CSC 299/499	Grinnell College	Fall, 2014
	Bluetooth Communication with C

End-of-semester Timeline — Tentative Schedule of Activities

Week index: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, spring

The following schedule reflects work done throughout the fall semester, 2014.

Color code:

assigned with little progress
work with some progress
work that is mostly done
completed work
brainstorming activities requiring more detailed specification

Week	Dates	Activities	Status	Product(s)
Week 1:	28 August–5 September	Reading concerning Bluetooth Communications and Scribbler 2 control Fall 2013 Poster on Bluetooth communication Fall 2013 Paper on insights from Fall 2013 investigation Byte codes for selected Scribbler 2 commands, as documented in Fall 2013 svn repository for code development general svn documentation svn command summary access notes Review implementation of sound commands brainstorm blocking and non-blocking alternatives model brainstorm test of sound from parallel robots Review implementation of movement commands left/right versus angle/distance model identify possible non-blocking functions	Completed	Draft specifications non-blocking determined not feasible for sound, since Scribbler byte code requires a duration non-blocking actions added to existing sound commands, interpreting a negative time as a non-blocking directive Design specification changes for blocking movement procedures Identified approach to maintain left/right parameters throughout all motion commands, using rMotors as basic command rather than old rMove that used angle/distance
Week 2:	6–12 September	Implement non-blocking commands movement develop test suite Rewrite blocking movement commands Utilize left/right model review/expand test suite Testing thoroughly	Code review completed	Code added to MyroC.h and MyroC.c test programmovement-test.c expanded to include non-blocking directives Demonstration programs developed for multiple robots multi-robot-demoA.c multi-robot-demoB.c
Weeks 3-7:	13 September–17 October	Design, implement the C-based infrastructure to capture and process Scribbler 2 images. Data structures: Pixel (R, G, B) Picture (fields for width, height, 2D array of Pixels) Functions: capture picture from camera save picture to file load picture from file display picture on workstation window	Code reviewed and tested	New functions added MyroC.h and MyroC.c rTakePicture rSavePicture rLoadPicture rDipspayPicture Camera test programs: camera-display-test.c Doxygen documentation MyroCDev documentation MyroCDev data structures (Picture, Pixel) MyroCDev header file
Fall Break
Week 8:	27 October–2 November	Review Spring CSC 161 materials Modules 000, 001, 010, 011	Classification of each lab completed no change needed (change color on schedule to green) modest change needed change color on schedule to amber when need to change identified change color to green when changes made and reviewed major revision needed (maintain color on schedule as red )	Modules 000, 001, 010, 011 updated for Spring 2015
Week 9:	3–9 November	Review Spring CSC 161 materials Modules 100, 101, 110, 111	Classification of labs underway no change needed (change color on schedule to green) modest change needed change color on schedule to amber when need to change identified change color to green when changes made and reviewed major revision needed (maintain color on schedule as red )	Modules 100, 101, 110, 111 updated for Spring 2015 Module 100: several changes identified for each lab modest changes completedfor each lab substantive revisions identified for four labs Module 101: changes identified and addressed — mostly changes in procedure headers related to pointers to `structs` Module 110: few changes identified, then addressed Module 111: Two exercises identified for editing — not related to the new MyroC; edits made
Week 10:	10–16 November	Evaluate port of MyroC to Mac OS X Review OpenGL capability to display robot images and movies Refinement needed for four in-class activities Module 100: Lab on structs Module 100: 2D arrays Module 100: Lab on transforming pictures Module 101: Project	Review completed Updating started	Port MyroC to Macintosh identified as beyond reasonable scope for this semester Determined rDisplayPicture should utilize ImageMagick (as least for the current release); utilization of OpenGL may be considered for a later phase Updating needed started for 2D array lab and transforming pictures lab
Weeks 11—12:	17–30 November (with Thanksgiving)	Rewrite/improve rDisplayPicture to work with imageMagick Start brainstorming poster Start brainstorming paper Continue lab/project revision	Drafts created and discussed	Experiments with rDisplayPicture and imageMagick completed Themes identified for poster, paper Directions for lab/project revision discussed
Weeks 13-14:	1–12 December	Rewrite/improve rDisplayPicture to work with imageMagick Finish 2 posters Finish paper Complete lab/project revisions	Work completed	Revised rDisplayPicture added to MyroC.c 2 posters completed, printed, and posted in hallway Paper submitted to CCSC: Central Plains 2015
Spring 2015	January	Refine paper for publication, following reviewer commnets Reorganization of some labs, inspired by earlier discussions	Revision underway during semester break	Submission, with revisions, required by January 17 Revised materials installed for Spring 161 Module 100: Lab on structs Module 100: 2D arrays Module 100: Lab on transforming pictures Module 101: Project
Spring 2015	February/March	Prepare presentation at CCSC: Central Plains 2015 Plan Thursday Extra Consider public dissemination on Github.com or launchpad.com	Discussion to be scheduled	CCSC: Central Plains 2015 scheduled for April 10-11, at the College of the Ozarks, Point Lookout, MO Additional dissemination TBD

This timeline will be updated regularly throughout the project.

created 17 April 2014 revised before classes 24-25 October 2014 revised during fall break 19 October 2014 revised 7 November 2014 updated 7 January 2015
For more information, please contact Henry M. Walker at walker@cs.grinnell.edu.