1. Wireless Magnetic Tracking Preliminary Design Review Team Members Ying W. Moy Mohammed A. Dastigir Hassan Malik Advisors Prof. Moritz Prof. Krishna Prof. Koren

2. 17 October 03ECE Senior Design Project2 Outline Background Project specifications Preliminary design Proposed MDR prototype specifications

3. 17 October 03ECE Senior Design Project3 Background What is a Mote?  Wireless communication device  Useful in many applications How to interact with Mote  Wireless Motes equipped with MICA sensor board

4. 17 October 03ECE Senior Design Project4 …Background (cont’d) Isolate Magnetometer

5. 17 October 03ECE Senior Design Project5 Project Specifications Program Motes using Tiny OS to take in magnetometer readings Transfer data to Base Station Interpret/Analyze data in software Design GUI software to illustrate magnetic tracking

6. 17 October 03ECE Senior Design Project6 Preliminary Design Program motes to take in magnetometer readings Develop software to transfer & interpret readings Construct visual representation of data (GUI)

7. 17 October 03ECE Senior Design Project7 …Preliminary Design (cont’d) System Overview Diagram Environment Mote magnet Data GUI Software Visual Representatio n Process Data TinyOS Application

8. 17 October 03ECE Senior Design Project8 …Preliminary Design (cont’d) Magnetic Sensors Decode RF Module Magnet Base Station Block Diagram of Mote Process Mote Features: Honeywell HMC1002 Magnetic Field Range 30 Micro Gauss Programmed Using TinyOS to take in magnetic readings at time intervals Base Station: Take data from motes and hold data.

9. 17 October 03ECE Senior Design Project9 …Preliminary Design (cont’d) Proposed Software Modules for Visualization Software  MainApplication: set main frame of application  SocketComm: create connection between base station process and GUI process  DataReadThread: take in readings from base station  DataProcess: analyze data; take appropriate action. (mote ID, signal strength)  Visualize: paint graphic representation

10. 17 October 03ECE Senior Design Project10 Workload Division C Programming for Motes  Mohammed, Hassan Communication between mote and base station  Ying, Mohammed GUI Visualization Software Design  Ying, Hassan

11. 17 October 03ECE Senior Design Project11 Proposed MDR Prototype Specs Program mote to take magnetometer readings at time intervals Send data packets to base station Manually retrieve mote data from base station Develop initial stages of GUI software Socket Communication