wiring with all extreme cases Map data manipulations into animation | Wired water system with all components and extreme cases |
"" | 16 | Continue Arduino testing Animation on all cluster screens | Data mapping of one-screen animation |
"" | 17 | Tweaking Arduino Tweaking Animation | Water system complete Animation complete |
Debugging | 18 | Simultaneous running of water system and animation | Defined process for starting and stopping the project |
Presentation | 19 | Debugging | |
20 | Debugging | ||
Exhibition | 21 | Gallery Install | Gallery Install |