1. Prepared by: Yuyan Xue CSE488 GTA of Spring 2009 Updated by Hong Jiang for Spring 2010 Envision Your Senior Design Projects

2. Outline  Introduction to Senior Design Project  Available Resources  488/489 Projects in Spring 2009  Attractive Design Competition

3. Project Requirements  Design & implementation of a combined software/hardware project too complex for one person  Teamwork and collaboration in cooperative & competitive environments  Innovation, utilization of cutting-edge technologies  Mini-project (488) laying foundation for the final project (489)

4. Suggestions  Background Research  Feasibility Research  Schedule and Budget  Team Organization

5. Senior Design Lab  Schorr Center, 117  Open Hours: Monday-Friday 7:00am- 6:00pm (NCard Access for other time)  Basic Facilities:  4 workbenches; each with AC/DC power supply, multimeter, logical analyzer, soldering supplies, …  Two workstations

6. Hardware Platform  HANDY BOARD  52-pin Motorola MC68HC11 processor  32K of battery-backed static RAM  Four outputs for DC motors  Provides connector system for analog sensor inputs  One LCD screen  One integrated, rechargeable battery pack  One extension board

7. Hardware Platform  eBOX eBox-II Embedded Computer is an embedded system using Vortex86 System-On Chip technology. It has 166MHZ SOC, 128MB RAM, 64MB Disc on Modules (IDE Device), built in Audio, LAN, Video, and also 3 USB ports. eBox-II Embedded Computer is an embedded system using Vortex86 System-On Chip technology. It has 166MHZ SOC, 128MB RAM, 64MB Disc on Modules (IDE Device), built in Audio, LAN, Video, and also 3 USB ports.

8. Hardware Platform  Altera UP2 Development Board  One EPF10K70RC240-4 device  One EPM7128SLC-7 device  One RS-232 serial port  Four push-button switches  Dual 7-segment LED display  25.175MHz oscillator

9. Hardware Platform  Altera UP3 Development Board  One EP1C6Q240 device  One USB 2.0 port  Two RS 232 ports  1 Mbytes of SRAM  2 Mbytes of FLASH  2 Kbytes of I2C PROM (expandable)  Multiple clocks  User-definable push buttons & switches  Four user-definable LEDs  One 16x2 character display LCD Module

10. Hardware Platform  Altera DE1 Development Board (on order and available in Feb.)  Cyclone II EP2C20F484C7 FPGA & EPCS4 serial configuration device  USB Blaster for FPGA RS-232 port  VGA DAC resister network (4096 colors), PS/2 mouse or keyboard port  Line-in, Line-out, mic-in (24-b codec)  8-MB SDRAM, 512-KB SRAM, 4-MB FLASH, SD memory card slot  10 toggle switches  4 debounced pushbutton switches  10 red LEDs, 8 green LEDs  Four user-definable 7-segment LEDs  27-MHz and 50-MHz oscillators, extended SMA clock input

11. Hardware Platform  Android Phone  Processor: Qualcomm® MSM7201A™, 528 MHz  OS: Android™  Memory:  ROM:256 MB  RAM:192 MB  GPS: navigation capability with Google Maps™  Connectivity:  Bluetooth® 2.0  Wi-Fi®: IEEE 802.11b/g  Special Features:  Digital Compass  Motion Sensor

12. Hardware Platform  EEE PC  Processor: Intel Atom N270 / 1.6 GHz  L2 cache: 512 KB  DDR2 SDRAM: 1 GB  Hard Drive:160 GB  Display: 8.9" TFT  Camera: 0.3 Megapixel  OS: Windows XP  Battery: up to 5 hours

13. Other Resources  CMU CAM  Track the position and size of a colorful or bright object  Measure the RGB or YUV statistics of an image region  Automatically acquire and track the first object it sees  Physically track using a directly connected servo  Dump a complete image over the serial port

14. Other Resources  Wintec Bluetooth GPS Receiver (USB connecter with digital compass)  Sharp GP2D12 2X Infrared Object Detector  RFID Reader and Tag  Crossbow Wireless Sensor (MICA2)  LEGO Toolkits  …

15. An Example Design  Automated Warehouse Retrieval Robot  Developed based on Handy Board and E-Box  Automated Retrieval of Warehouse  RFID Aided Navigation  Wireless Communication with Server - For Dynamic Scheduling - For Dynamic Scheduling - For Traffic Control - For Traffic Control

16. Hardware Layout for Robot Motors Photo sensors Handy Board Ebox RFID Reader RFID Tags Wireless Communication

17. Projects from Spring’09  Sun SPOT Orchestra: Music Composition in WSNs  Create a system capable of generating unique, appealing, and interactive musical compositions using a network of simple embedded devices that respond to environmental conditions

18. Projects in Spring 2009  Sun SPOT Orchestra: Music Composition in WSNs

19. Projects in Spring 2009  Sun SPOT Orchestra: Music Composition in WSNs

20. Projects from Spring’09  Virtual Reality Head Tracking by Wii Control  Innovative alternative to Wii technology  It allows user to become part of environment  Gives a feeling of virtual reality by knowing where the user is in space  Adjusts the environment accordingly  Reacts to player movement and interaction

21. Projects from Spring’09  Virtual Reality Head Tracking by Wii Control

22. Projects from Spring’09  Driving Intelligence System  Reduce wasteful driving by exposing some traffic light information to individual vehicles, through the use of in-vehicle computers (mobile phones).  Possible future use:  Integration w/ Public Transit Systems  Pervasive In-Vehicle Units  Traffic Routing & Load Balancing  No-Stop Traffic Meshing

23. Projects from Spring’09  Driving Intelligence System

24. Projects from Spring’09 Home Automation Controlled by Kinesics (HACK)  Home Automation Controlled by K

25. Projects from Spring’09  Home Automation Controlled by Kinesics

26. Attractive Design Competition  Imagine Cup 2010  Registration:  July 8, 2009 - ** (could be July 2010 for the 2011 World Final)  World Final:  July, 2010, Poland  Competition Categories  Software design  Game design  Game design  Digital media  Prizes  Last Year  150 Semi-Finalist Prizes  20 Finalist Prizes (Free trips to compete in the finals)  Cash Prizes  to be announced…

27. Our History  CSIDC( Computer Society International Design Competition )’ 04 Wireless Patient Management System (Final Round) Wireless Patient Management System (Final Round)  Windows ChallengE’05 DRIIVE Network: Dynamic Road and Intra/Inter- Vehicle Exchange Network (Final Round) DRIIVE Network: Dynamic Road and Intra/Inter- Vehicle Exchange Network (Final Round)