Overview of things learned:
- Technical Area
- Learned facts about Vaping and current detection devices
- Conducting user surveys and coming up with survey questions
- Understanding FPGAs, Boolean Logic, Look Up Tables, and Logic Gates
- Using Quartus Prime
- Tools
- Slack
- Google Meets
- G Suite
- Quartus Prime
- StemAway Platform
- Soft Skills
- Independent learning
- Communicating with team members
Three Achievements:
- Watched webinars and training to better understand vaping and FPGAs
- Watched Intel FPGA workshop
- Successfully installed Quartus Prime
Meetings/Trainings Attended:
- Week 1: 7/14 Introduction to FPGAs webinar, 7/14 Kickoff Meeting, 7/16 FPGA Training
- Week 2: 7/20 Team Meeting, 7/23 FPGA Training
- Week 3: 7/27 Team Meeting
Goals for the Upcoming Week:
- Obtain 50+ survey responses
- Work with team to complete Deliverables
- Attend all meetings
Tasks Done:
- Created Intel account to access Intel FPGA workshop. Although I ran into some errors while trying to launch the workshop, I was able to after using suggestions made by other team members
- Successfully installed Quartus Prime after using a different computer as my computer did not have enough space for the program
- Sent out a copy of the survey but having trouble obtaining 50+ responses
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Week 3
Overview of things learned:
- Technical Area
- Learned about Halo vaping detector
- Analyzing and summarizing data
- General prevalence of vaping in the area
- Tools
- Slack
- Google Meets
- G Suite
- Quartus Prime
- StemAway Platform
- Trello
- Soft Skills
- Independent learning
- Communicating with team members
- Analyzing data
Three Achievements:
- Collected 50+ responses for vaping survey
- Completed Week 3 Deliverables with partner
- Watched FPGA training
Meetings/Trainings Attended:
- 7/29 Office Hours
- 7/31 Happy Hour
- 8/1 Co-team Meeting
Goals for the Upcoming Week:
- Learn more about FPGAs
- Complete Week 4 Deliverables
- Attend all meetings
Tasks Done:
- Completed Week 3 Deliverables-my partner and I did the deliverables then came together to compile our ideas
- Completed presentation for Week 3 Deliverables-my partner and I made slide shows with graphs for our data. Originally, we planned on presenting together, however, I was not able to make the Team Meeting due to other schedule conflicts
- I was able to get 50+ responses after posting the survey on a few Facebook groups but after cleaning up the data, found only around 47 that could be useful in the data
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Week 4
Overview of things learned:
- Technical Area
- Learned more about Halo vaping detector and other detectors
- Block diagrams
- Analyzing and summarizing data
- Ways to prevent vaping
- FPGAs and Logic Functions
- Tools
- Slack
- Google Meets
- G Suite
- Quartus Prime
- StemAway Platform
- Trello
- Soft Skills
- Independent learning
- Problem Solving
- Communication
- Presentation
Three Achievements:
- Completed Week 4 Deliverables and presentation
- Found more information on the HALO vape detector
- Completed Quartus Logic Function Trainer
Meetings/Trainings Attended:
- 8/6 FPGA Training
- 8/7 Week 4 Team Presentations
- 8/8 VP Co-team Meeting
- 8/10 VP Team 2 Week 5 Meeting
Goals for the Upcoming Week:
- Attend all meetings
- Complete Week 5 Deliverables
- Learn more about using Quartus and Logic Functions
Tasks Done:
- Completed Week 4 Deliverables with partner: we did deliverables individually then compiled into presentation. We were also unable to find a block diagram for the HALO detector so I ended up trying to make one
- Presented at Week 4 Team Meeting: I covered my partner’s part since the meeting ran longer than expected
- I successfully completed all 10 of the challenges on Quartus: originally, I had some problems with opening the .qar file on Quartus but I eventually overcame it