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== Project Overview ==
 
== Project Overview ==
Coxswains are essential members to a crew team. They are the head of the boat and call out commands to direct the rowers. Often coxswains will use a CoxBox to connect to a speaker system in place on the boat to ensure their voice can be heard by all members of the crew team. However, there are many issues with using a CoxBox as they often break and are not a reliable tool for the Coxswain. We intend to create a wireless and waterproof speaker system along the boat that will hopefully be cheaper and more dependable than a typical CoxBox.<br />
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Rowing, often referred to as Crew, is a sport in which a team of people (typically 8,4, or 2 rowers) are tasked with propelling their boat through the water as fast as they can. To do so, this group of people must simultaneously pull their oars through the water, thus moving the boat. To help facilitate this movement, each crew boat has a coxswain: a ninth person with the directive of steering the boat and giving commands to the rowers. An integral part of being a coxswain is being heard and understood by their rowers. To help the rowers hear their coxswain, there is a chain of water-proof speakers lining the underside of the boat. These speakers are connected to a small, watertight, computer that the coxswain talks into and gathers their information from. This computer, a CoxBox, is a deeply flawed piece of hardware. Due to the rigorous movement of the boat, the wiring system that holds all the various speakers and sensors in the boat often comes undone or is corroded by the water that inevitably gets into the boat. To fix this, CruTooth aims to wirelessly connect all the speakers and sensors in the boat. <br />
  
 
== Weekly Log==
 
== Weekly Log==

Revision as of 19:08, 15 September 2018

Project Overview

Rowing, often referred to as Crew, is a sport in which a team of people (typically 8,4, or 2 rowers) are tasked with propelling their boat through the water as fast as they can. To do so, this group of people must simultaneously pull their oars through the water, thus moving the boat. To help facilitate this movement, each crew boat has a coxswain: a ninth person with the directive of steering the boat and giving commands to the rowers. An integral part of being a coxswain is being heard and understood by their rowers. To help the rowers hear their coxswain, there is a chain of water-proof speakers lining the underside of the boat. These speakers are connected to a small, watertight, computer that the coxswain talks into and gathers their information from. This computer, a CoxBox, is a deeply flawed piece of hardware. Due to the rigorous movement of the boat, the wiring system that holds all the various speakers and sensors in the boat often comes undone or is corroded by the water that inevitably gets into the boat. To fix this, CruTooth aims to wirelessly connect all the speakers and sensors in the boat.

Weekly Log

Crutooth Weekly Log

Team Members

Sam Manyak
Pavan Narahari
TA: Chance Bayles

Objectives

1) Create a wireless speaker network consisting of at least 2 connected speakers 2)

Challenges

Gantt Chart

Budget