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ECE 477 – Team 5
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»We are designing a wireless telemetry system that measures translational and angular accelerations experienced by athletes and stores the data on an external memory device as well as transmits pertinent data over a wireless network to a base station on the sideline.
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»Environmental Concerns: ˃ Our design uses a lot of semiconductor technology in the manufacturing of most of the components. PCBs are non- biodegradable. ˃ These have significant impact on the environment because of the amount of electricity, water and chemical substances that are used during the fabrication process. ˃ Hazardous Chemicals such as hydrochloric acid, toxic metals and gases, and volatile solvents are often used in large amounts during the manufacturing of some of these semiconductor devices.
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»More Concerns: ˃ Our design may consume a significant amount of power because it will be in sleep mode a lot of the time which means it is constantly using energy. ˃ We need to consider the biodegradability of the plastic that we intend to use for the packaging of our device.
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»Addressing these Issues: ˃ Proper disposal: + Many companies recycle circuit boards and parts + We will detail the proper disposal techniques in our user manual ˃ Power Usage: ˃ Device will have an “off” switch which will not use any power/energy. We can have it in this mode most of the time and only in “stand-by” when there are breaks during games. ˃ Proper package/case testing: + If we can ensure proper testing and minimize case failure, this will increase the product lifetime and consequently decrease disposal.
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»Ethical Concerns: ˃ Safety of the product: + Battery placement: We need to avoid short circuiting or puncture of the battery ˃ Proper Functionality: + We need to ensure that the product is functioning as expected in all sorts of conditions to be certain that it is properly accomplishing its task, which is to prevent injury
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»Addressing Ethical Issues: ˃ Make sure the battery is mounted/housed securely to prevent anything possibly happening to it. ˃ Warning labels and cautions to let users know how best to handle the device and what conditions to expect the best results in. + Cautions can be placed on the device and then explained in better detail in the user manual. ˃ Provide an alternative way of collecting the information that is on the monitoring device, assuming that there is a problem with the wireless capabilities.
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