1st Feb 2013

The components arrived today, which was

• 2x LM335AZ (A Board Mount Temperature Sensors with precision, 1 Deg Cel)
• 2x XBee Module
• 2x XBee Shield
• 2x Arduino UNO

The plan would be to set up this blog and as well as to carry on with the project.

For today, we tested the connection between the Arduino UNO with the PC. We somehow needed an A - B USB Cable to connect the component to the lab PC. Downloaded the Arduino Software to the computer and proceeded to connect the component to the PC. Not a while later we seem to have hit a wall. The PC could not read the device which was the Arduino UNO, therefore we searched online to find a solution to bypass this problem. While searching we read up more on our temperature sensor and on how to connect/ mount the component on the device.

Turns out, using the lab PC was not an option. Due to being limited the full access of the computer, we could not continue on our search to at least allow any communication between the PC and the Arduino UNO. It was later decided that we brought out laptop along next week to try out once again. As for today, we mainly figured out how to connect the temperature sensor to the Arduino and what codes to use that could be written on the Arduino Software.

Till next time.