1. ECE 477 Senior Design Group 11  Spring 2006
handy
Zhuang Derrick Colin

2. Outline Project overview Design challenges faced
ECE 362 knowledge used
Project demo

3. Project Overview Handy is a hand gesture based remote control
Controls the Bose SoundDock
Uses infrared sensors to read hand gestures
Sleep mode to conserve battery power

4. Design Challenges Faced
Selecting the right type of sensor
Infrared vs Ultrasonic
Low availability of infrared transmission codes
Reverse engineer
Creating the most suitable algorithm to recognize hand gestures

5. ECE 362 Knowledge Used Microcontroller Programming Techniques
Memory considerations
Microcontroller Interfacing
Ports, External Interrupts
Microcontroller Peripherals
Timer, PWM

6. Project Demo
Video
Live Demo!

7. Questions / Discussion