ECE434 Project- LED Matrix Information Board

Team members: Andrew Weger

Grading Template
I'm using the following template to grade. Each slot is 10 points. 0 = Missing, 5=OK, 10=Wow!

 00 Executive Summary 00 Packaging 00 Installation Instructions 00 User Instructions 00 Highlights 00 Theory of Operation 00 Work Breakdown 00 Future Work/Conclusions 00 Hackster.io 00 Demo/Poster 00 Not Late

Score: --/100

Executive Summary
In this project, I took my BeagleBone Black and a LED matrix from Adafruit and created a clock that shows the current temperature outside.

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

Installation Instructions
GitHub: The repository for this project can be found here. BBB_Led_Matrix_Info_Board

Hardware: Below are the following products used to complete this project.
 * BeagleBone Black
 * Micro SD Card
 * LED Matrix
 * 5V 4A Power Supply
 * DC Power adapter - 2.1mm jack to screw terminal block
 * 8cm Prototype PCB
 * PCB Headers

Installation Start off by going to the link here Falcon Christmas Player and download the BeagleBone Black image. Next follow the instructions on on the following page to get the Beagle set up and connected to the internet. Out of the Box, Bone Note: When following Mark A. Yoder's instructions the Falcon Christmas Image doesn't have the same username and password as the one in Out of the Box, Bone. The username and password are as follows: Note: very time you type debian in the setup, it needs to be replaced with fpp.
 * username: fpp
 * password: falcon

With that done and out of the way, if you wish to run the program completely on the bone, you can ssh into it and clone the repo at this time. You can also run the program on a host computer as well without being connected by ssh, so if you wish to run it this way go ahead and clone the repo to your host computer now.

With that part out of the way, we need to work on the hardware part of this project before we continue with the software.

Cape Construction

User Instructions
Once everything is installed, how do you use the program? Give details here, so if you have a long user manual, link to it here.

Consider making it autostart for full credit.

Highlights
Here is where you brag about what your project can do.

Include a YouTube demo the audio description.

Theory of Operation
Give a high level overview of the structure of your software. Are you using GStreamer? Show a diagram of the pipeline. Are you running multiple tasks? Show what they do and how they interact.

Work Breakdown
List the major tasks in your project and who did what.

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

Future Work
Suggest addition things that could be done with this project.

Conclusions
Give some concluding thoughts about the project. Suggest some future additions that could make it even more interesting.