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

October Timeline — Tentative Schedule of Activities

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

Although the project will evolve over the semester, the following schedule outlines a possible timeline for this project.

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
Week 10:	10–16 November	Start port of MyroC to Mac OS X Develop OpenGL capability to display robot images and movies	Work underway	Port MyroC to Macintosh Identify and install C libraries Test MyroC suite on Macintosh Write Makefile to install MyroC Rewrite rDisplayPicture to work with OpenGL
Week 11:	17–23 November	Port MyroC to Macintosh Identify and install C libraries Test MyroC suite on Macintosh Write Makefile to install MyroC Write user instructions for installation Rewrite rDisplayPicture to work with OpenGL Brainstorm poster Brainstorm Thursday Extra Brainstorm paper	Demonstration desired	Port MyroC to Macintosh Identify and install C libraries Test MyroC suite on Macintosh Write Makefile to install MyroC Rewrite rDisplayPicture to work with OpenGL Themes identified for poster, talk, paper
Week 12:	24–30 November (with Thanksgiving)	Plan poster(s), Thursday Extra	Specification required	Draft poster, talk outline
Weeks 13-14:	1–12 December	Complete poster(s), Thursday Extra, paper	Scheduling to be determined	Poster(s) to be placed on bulletin boards Thursday Extra prepared and scheduled Paper reviewed and venue for submission identified Update MyroC on launchpad.com Consider public dissemination on Github.com
Spring 2015	January / February	Possibly write/refine paper for publication	More precise specification needed	Possible publication venues to be identified
Spring 2015	January / February	Possible submission of paper, poster to regional, national conference	Not yet scheduled	Venue to be determined

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
For more information, please contact Henry M. Walker at walker@cs.grinnell.edu.