1 Remote-controlled Central Alarm Clock (RCAC) EEE374W Project 3 (Part A) Team Members:   Ndapandula Nakashole (NN)   Tshepo Serameng (TS)   Olefile Toto (OT)

2NN Concept Overview  RCAC  RCAC is an economical alarm clock for the entire house.  Subsystems Configuration module Display and Control module Sound module (speakers) in each room  Communications Wire-based connection from config to control module Wire-based connection from config to output module Infra-red transmitter/receiver in control module

3OT Application Context   Target market Consumer electronics   Where it is used At home by parents to wake kids up In offices by managers to call employees to their offices   End-user Anyone but children to use under parent supervision   Other uses Can also be used in ships

4TS Motivation  Major problem that the concept solves Parents need not to get out of bed to wake kids up Alarm output can be adjusted to very high, forcing children to wake up in case they try to ignore it.   Possible uses/applications of the system As a one-alarm clock for the whole house, each room can have a different time that the alarm will go off in that room. In ships for alerting crew (in different decks of danger) or just to wake them up as well. By managers as a means to call employees to their offices.

5NN,TS,OT Enclosure  Display and Control subsystem To be located in parents’ room Buttons correspond to rooms in the house Set Time/ Alarm Wire to configuration circuit Remote control 21:00:12 10 cm 3 cm

6NN,TS,OT Communications Alarm goes off in the appropriate room, not in all rooms configured with a RCAC sound module. Display and Control Panel Configuration Box Sound Output (Speakers) Room1 Room2 Room3 Room4 Wire Remote Control Infra Red

Concept Poster Remote-controlled Central Alarm Clock (RCAC)   An economical alarm clock for the entire house.   With RCAC Parents need not to get out of bed to wake kids up   Can be used by managers as a means to call employees to the manager’s office Set Time/ Alarm Wire to configuration circuit Remote control 21:00:12 10 cm 3 cm This control module is to be located in parents’ room. Buttons correspond to rooms configured with a speaker