18 February 2025

Part 1: Help Your Teammates to Develop Capstone Ideas

I shared with my teammates that I am mostly interested in doing something regarding Internet of Things (IoT) for my Capstone. It would be a fun project that can combine my passion for electronics and programing alike. Specifically, creating an smart irrigation system to prevent waste of water and perform the task more efficiently. To do this, the system will factor in the weather of the past, present, and future. The system should consider factors such as how much of an overcast there is and wind levels, as that will also affect how moist the soil is. It was discussed that it would also be helpful to use sensors in the soil to also detect the current moisture level and account for it. If feasible, it would also be cool to have sensors that detect nitrogen, phosphorus, and other levels, essential to the health of plants. That way, it can notify the user if there are any deficiencies that should be handled.

 

Part 2: Keep Up With Your Learning Journal

This week, I got to take a glimpse into what an upcoming Software Design course will look like. Although a little worried I have been out the programming field for a while, I am also a bit excited to learn the course will be conducted using Java, the very first programming language I've learned. I also started my ILP website shell this week, which will be updated with description about the course and the big final project, at the end of each class. I decided to use Weebly, which was relatively simple to use once I got past the learning curve of it. I also got additional practice with generative AI as one of the assignment was to create another stakeholder argument using it. As a team, we also continued working on our Video Presentation, deciding on the areas we should discuss then dividing the workload so we can begin putting together our power point.

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