April 11, 2012

Week 2

     Today, the advisor Greg Yeutter met with the group, and he explained DIALux in detail. He said that he would bring in a light with color-changing features so that the group would be able to examine it. The group decided to create a program that senses daylight and shows the colors with LED lights. A code will be designed that fades the red and blue lights with the white light so that it resembles daylight, and have a user interface that allows the white light to dim separately.

Week 1

     Today, the group met for the first time and decided to work on the LED project. The group wondered  how a sensor would work to simulate daylight, and chose to primarily focus on this part of the project. The project advisor, Greg Yeutter, introduced the group to the DIALux program that shows the light intensity in a room with these specific light fixtures.