Hi Sam= ,

Yes, for BCIS, the front end development f= rom you would be good enough for the project.

It would be good= to make a video demo to show the functionality and what you have made for = this project in terms of software development.

And yes, I can = judge and give marks on the portfolio 55% and poster 10%, being an i= ndividual effort.

We will definitely = organise a time for the poster presentation in week 14.

I can act as the client, and once after the poster/demo/= video presentation, I can write client feedback and also give marks on that= component for you.

Cheers,

<= span style=3D"font-size:13.5pt;color:#339FAD">Dr Minh Nguyen MSc, PhD, FHEA

Programme Director - Bac= helor of Computer and Information System, School of Engineering, Computer &= amp; Mathematical Sciences, room WS307D

Auckland University = of Technology

P +64 9 921 9999 ext 8214 M +64 21 175 495= 6 = E minh.ngu= yen@aut.ac.nz W aut.ac.nz

From: Sam Ward <tkw46= 29@autuni.ac.nz>
Sent: Thursday, 7 October 2021 5:56 am
To: Jeff Kilby <jeffrey.kilby@aut.ac.nz>; Minh Nguyen <minh.n= guyen@aut.ac.nz>
Cc: Michael Anthony Emmerson <ksh1087@autu= ni.ac.nz>; Jacob Boon <kgq0317@autuni.ac.nz>
Subject: Br= ew Buddy - Project Update

Good Morning Jeff and Mi= nh,

Figured you are about due an update on the project.

PCB des= ign was completed a while back and parts ordered through Justin. Due to lev= el four we ended up having the parts sent to my address and I just soldered= the board at home. Attached are some images from Altium and pictures of th= e board itself. Unfortunately I won=E2=80=99t be able to test any of the 23= 0V side as we don=E2=80=99t have an enclosure (can=E2=80=99t get to work to= use the laser cutter), I may look at printing one at home but again withou= t access to work we can=E2=80=99t get it PAT tested so have decided to just= write this off as =E2=80=9Cdue to COVID=E2=80=9D and move on. <= /p>

We de= cided to move away from the cross platform native app and instead focus on = a web app first as it would be beneficial to run it on a PC or laptop in th= e browser, so instead of using Xamarin I have done the frontend development= in Vue.js using the Vuetify framework. I will hopefully also port this to = an android app using Vue Capacitor, I tested this early on in development a= nd the app worked fine but had some connectivity issues to the microcontrol= ler, so will see how that goes. I won=E2=80=99t be doing an iOS version as = I don=E2=80=99t have a device to test it on but I imagine it would be simil= ar to android. We encountered an issue with running out of flash memory on = the ESP32 so I ended up moving the front dist files to a web server acting = as a CDN, unfortunately this means the app is no longer fully offline as or= iginally proposed. We plan for this to be a temporary fix for the sake of c= ompleting the project, but long term would look at integrating an SD card t= o the board to expand memory.

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The micro code is pretty well finished,= functions for interacting with the various components/sensors completed (W= PS button, servo valve control, flow meters, temperature sensors, read/writ= e to NVS etc.), now just finishing up some work on the automation algorithm= s to bring everything together for testing.

As far as the app itself = goes it is mostly complete, with functionality working as intended. The aes= thetics leave a bit to be desired and the code craft could definitely do wi= th some work. I=E2=80=99m not likely to get around to doing push notificati= ons as these require a third party service, while they would be a nice qual= ity of life improvement, as a team we decided they aren=E2=80=99t necessary= and not worth the extra time input. Here<= /a> is a link to an interactive mock up I did for the design and to help wi= th development. I have hosted a version of the front only to allow you to e= xperience the app without the need for the board, can be found at http://bbfrontv7.avcl.co.nz/. Some fe= atures will be lacking without the backend but it should give you a good fe= el for the app and an idea of how Brew Buddy operates.

This week we = will hopefully be finishing off any remaining integration between the serve= r and micro code. I will continue with tweaking some of the frontend aesthe= tics and data constraints, as well as a general tidy up of the code, but ov= er all we are pretty happy with the status of the project now.

A coup= le of things to cover off with you guys:

Jeff - The BEngTech report i= s due next Tuesday the 12^th October, however the BCIS report is = not due until Monday the 1^st of November. There has been some co= ncerns among the team as to the differing level of project completion betwe= en these two dates, therefore we propose extending the due date of the BEng= Tech report to coincide with that of the BCIS one. Would you be opposed to = this suggestion, and are you able to approve it? We do have the option to u= se the automatic COVID extension to move the due date by a week, which we c= an do to make it official if that helps, but ideally the extension would be= two weeks. Also, any insight into particulars you may be looking for, for = your 40% supervisor assessment Jeff?

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Minh - As the BCIS is a bit more= involved it would be good to discuss with you your expectations around the= BCIS components, as from what I understand you are responsible for 60% of = the mark? Mostly pertaining to the portfolio 55% and poster 10%, being an i= ndividual effort. Will need to organise with you and Ramesh a time for the = poster presentation in week 14. As we don=E2=80=99t have a client what do y= ou want me to do for the client feedback (5%)?

<= p class=3D"MsoNormal">Would it be worth having a Teams catch up on Friday o= r next week?

Next steps for us are to figure out what we are able to= demonstrate and how, we won=E2=80=99t have a full system built due to the = 230V stuff and COVID stopping us from actually getting together to physical= ly build it, but we should be able to at least demonstrate the individual c= omponents and a simulation of the automation. Will also be polishing off li= ttle bits here and there where we can, but again ultimately we are ve= ry happy with where the project currently stands and the amount of work we = have put in, with our main focus now moving to work on the reports and docu= mentation.

Cheers,

Sam.