WTM Sense

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Overview

Design and construct a docking station for an iPhone 6, that includes the following features:

  • Speaker that amplifies the sound
  • Display that shows weather and time
  • Motion sensors that use specific hand patterns and motions to turn the speaker on and off, change the volume, and play/pause songs

For our demo, the user can plug their phone into the dock (if they have an iPhone 6) or use a provided iPhone 6, to test out our speaker. They can use the speaker to play a song, look at the time or weather, and most importantly use their hand as a simple tool to adjust and see each of these features.

Objectives

Throughout our Systems Science and Engineering curriculum, our group realized we have had little experience with modeling, 3D printing, and computer programming. For this reason, we decided to take this class and spend the semester learning and constructing a design a 3D printed model that could be specialized through a developed and scripted code. We brainstormed the first two weeks different products we would like to own and use in our daily lives that would be interesting and rigorously challenging to create. We decided on the Speaker Dock design since we have all come across the problem before where we're trying to play a video or song from our phones, but the volume is not loud enough for everyone listening to hear. We came up with the idea of creating a design that not only amplifies the sound, but also allows for other design features including an easier way to turn the device on and off, and easy access to the time and weather.

Team Members

  • Audrey Freeman, Sophomore, Bachelors of Science in Systems Science and Engineering, Minor Candidate in Operation Supply Chain Management
  • Savannah Johnson, Senior, Bachelors of Science in Systems Science and Engineering
  • Ariel Stern, Senior, Bachelors of Science in Systems Science and Engineering, Minor Candidate in Operation Supply Chain Management
  • TA: Andrew O'Sullivan

Challenges

  • User safety: The wires and jumper cables we're using to connect the phone to the speaker cannot shock the user
  • Phone safety: We can't send too strong of a current through the Aux cord and 'fry' the user's phone
  • Privacy Considerations: The cameras in the leap motion sensor cannot record the room, so the user isn't being 'spied' on
  • Learn python and how to code a display
  • Learn how to integrate raspberry pi with leap motion
  • Figure out how to get around iPhone's chip that doesn't allow for other products to access controls
  • Learn how to use Fusion360 (Autodesk) and how to design a functional model to be 3D printed
  • Figure out how to amplify sound from the headphone jack using an aux cord and amplifier and build a simple circuit connecting it to a speaker

Gantt Chart

File:Gantt just incase.png

Budget

Total: $41.86

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