FaceAccess — A Portable Face Recognition System Using Atmega644
We created a standalone face recognition system for access control. Users enroll in the system with the push of a button and can then log in with a different button. Face recognition uses an eigenface...
View ArticleDJ Multitouch — A FTIR Touchscreen Device Using Atmega644
Overview The DJ Touch is a portable turntable touchscreen and interactive LED display. Our end goal was to produce a low cost touchscreen device, and demonstrate its application in a common consumer...
View ArticleRock Band Vocal Bot Using Atmega644
We have created a device that interprets the NTSC video signal from the video game Rock Band and outputs audio signals via a pair of speakers to simulate a human singer playing the vocalist part. We...
View ArticleA Wireless Programmable Pace Clock Using Atmega644
For our ECE 4760 final project, we designed and built a wirelessly programmable digital pace clock with a large format LED display and Android smartphone control and programming. This original design...
View ArticleSelf-Reliant Power and Data Management System Using Atmega644
Introduction The tags used to monitor wildlife can either be passive or active. Passive tags simply identify an individual, whereas active tags may send out a radio beacon or even collect data. These...
View ArticleAutonomous Board Erasing Robot Using Atmega644
Abstract -A Roomba for boards For our ECE 4760 final project we created a board climbing robot capable of cleaning the board autonomously. The robot uses neodymium magnets to stick to the board and...
View ArticleGPS Tracking Device for Cornell Engineering Quad Using Atmega644
Introduction “A GPS tracking devices capable of telling the user his/her approximate distance to buildings and attractions on a map downloaded from a remote station” -Project Soundbyte For our final...
View ArticleTouch screen video chess Using Atmega644
Introduction Our project is a two player touchscreen controlled speed chess game. One of our goals for this project is to build a reliable touchscreen device. Our initial plan was to use an LCD and...
View ArticleSmart Trash system Using Atmega644
Introduction top For our final project, we have designed and built a ‘proof of concept’ prototype for Project Green Stations, an externally funded student group with the following mission statement:...
View ArticleUltrasonic Security System Using Atmega644
Introduction We were inspired to build an ultrasonic security system for our final project by our housing situation this summer. Security is an important part of home, especially if we are going to...
View ArticleA Budget Pachinko Machine Using Atmega644
Pachinko is a game in which a ball drops down through a large quantity of pegs and the objective is to catch that ball in a fixed basket. The concept behind our machine is novel in that it was built...
View ArticleSeven day alarm Using Atmega644
Introduction The variability of a college student’s class and school work schedule gives way to an abnormal sleep/wake pattern that is not experienced any other age group. Few lucky students have the...
View ArticleHomemade VGA Adapter Using Atmega644
Introduction Motivation The goal of our project is to create a VGA video adapter. This “homemade video card” should be able to connect to any monitor that subscribes to VGA standards with a standard...
View ArticleRemote Controlled DMM With Minimum Mass Wireless Coupler Using Atmega644
Introduction In this project, we built a digital multi-meter utilizing near-field communication concept. The system established a bidirectional wireless communication between the measurement unit and...
View ArticleBrainMap: fNIR imaging of the brain Using Atmega644
Introduction Our project records and extracts event-related features from a 36-point relative blood-oxygen concentration sensor array from the surface of the brain. We chose this project because of a...
View ArticleSousVide immersion cooker using Atmega644
About What is this thing? For our ECE4760 Spring 2012 (Microcontrollers) Final Project at Cornell University we decided to create a sous-vide cooker (a type of immersion cooker) that can maintain a set...
View ArticleCooking Assistant for Automatic Temperature Control Using Atmega644
In some cooking scenarios, it is desirable to achieve a specific object temperature and keep the object at that temperature. However, it is difficult to maintain a constant temperature without constant...
View ArticleHeliowatcher solar tracker Using Atmega644
Documentation HelioWatcher: Automatic Solar Panel Control Jason Wright (jpw97) and Jeremy Blum (jeb373) Introduction We designed and built a system to automatically orient a solar panel for maximum...
View ArticleDigital Stethoscope Using Atmega644
“A digital stethoscope that can amplify, play, and record heart signals in real-time.” Project Soundbyte The purpose of this project was to design and implement a digital stethoscope to serve as a...
View ArticleEvolutionary Altitude Control for a Helicopter Using Atmega644
Overview For our ECE 4760 project, we developed a self learning 1 degree of freedom (DOF) helicopter using a neural network learning algorithm and infrared (IR) distance measurement. The primary goal...
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