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Design Challenge Project Summary #37: Fingerprint Skeleton Key

2018-11-05T14:37:33Z

Welcome to installment number thirty-seven of the Design Challenge Project Summary series here at Element14. For those of you who are new to my content, in this series, I chose a single Design Challenge project from current or past challenges, and wr...(read more)

Design for a Cause - 2nd place Prizes

2018-10-16T00:31:54Z

Hi everyone, I have received the 2nd place prizes for this challenge!! As mentioned, I had the $500 US donated to the Stollery Children's Hospital in Edmonton, Alberta. This hospital is the best children's hospital in western Canada help...(read more)

Audio4Vision #12 - Putting it all together, wrap up and thanks!

2018-09-15T03:52:08Z

Hi! Welcome to our 12th blog post. This would be the final blog post, which will talk about putting it all together to form a harmonious system. The whole idea behind making this project (and this challenge) was to create an idea which would hav...(read more)

Audio4Vision #11 - Arduino MKR1000, its code and HTTP methods

2018-09-14T20:15:32Z

Hi! Welcome to our 11th blog post. In this post, we will talk about the Arduino MKR1000, its primary functions and the GET/POST requesting done by it. First, let's talk about what all the Arduino has to do, It has to:Capture an image using the C...(read more)

Design for a Cause - Smart Voice Synthesizer, Visualizer- Demo

2018-09-14T19:41:14Z

#Blog10_A Hello Everyone! It's great to be chosen for the Design for a Cause' Design Challenge, I am thankful to #Element14 Community, #Arduino, and the sponsors. Here is the Final Project demo!www.youtube.com/watch &nbsp...(read more)

Design for a Cause - Smart Voice Synthesizer, Visualizer- The Code & Data

2018-09-14T18:54:39Z

#Blog10 Hello Everyone! Here is my work on Sensor data collection and using those data for decoding the gestures The bending of the finger is denoted as 1, not bending or rest condition is denoted as 0.The analog data colle...(read more)

Audio4Vision #10 - TTS: Text to Speech library

2018-09-14T17:55:31Z

Welcome to our 10th blog post! In this blog, we'll be talking about a python library, called TTS (Text-to-Speech). Image captioning is all good and great until we realize that a caption is just a string - it still requires eyes to be read! A vis...(read more)

Design for a Cause - Smart Voice Synthesizer, Visualizer- Audio Generation

2018-09-14T17:00:33Z

#Blog9 Hello Everyone! Here is my work on generating the Audio through the available online tool. www.youtube.com/watch 1. A voice note or virtual voice can be created through the below link address https://www.t...(read more)

Seeing Eyeduino - Final blog 10b - Working Project

2018-09-14T09:50:02Z

Hi everyone, Below is a video of my working project. Sorry for it not being in a crowded area but I couldn't go to far for the past few days. Unfortunately Chrystal (my daughter) and I, on our way to work were in a serious car accident the o...(read more)

Blowing-Whistle as Controller(BWaC) -----Using Neural Network in arduino-MKR1000 Board #11

2018-09-14T08:32:21Z

1. Although the prototype is built and there is not enough time digging the Neural Net in Arduino. It is still worth introducing Neurona library as powerful tools in voice reorganization in Edge Computing.Import Neurona from library manager .There is...(read more)

Blowing-Whistle as Controller(BWaC) -----Prototype Completed #10

2018-09-14T05:30:28Z

1. It really takes some time to complete the project, in prototype below.Most of the efforts spend on Architecture of Design until I am notified the time is ticking. Using Schedule Table and separated code blocks, I can put many ideas to be tested an...(read more)

Week 10! - Wrap-up

2018-09-14T03:56:38Z

Back in July, our team set out to build an assistive device that could improve the lives of people with certain medical needs. We decided that our project would be a system that could tell if someone has fallen down, and automatically get them help i...(read more)

Week 9ish - Code and Function Overview

2018-09-14T03:32:10Z

The Arduino MKR1000 has the ability to send and receive serial data, and this is used to communicate with and control the GSM board. In this way it can initiate phone calls, as well as send and receive text messages. The audio comes from the DAC pin ...(read more)

Week 8(?) - Putting It All Together

2018-09-14T03:14:14Z

With the code written, power circuitry set up, audio amplifier built, cell network connection tested, accelerometer function verified, and project box 3D printed, what more is left but to assemble it and make sure it all works? And this is precisely ...(read more)

Audio4Vision #9 - Interfacing Amplifier and Speaker with MKR1000

2018-09-13T15:44:51Z

Welcome to our 9th blog post! In this update we are going to guide you through the process to play .wav files on the MKR1000. The components we have used are - Arduino MKR1000PAM 8403 Amplifier (5V with Potentiometer)Speaker (4 Ohms, 3 Watts) J...(read more)