2024-01-29

Weekend Research Takeaways

Jeffin: Tkinter is the best GUI for us. It is both easy to learn, efficient, and powerful. Runners up include Pygame, PyQT, and Kivy. More takeaways available in PDF on Discord.

Aiden: Pygame Zero is a more lightweight version of Pygame but both would be fine for our purposes. Both are easy enough to learn. Main functions and other takeaways available in PDF on Discord.

Niaz: Wi-Fi information will be available through terminal utility programs, which we will execute from python using os.system calls. Adding Wi-Fi details to our GUI will not be that hard, nor will it require extra packages. A Python Bluetooth package is available should we choose to incorporate Bluetooth capabilities..

Mustafa W: We will use the onboard Wi-Fi. If we choose Raspbian-based OS, there's a GUI for connecting to Wi-Fi. More info on Wi-Fi access points I found here.

Snarr: Going with the Pi 4. Applebaum and Temple have multiple, so it's a no brainer. Pi 3 in consideration if we need more power efficiency. Rest of the hardware available at this link.

Neil: Blockly instance up and running, already configurable. That was quick.

Next Steps

• Get everyone on the Jira Board
• Start adding issues to our backlog
• Get everyone on the GitHub organization
• Requirements Document