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Project Team: Nicholas Parrott, Erick Janampa ECE Faculty Advisor: Dr. John R. LaCourse Current Date: October 28, 2010 Project Completion Date: April, 2010 Instrumented Workboot
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Problem Background Health problems related to entering and exiting industrial sized trucks and equipment. Solution: Develop an Instrumented Workboot Generate meaningful data for medical professionals
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Project Definition The goal of this project is to develop an instrumented work boot that will measure and record impact forces and trajectories associated with foot contact.
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Specific Design Objectives Input x(t) Data Collection Signal Analysis Graphical Display Output y(t)
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Implementation Block Diagram of System Implementation
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Part 1: Data Collection Force Sensing Resistors (FSR’s) Accelerometer Amplification A/D Converter
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Force Sensor Driver Circuit
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Part 2: Signal Analysis Sampling Analog Digital Microcontroller ADC/Memory
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Part 3: Graphical User Interface To display collected data User-friendly Three Force vs. Time graphs Real time display
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Part 3: Graphical User Interface Expected Output of Force vs. Time
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Testing Determining the placement of the sensors Data measured and recorded when user steps down Calibration Analog vs. Digital
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Estimated Timeline – Fall Semester
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Estimated Timeline – Spring Semester
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Budget Projection Budget Estimates Item(s)Cost Sensor Package$117 Monolithic Op Amp (Driver Circuit)$0.44 9v Battery$2 Microcontroller and Components$50 Work Boots$75 Total Cost$244.44
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