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Memo March 17 Frank’s version

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I forgot to tell you guys last night that I finished the memo and sent a copy to the professor already, so that Remy had to write another one this morning.  I am so sorry about that, but as the professor received mine as well, I guess it is not a bad idea to post my version here as well.

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DATE:              March 16, 2014

TO:                  Dave Michelson, Ph.D, P.Eng.

FROM:             EECE 380 L2B2

SUBJECT:         Progress report for the week of March 10

This week is our first week into the ORBCOMM project.  A group meeting was held on March 12 to discuss the work plan for the second project and the attendance issue of Mohammad Amirian.  We decided to impose a more rigorous test procedure, and Mohammad Amirian promised to participate in project activities from now on.

In the group meeting, we shared what has been learned from the first project and brainstormed how we can apply past experience to improve the outcome of ORBCOMM project.  Below are the points that we agreed upon so far:

  • The first integration test should be achieved as early as possible, and repeated tests have to be done to examine the system’s stability to ensure a successful demo
  • Whenever time allows, activities in previous labs will be performed again to allow solid understanding of essential procedures and system structures

Also, Mr. Amirian explained his numerous occasions of absence from the last project.  He expressed his apology for not contributing as a team member and promised satisfying attendance and diligence for the ORBCOMM project.

 

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DATE:           January 26, 2014

TO:               Dave Michelson, Ph.D, P.Eng.

FROM:         EECE 380 Team 2

SUBJECT:      Progress report of the week of Jan. 20

This week we finished two group meetings, the setup of project blog, and two lab activities.  In the meetings, we created the team blog on blogs.ubc.ca/team2blog, decided on reading “Spectrum Analyzer Basics” to better understand the structure of spectrum analyzers, and changed the meeting time to Monday 9:00 AM.  We proposed that the 10.7 MHz BBP be used as the IF filter and VCO be operated between 60.7 MHz to 64.7 MHz.

In the labs, we familiarized ourselves with the operation of signal generators and two different spectrum analyzers through activities such as marking the mixer output on the frequency domain and setting up a tracking generator to measure the frequency response of filters.  The hands-on exposure to spectrum analyzers helped us gain valuable knowledge of the signal flow and validation of the project design.