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Seeing Eyeduino - Final blog 10b - Working Project

dwinhold
dwinhold
14 Sep 2018

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 other day. I had some minor injuries but Chrystal didn't get so lucky. She won't be returning to work for a bit as she has to spend time healing. Is it possible to create something to stop people from going through red lights?

 

Our car..

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I didn't talk through the video as it is now 3am and I don't want to wake anyone up, but it shows everything that is required. I used a foam envelope to simulate something or someone in the way. You can see I have an on/off switch for the braille pad. You can also see the lights light up in the direction of the blocked path. I am very proud of what I created as I hope one day it will help many seeing impaired.

 

Code error corrected:

Last week it drove me crazy trying to figure out why it wasn't working. The ultrasonic sensors were not  giving me the right feedback. I found my error after hours of head scratching, then it was more time slapping myself for missing it.

Error: distanceR= durationA*0.034/2; //Distance in mm

Correction: distanceR= durationA*0.34/2; //Distance in mm

Silly error, I had it calculate to CM so when it took the distance and my parameters were 150 to 300 I meant mm not cm. This caused the Seeing EyeDuino to alert you if something was 1.5 to 3 meters away.

 

Here is the video:

 

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I want to thank our sponsor Arduino, Element14, the Element14 community and my family for helping make my project come to life!!

 

Dale Winhold

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  • dixonselvan
    dixonselvan over 6 years ago +7
    Sorry to hear that you and Chrystal met with an accident! Hope you guys get well soon. Happy that you have completed your project and it looks wonderful and useful. Is it possible to create something to…
  • shabaz
    shabaz over 6 years ago +6
    Hi Dale, So sorry to hear that, I hope you both recover really soon.
  • dougw
    dougw over 6 years ago +6
    Very sorry to learn about the accident, trauma and injuries. Your vehicle shows what a violent impact it was. I hope you guys get better soon with minimal lasting effects.
  • mcb1
    mcb1 over 6 years ago

    Glad you both come out of the accident.

    Having been involved in something simialr two years ago, it can take a while for all the other effects to show.

     

    Well done on completing the challenge, despite the setback.

     

    Sorry I was late to the post, it was at the bottom of a very large collection, that didn't seem to get smaller.

    Mark

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  • dwinhold
    dwinhold over 6 years ago

    We would like to thank everyone for the kind thoughts and messages!! This community really is a family.

     

    Chrystal & Dale

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  • prashanth.nagendrappa
    prashanth.nagendrappa over 6 years ago

    Great Work

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  • DAB
    DAB over 6 years ago

    You did a good job. I hope Crystal is doing better soon.

    You just cannot plan for the unexpected.

     

    DAB

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    Workshopshed over 6 years ago

    Great project, hope everyone recovers fully

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