WIN1201-22 Smart Spice Rack


 

Team Name:

WIN Machines

Team Members Names:

Amit Sondhi, Raman Tomar, Simran Kaur Saini, Manpreet Kaur, Arminderjit Kaur Virk

Program of Study:

Wireless Information Networking

Mentor Name:

Mohamed Mousa

Project Name:

Smart Spice Rack

Sponsor Name:

Kiran Prem Jagadale Mohan Rao



Sponsor Organisation:

Fleming College


Brief Description Of Project:

With this application, customers will have real-time access to their spices inventory in their
kitchen. Customers can manage and check the quantity of the spices available using the
application along with the alert feature which gives an alert whenever any of the spice
would be low in stock.

Project Objective:

With this application, customers will have real-time access to their spices inventory in their kitchen. Customers can manage and check the quantity of the spices available using the application along with the alert feature which gives an alert whenever any of the spice would be low in stock. Our team have worked in detailed manner as per our sponsor’s requirements so that no requirement should be missed. We planned daily to carry out the best result for our project and with the consistent efforts we first designed the android application along with the database setup and later on, we assembled the hardware and setup the connectivity of hardware with the application as well as database to accomplish our project.


Project Innovation:

We designed an application which would also grabs the attention of clients not only of its professional look but also because of its efficient work and easy to use. It can solve the problems of the clients related to manage spices in their kitchen.


Challenges & Solutions:

Challenge 1 : As we used hardware to carry out our final project so that we need to test our hardware daily as if hardware lacks somewhere while performing its functionality than it would be a trouble.

Solution 1: To fix this, testing is best idea so that we can overcome this issue.

Challenge 2: While setup the data fetching, we faced some trouble regarding the correct values in the database.

Solution 2: To tackle this one, we tried to eliminate the other environmental factors which may affect the hardware and we did troubleshooting to fix all the errors.

Challenge 3: While making connections, we faced lot of trouble in selecting the appropriate resistors for accomplish our accurate outputs.

Solution 3: We performed mammoth of attempts and find out the exact resistors with exact and expected values suitable for the required output with respect to the sensors and hardware.

Challenge 4: Working on project at home along with the team discussion online was different challenge.

Solution 4: Our patience power worked here, We focused on our project and used the resources correctly to cope up with this issue.

 


Project Results or Progress:

We have completed our project as per the requirements given by the sponsor as follows:

  • An android application which will be able to manage spices.
  • An alert feature within application when the spices would low or out of stock.
  • The cost of the each spice should be reflected in the application.
  • The quantity of the each spice should be reflected in the application.
  • The Spice name of each spice which is going to be used should be showed in the application.

Firstly, we gathered information and requirements regarding the same and then start creating application along with the database and then setup the connectivity of application with database while putting login credentials. Afterwards, we complete the hardware part, made necessary connections and connects it with the database and application to carry out the data fetching. In this manner, our team have achieved the final result of our project.


Lessons Learned:

We have learned lot of things while working on the project.

  • Team working- Team efforts we learned during this whole journey which brings out the different level of confidence and spark which provides self-trust also to perform better in the team work.
  • Patience power- While working on the project, there were several points and stages which took lot of time to troubleshoot. It augments our patience power which is one of the asset to work for any project under any organization as big things takes time.
  • work ethics- While working on the project, we learned unique work ethics during discussion online.
  • Apart from this- Detailed programming skills, connectivity setup and many more skills have developed. Along with all these skills, we learned video editing skills plus the skills of using numerous software like PowToon, Lightworks also gained while making showcase video as well as project demonstration videos for technical reviews. The addition in the skills are not stopped here, as we enhanced our technical skills also while working with android studio as well as Arduino with their hardware and software efficiently.

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