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Organization: The Team Abstract Charter |
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Deliverables: Background Requirements Considerations Design Spec. Compliance Certification |
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Management: Status Timeline |
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Resources: Software Hardware Tutorials |
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Extras: Weasel's Dev Diary |
Objective
Design and implement an interface between a data communication product and personal data assistant through the built-in IR port on the personal data assistant. The interface will allow the monitoring, configuring, and troubleshooting of the data communication product on the personal data assistant (PDA).
Scope
The project will be divided into three parts:
- PDA Software - Terminal emulation, file upload/dowload, Ethernet configuration
- Serial/IR adapter hardware
- Prototype hardware and software to emulate the operation of the communications product
Roles & Responsibilities (available on team webpage)
Key Activities
- Decide upon IR hardware and machine to use for prototype communications product.
- Determine user interface for PDA software
- Establishing PDA to prototype communications over infrared connection
- Develop the prototype software
- Develop the PDA software
Key Deliverables
- PDA Software
- IR/Serial adapter
- Prototype hardware and software
- Documentation on above
Milestones
- 8/23 - Initial Project Presentation
- Specifications, Web Template, Design completed
- Prototype system selected and software development begun
- PDAs obtained and PDA software development begun
- IR/Serial adapter assembled
- Communications through IR/Serial adapter acheived
- Prototype system software completed
- PDA software completed.
- Design completely implemented
- Final design review
Critical Success Factors
- Effective communication between members
- Completion of goals on schedule
- Capable prototype system determined
- Successful hardware adapter design
- Successful PDA and prototype system programming
Metrics
- Suitable development environment for prototype system
- Working communications between PDA and prototype
- Functionally complete PDA software
- Functionally complete prototype system software
- Communications between PDA and prototype interpreted and handled correctly
Risks
- Security - IrDA sniffing
- Maintaining communications
- Suitability of prototype system
Boundaries
- Limiting PDA software to Palm OS platform
- Using built-in IR of Palms
- Emulating the data communications device
- Limit to one semester
- Limit on monetary resources