ECE 445 Lecture Prof Rakesh Kumar rakeshkillinois edu
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ECE 445: Lecture Prof. Rakesh Kumar (rakeshk@illinois. edu) 1 Prof. Arne Fliflet (afliflet@illinois. edu) Prof. Xiaogang Chen (oxgchen@illinois. edu)
Agenda § 4: 00 pm - Welcome, Introductions, Course Overview § 4: 15 pm - Project Pitches – Jacob Bryan: Tin Can Telephony – Michael Oelze: Lazy Fisherman – Channing Philbrick: Pass the Butter Robot § 4: 30 pm - Guided Brainstorming and Ideation § 5: 30 pm - May is Coming
Meet the Professors Prof. Xiaogang Chen Prof. Rakesh Kumar Prof. Arne Fliflet
Meet the Teaching Assistants Channing Philbrick Kexin Hui Jacob Bryan Yamuna Phal Tony Caton Yuchen He Zhen Qin Nick Ratajczyk
Meet the Teaching Assistants Dongwei Shi Zipeng “Bird” Wang Xinrui Zhu
Project Pitches § Jacob Bryan: Tin Can Telephony § Michael Oelze: Lazy Fisherman § Channing Philbrick: Pass the Butter Robot
Tin Can Telephone upgrade for the digital age Jacob Bryan jdbryan 2@illinois. edu
Easy Mode: One Way Communication TX RX Must transmit and receive using vibrations in the string
Hard Mode: Two Way Communication TX RX RX TX Must transmit and receive using vibrations in the string
Microphone How can it be done? Speaker ADC Amplifier Encoder Decoder Actuator (TX) vibrations Sensor (RX)
Some Suggestions and Advice • Reliability is more important than latency ‐ Coding scheme and/or communication protocol • Consider sensor/actuator/materials selection very carefully ‐ What is the string made of? ‐ Do you need a microphone? Would something else work? • Can you measure string tension and adapt protocol?
Interested? • Talk to me after class • Come to my office hours (Tuesdays 2 pm in ECEB 2072) • Email me (jdbryan 2@illinois. edu) • Discuss on the web board
The Lazy Fisherman High Level Requirements: 1. A fishing bob with water proof housing 2. Sensors to detect a tug from a fish 3. Wireless capability to transmit tug from bob to fisherman resting comfortably on the shore 4. Mechanism to attract fisherman’s notice that he needs to pay attention to his fishing line 5. Other features? ? ?
Pass the Butter Robot Possible Requirements • Facial recognition • Speech recognition • Locate and retrieve butter • Have an existential crisis Interested? Email: phlbrck 2@illinois. edu Office Hours: Friday 12 -1 pm, ECEB 2072 https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=ek. P 0 LQEs. Uh 0#t=00 m 30 s
May is Coming § February 1 st: Project approval (16 days from now) • Brainstorming, team formation, successful RFA § February 8 th: Project proposal (+7 days) • Refinement of project idea, requirement specifications, schedule § February 22 nd: Design Document (+14 days) • Complete paper design of project, requirement & verification, parts list, cost § May 3 rd: Project demonstration (+60 days) • Implement design, order parts, assemble, test, and document everything, demonstrate a fully functioning project
