BeagleBoard/GSoC/sdabhi23/BeagleBoneRemoteSeismometerNode

Personal Details
Name:                Shrey Dabhi IRC:                 sdabhi23 Github:              https://github.com/sdabhi23 LinkedIn:            https://www.linkedin.com/in/sdabhi23 E-mail Address:      shrey.dabhi23@gmail.com Blogs:               https://droidlearner.wordpress.com, https://sdabhi23.wordpress.com School:              Institute of Technology, Nirma University Country:             India Primary Languages:   English, Hindi Typical work hours:  11 - 14, 16 - 20, 21 - 23 IST Task Completion: Pull Request

Past Open Source Contributions
I have recently been involved in contributing to Hasura. Here's the link to one of my projects: https://hasura.io/hub/projects/sdabhi23/currency-bot. But i haven't made any large contributions to any large open source communities, reason being I wanted to know the technologies being used before I go ahead and start working with large oraganisations and their codebases.

I am interested in contributing to BeagleBoard as majority of my work experience has been in the software domain, and I would like to better understand the hardware side of devices I work with. Also BeagleBoard has an awesome global community of developers and users.

Project Description
"Project Title: BeagleBone Remote Seismometer Node"

The aim of the project is to create a prototype network of seismometer nodes. The current proposal aims to have a prototype of sensor node of the network which can communicate with a QCN Client wirelessly. A web-based dashboard also needs to be implemented for the control and monitoring of the network.

Timeline
This project will be implemented over 12 weeks. The tentative timeline I have prepared is as follows:

The major reason for dedicating 4 weeks to bug fixing and documentation is because the calibration process can pose some currently unforeseen challenges.

Experience and Approach

 * I have done projects with Arduino and Bluetooth technology. Also I have some experience with Raspberry PI.
 * I was easily able to deploy a similar project as described here using Arduino Nano and ADXL335 accelerometer. But the proposed project is different in the sense that a complete network of interconnected nodes will be deployed which will communicate with a single client server.

Contingency
I can use the vast documentation and help available through forums, wikis, IRC and other means to find solutions for my problems. And also as a last resort I can also consult my colleagues and other faculties in my university for further support.

Benefits
To make a less expensive, hackable and easy to deploy network for hobbyists and researchers alike to monitor seismic activities in their region.