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Concussions can have a severe and lasting impact on individual, and while coaches and athletes alike are aware of this danger, many concussions continue to go unrecognized. In football especially, concussions occur regularly due to the contact nature of the sport. While better protection and more careful playing an be used to prevent players from getting concussions, it is just as important to diagnose and treat concussions that do occur. Most concussions deliver ~95 g's to the body, so by measuring the amount of force applied to a player's head, the likelihood of a concussion could be monitored and the player could be checked when enough force was applied to cause a concussion. | Concussions can have a severe and lasting impact on individual, and while coaches and athletes alike are aware of this danger, many concussions continue to go unrecognized. In football especially, concussions occur regularly due to the contact nature of the sport. While better protection and more careful playing an be used to prevent players from getting concussions, it is just as important to diagnose and treat concussions that do occur. Most concussions deliver ~95 g's to the body, so by measuring the amount of force applied to a player's head, the likelihood of a concussion could be monitored and the player could be checked when enough force was applied to cause a concussion. | ||
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[[Category:Fall 2017 Projects]] | [[Category:Fall 2017 Projects]] | ||
Revision as of 15:46, 29 September 2017
Overview
Concussions can have a severe and lasting impact on individual, and while coaches and athletes alike are aware of this danger, many concussions continue to go unrecognized. In football especially, concussions occur regularly due to the contact nature of the sport. While better protection and more careful playing an be used to prevent players from getting concussions, it is just as important to diagnose and treat concussions that do occur. Most concussions deliver ~95 g's to the body, so by measuring the amount of force applied to a player's head, the likelihood of a concussion could be monitored and the player could be checked when enough force was applied to cause a concussion.
Find our weekly log here
Team Members
Colton Farley
Darby Hakken
Emma Zastrow
Nathan Schmetter (TA)
Objectives
A successful project will require:
1. Accelerometers be installed in a football helmet in a way that force can be detected in all directions
2. The encapsulation of the Arduino and any necessary battery packs and circuitry in the football helmet by creating a 3-D printed shell
3. Use an Arduino mini to detect forces capable of causing a concussion and transmitting the signal to an Arduino uno
4. Implementation of an LCD interface to transmit Arduino data from all players to coaches
Challenges
1. Being able to sense force equally throughout the helmet instead of distinct points where the accelerometer is located
2. Learning how to program an arduino and using it effectively
3. Learning how to use CAD and 3D print
4. Coding an interface to show an up to date status of the players helmets
5. Understanding radio frequencies and learning how to implement them
5. Communication between arduinos
Gantt Chart
Budget
- Mini Arduino - $9.95
- Arduino LCD Screen (20 x 4) - $17.95
- Accelerometer (+/-200g) - $24.95
- RF Module Transmitter (434 MHz) - $3.95
- RF Module Receiver (434 MHz) - $4.95
- 4 Pack of 9V Batteries - $12.99
- Arduino Uno- provided by class
- Soldering - provided by class
- 3D Printing Machine and Material - provided by class
- Football Helmet - owned
- Rubber Mallet - owned
Shipping:
- adafruit (LCD screen, aruino pro mini, and accelerometer) - $9.13
- Sparkfun (RF module transmitter and receiver) - $5.74
Total:
$102.60
