status report # 1 home security wire protection system ronald, robert, orlando, jaime an interfacing...

Status Report # 1Home Security Wire Protection System

Ronald, Robert, Orlando, JaimeAn interfacing module to communicate with

previously designed protective case.

Overall Need and Design Milestones

• OVERALL NEED: To protect the communication lines of any home security system preventing intrusion.

• DESIGN MILESTONES:Develop Detailed Schematics for interface (On going)Receive sample code and sample products from Mr. Poston (Mid February)Order a Development Board for PIC Microcontroller so as not to waste time

manufacturing our own ( 1/29/09)Meet with Travis Poston for updates on UL certification and other business

oriented happenings. (1/31/09)

Completed Tasks

• Phone Conference with Mr. Poston where we received vital information concerning sample code and possible free products. (1/22/09)

• Worked on Coding ideas as well as researched Modem interfacing and PIC Design (1/23/09)

• Researched and discussed possible backup power supplys (1/22/09)

Pending/Ongoing Tasks

• Develop Functional Code to link modem with microcontroller.

• Test protective case in all possible environments it might encounter.

• Develop Comparator circuit to trigger on a change in current received from a damaged or removed case.

Tasks to Begin Next Week

• Begin writing code in C language for PIC (2/4/09)

• Receive Information from Mr. Poston concerning UL guidelines (2/3/09)

• Begin intensively testing case in multiple environments. (2/6/09)