| Week of | Activities |
|---|---|
| September 17 | Tour of CHILL Facility (Met with Jim and Dave). Radar reasearch. |
| September 24 | Project research: Review details of BASYS board. |
| October 1 | Website Updates. BASYS Board Testing |
| October 8 | Pawnee Visit. Radar calibration for testing. |
| October 15 | Programming BASYS board with simple logic. |
| October 22 | Reviewed BASYS and connector board schematics. |
| October 29 | Simple logic such as Binary to Gray code converter |
| November 5 | Looked into clock divider methods and DCM |
| November 12 | Generate clock signal and adjusted frequency testing |
| November 19 | break |
| November 26 | Clock signal with delay and encoder data |
| December 3 | Report, presentation, and end of the semester documents |
| January 23 | Finished implementing Gray Code and parallel to serial conversion |
| January 30 | Finished implementing transmissions data and general FPGA code |
| February 1 | PCB tutorial and testing |
| February 8 | Create PCB parts and start schematic |
| February 15 | Schematic Layout |
| March 1 | Finished schematic and stated PCB layout |
| March 17 | Finished first 2 layer board layout = Rev_1 |
| March 20 | Started 4 layer PCB layout |
| March 30 | Finished 4 layer board layout = Rev_2 |
| April 4 | Redo 4 layer board with different configuration |
| April 11 | Finish another 4 layer board = Rev_3 |
| April 13 | Change components on PCB board and rearrange |
| April 18 | Edays presentation |
| April 20 | Finish PCB board an get approval = Rev_4 |
| April 23 | Get board and parts ordered |
| May 2 | Worked on final paper, and end of semester requirements |
| May 4 | Waiting for parts and board to put together and test |
| Week of | Activities |
|---|---|
| September 17 | Comparing two graphics card venders |
| September 24 | Talk to Hewlett Packard about obtaining system |
| October 1 | Studied CUDA user manual |
| October 8 | Studied CUDA user manual |
| October 15 | Studied CUDA development enviroment |
| October 22 | Studied CUDA development enviroment |
| October 29 | Studied coding samples for CUDA |
| November 5 | Studied coding samples for CUDA |
| November 12 | Studied coding samples for CUDA |
| November 19 | Break |
| November 26 | Communicating with Hewlett Packard about system, and delivery time |
| December 3 | Report, presentation, website, end of semester documents |
| December 21 | System obtained, worked on configuring system for use |
| December 28 | Ran sample CUDA code |
| January 4 | Modified sample code to perform more complex operations |
| January 11 | Installed second graphics card, discovered larger power supply required |
| January 18 | Worked on writing initial inverse code |
| January 25 | Finished implementing inverse, discovered code had slow performance |
| February 1 | Worked on implementing a different inverse method that will have higher preformance |
| February 8 | Worked on creating a benchmark to compare C and CUDA inverse preformance |
| February 15 | Worked on fixes bugs in benchmark |
| February 22 | Gathered information on how to fix code errors from CUDA forums |
| February 29 | Implemented fix in code, gathering performance data |
| March 7 | Break to prepare for midterms |
| March 14 | Worked on improving CUDA benchmark performance |
| March 21 | Gathered information and continued to work on benchmark performance |
| March 28 | Worked on implementing data pipeline idea |
| April 4 | Implementing none pageable memory method to increase data transfer rate |
| April 11 | Finishing up final benchmark |
| April 18 | Edays presentation |
| April 25 | Taken break to catch up on other classes |
| May 2 | Worked on final paper, and end of semester requirements |