Team:BostonU HW/Notebook/June


TIMELINE: JUNE





Notebook


  • Switched to node.js template with handlebars to make the GUI after realizing the need of a server to open up local ports and save files
  • Added html pages for the web-app, javascript files for the functionality, and a css file for the look of the pages
  • Created a mockup for the GUI for the microfluidic work flow
  • Decided on a structure to implement pumps using a lever arm
  • Created templates to display an svg file
  • Added functionality to the display by dynamically creating buttons to open and close valves depending on the svg file
  • Incorporated Ajax to connect to the serial port to connect to an arduino
  • Used Ajax and post requests to import files from the web-app and save them locally to use for the settings page and the svg image
  • Ordered parts for the pumps setup
  • Changed mapper code to differentiate flow from control on an LFR file
  • Added functionality to mapper to work with the UCF and identify which layer all elements reside in
  • Implemented control layer in mapper