In summary, we have succeeded in the following goals:
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- \item Design and implementation of a multithreaded process for providing continuous control over real hardware in response to intermittent user actions (Section \ref{Server Program}, \ref{Hardware Interfacing})
- \item Design and implementation of a configuration allowing this process to interface with the \emph{nginx} HTTP server (Sections \ref{Communications}, \ref{Server Configuration}
+ \item Design and implementation of a multithreaded process for providing continuous control over real hardware in response to intermittent user actions (Section \ref{Server Program}, \ref{Hardware})
+ \item Design and implementation of a configuration allowing this process to interface with the \emph{nginx} HTTP server (Sections \ref{Communications}, \ref{Configuration}
\item Design and implementation of a API using the HTTP protocol to allow a client process to supply user commands to the system (Section \ref{Communications})
\item Design and implementation of the client process using a web browser based GUI that requires no additional software to be installed on the client PC (Section \ref{Communications}, \ref{GUI})
\item Design and implementation of several alternative authentication mechanisms for the system which can be integrated with different user management solutions (Section \ref{Authentication})
+ \item Design and implementation of image streaming and image processing for use with a dilatometer (Section \ref{Image Processing})
\item Partial design and implementation of a system for managing the datafiles of different users (Section \ref{API})
\item Partial design and implementation of a user management system in PHP based upon UserCake (Sections \ref{Authentication}, \ref{Cookies})
\item Integration and partial testing of the software with the overall MCTX3420 2013 Exploding Cans project (All sections)
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-We make the following general recommendations for further development of the system software (with more specific recomendations discussed in the relevant setions):
+We make the following general recommendations for further development of the system software (with more specific recommendations discussed in the relevant sections):
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\item That the current software is built upon, rather than redesigned from scratch. The software can be adapted to run on a Raspberry Pi, or even a GNU/Linux laptop if required.
\item That more detailed testing and debugging of several aspects of the software are required; in particular:
We would also like to make the following recommendations with regard to system hardware:
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- \item Care is given to protecting the BeagleBone from electrical faults (eg: overloading or underloading the ADC/GPIO pins, a power surge overloading the supply voltage)
- \item A mechanism (possibly employing a high value capacator) is included to allow a loss of power to be detected and the BeagleBone shut down safely
+ \item Care is given to protecting the BeagleBone from electrical faults (e.g.: overloading or underloading the ADC/GPIO pins, a power surge overloading the supply voltage)
+ \item A mechanism (possibly employing a high value capacitor) is included to allow a loss of power to be detected and the BeagleBone shut down safely
\end{enumerate}