Zesty Vesty
Contents
Weekly Log
Overview
We plan on making a vest that is covered in lights. The vest will be connected to a users phone, where the user can turn on the vest and alter the settings to that the lights flash and respond to their surroundings. We are incorporating sensors into the vest to that the lights will reflect the user’s surroundings.
Link to weekly log
Team Members
- Andre Cook
- Gillian Laming
- Kenneth McNelly
- TA: Chance Bayles
- Instructor: Jim Feher
Objectives
Our primary objective is to create a piece of wearable technology that can successfully connect with a users phone so that they can control the light. We plan on incorporating sensors into the vest so that it can respond to its surroundings. We hope our project will be both exciting and engaging. By incorporating sensors into the vest, it will allow the user to have an unexpected and personalized experience. We think that our demonstration at the end of the semester will be visually appealing and will draw in people.
Other Goals:
- learn how to use raspberry pi
- increase understanding of connectivity between multiple devices
- learn how to incorporate sensors into devices and analyze data
Challenges
We anticipate that we will face challenges connecting the vest to a users phone. We are looking into other projects that has a similar idea to try and figure out how to connect it. Additionally, the vest will need to be worn by the user, so we need to make sure that it is both comfortable and practical. This could be difficult given the lights and features we intend on adding to the vest.
Gantt Chart
Budget
Vest/Outfit Budget – $35 max -this may consist of multiple cheap vests from which we may work with or experiment on -or one moderately-priced vest as our final project
Communication System budget – ~$20? -connecting / streaming commands from phone to pi, and data from pi to phone
Sensors Budget – ~$20-25? -sound sensor -motion / accelerometer sensor
Lights Budget: ~$50 -32x32 RGB LED Matrix Panel - 5mm Pitch $44.95 -we will create our own LED Matrix
Auxiliary Budget: ~$20 -steel sewing wire for homemade light array
Raspberry Pi: $35 (provided by department)
Temperature Sensor (Kenneth is providing it)
Total: $150
Project Presentation
in progress, presentation date: September 28, 2018
