Study-Buddy

Inspiration

Final exam's week is usually the toughest week for most students, with final assignments and exams dreadfully looming closer as the deadlines get nearer. To add to the stress many find that getting a quiet location with adequate temperature and lighting in school is not only difficult but near impossible with other students trying for the same good locations.So we started the platform for an app that will take the hassle out of looking for a location and save students time to actually study.

What it does

The Dragonboard 410c and the sensors, such as sound, temperature and light sensors, students are able to see live readouts of decibel, lux and temperature settings in a room. This will then allow them to choose whether it meets the ideal study location for their needs.

How we built it

We used the Dragonboard 410c to read input values from our sensors then push those values to Node-red which then will connect to the App.

Challenges we ran into

We ran into quite a few challenges. Firstly, our Dragonboard 410c wouldn't connect to the network, thus preventing us from reading the input values from our sensors. Secondly, it was our first time using Android Studio, so we spent most of our time learning the user interface to enable us to build a portion of the app.

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

Learning the syntax and user interface for android studio, has been the most fruitful accomplishment during the three days. Especially having never worked with Android studio and having zero coding experience.

What I have learned

We learnt how to work with android studio and the Dragonboard 410c hardware and user syntax.

What's next for Study-Buddy

We feel like there are many more avenues that Study Buddy could work in collaboration, such as facilities in general can use the data inputs gathered over time to make rooms greener. This can enable rooms to have lower lighting and temperature values based on the activity level of the rooms throughout the day. It can also allow educational institutions to use the same information to make study spaces that students seem to enjoy working in.

Built With

• android-studio
• dragonboard-410c
• python
• sensors