ECE497 Project Coffee Pot Control

Team members: Mark A. Yoder, (List all the team members here with link to their eLinux User page. Use my format.)

Grading Template
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 00 Executive Summary 00 Installation Instructions 00 User Instructions 00 Highlights 00 Theory of Operation 00 Work Breakdown 00 Future Work 00 Conclusions 00 Demo 00 Late Comments: I'm looking forward to seeing this.

Score: 10/100

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Executive Summary
Our project is to use the BBB to create a web interface for a common home coffee pot. Our web interface should allow users to schedule brew times, see a photo of the current coffee pot, see the temperature of the liquid; additionally the BBB should turn off the coffee pot when it is running dangerously low to avoid sludge at the bottom of the pot and notify the user via email when the pot should be refilled.

Currently, our project accomplishes the goal of allowing users to schedule brew times, see a photo of the coffee pot, and plot the temperature all from a web interface.

Currently, our project does not accomplish the goal of notifying the user when the pot is running low and turning off the pot. We cannot accomplish this because the Sparkfun pressure sensor that we used to determine how much liquid is in the pot cannot withstand the heat of the burner.

In fine, this project demonstrates the ease at which a maker can automate their environment. The BBB's ability to simplify GPIO and I2C interfaces along with node js's extensive repository modules makes interacting with the outside world simple

Packaging
If you have hardware, consider Small Build, Big Execuition for ideas on the final packaging.

Installation Instructions
The first time:

1.set environment variable

vim ~/.bash_profile

add the following lines to the end of the file:

export SLOTS=/sys/devices/platform/bone_capemgr/slots

export DTS=/opt/source/bb.org-overlays/src/arm

exit beaglebone and login again export The result should include SLOTS and DTS.

2.install something

git clone https://github.com/hangdu/ECE497_finalproject.git

npm install ds18b20

npm install http

npm install fs

npm install child_process

npm install crontab

npm install nodemailer

npm install socket.io

install v4l2grab:

git clone https://github.com/twam/v4l2grab.git

make

3.1 for the camera to work

connect the camera to the beaglebone with USB

check /dev/vedio0 is showed

test camera using the command

v4l2grab -W 160 -H 120 -o test.JPEG

3.2 for temperature sensor to work

check the hardware connection

vim /boot/uEnv.txt

make sure HDMI is disabled and eMMC is enabled

cd $DTS

vim univ-emmc-00A0.dts

uncomment all things related to P9_12

cd ../../

make

cp ./src/arm/univ-emmc-00A0.dtbo /lib/firmware

cd /lib/firmware

echo BB-W1-P9.12 > $SLOTS

cat $SLOTS

to check BB-W1-P9.12 is loaded.

3.3 for scheduling time to turn on coffee pot to work

on host computer(run specific shell):

cd BeagleBoard-exercise/setup

./firstssh.sh

on beaglebone(check the time is OK):

date

4.export gpio31

cd /sys/class/gpio

ls

to check if gpio31 appears(GPIO31 pin is used to connect the coffee pot)

otherwise

echo gpio31 > export

5.run Server

cd ECE497_finalproject/project/http

./setup.sh

./boneServer.js

6.open client

Go to the browser and go to 192.168.7.2:9090

Later:

You only need to start from step5 and step6.

User Instructions
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Highlights
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Include a YouTube demo.

Theory of Operation
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Work Breakdown
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Also list here what doesn't work yet and when you think it will be finished and who is finishing it.

Future Work
Future work on the BBB Coffee Pot would include, speccing out a suitable pressure sensor that can withstand the heat of the coffee pot. Unfortunately, the pressure sensitive resistor that was available to us cannot stand up to the heat of the coffee pot burner. The pressure sensor enables two neat features which are already implemented in the code: first the Bone will shut off the coffee pot when it senses the pot is critically low as to avoid evaporating all the liquid leaving gross coffee sludge in the bottom of the pot, second when the Bone senses the pot is running low it will notify the user of the event over email. currently, neither of those functions are actually implemented because we don't have the proper hardware. Future work on the software side would be to make the web page more user-friendly and aesthetically pleasing, create a system for user accounts, and increase the security of the BBBCoffeePot@Gmail.com email address. Currently, the password is plain text in the boneserver.js file.

Conclusions
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