Garage Door Opener -- Mert Avcioglu

Week 1

Title: Personal Research

Date: 02/23/20

Attendance: Mert Avcioglu

Accomplishments

- I started researching Raspberry Pi and how it works.
- I started researching about how to use Raspberry Pi as a Garage Door Opener.

Problems

- Since I don't have an experience with Raspberry Pi before, I will try to learn and adapt to it.

TODO

- I will do more research about Raspberry Pi.
- I will do more research about how to use Raspberry Pi as a Garage Door Opener.
- I will get Raspberry Pi and the other hardware from Merwyn Jones.

Week 2

Title: Personal Research

Date: 03/01/20

Attendance: Mert Avcioglu

Accomplishments

- We talked with Merwyn Jones about operating systems, development tools, code languages for Raspberry Pi.
- I did more research about general concept of Raspberry Pi.
- I made research about different operating systems for Raspberry Pi.
- I made research about wire works for Raspberry Pi.
- I decided to use Python on this project.
- I watched videos about several Garage Door Openers and analyze them.

Problems

- There are wired and wireless options. I have to choose one of them for project.

TODO

- I will do more research about Raspberry Pi.
- I will do more research about how to use Raspberry Pi as a Garage Door Opener.
- I will make research about Raspbian operating system and how it works.
- I will make research about using remote desktop for this project.
- I will prepare a document for project plan.
- I will make research about the libraries I could use.
- I will make research about wireless connection.

Week 3

Title: Personal Research

Date: 03/08/20

Attendance: Mert Avcioglu

Accomplishments

- I made more research about Raspberry Pi.
- I made more research about how to use Raspberry Pi as a Garage Door Opener.
- I made research about software components of Raspberry Pi.
- I made research about hardware components of Raspberry Pi.
- I made a little research about Raspbian operating system and how it works.
- I prepared a document for project plan and sent to Merywn Jones.

Problems

- No problem occured this week.

TODO

- I will keep researching about wireless connection.
- I will research about other available operating systems.
- I will keep researching about Raspbian operating system and how it works.
- I will make research about using remote desktop for this project.
- I will make research about integration of software and hardware parts.
- I will make research about the libraries I could use.