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Overview, week 8 and a bit

vsluiter
vsluiter
24 Dec 2013

Hello all,

 

 

Update on the complete challenge

Here are some posts to get you started if you jumped into this challenge, and didn't get the full context:

Smarter Life Challenge Competitors (thanks Joseph Man!)

Review of first design week!

Overview - week 2 of PSOC Design Challenge

Overview, Week 3 and a bit

Overview, week 4 and a bit

Overview, week 5

Overview, week 6

Overview, week 7

 

"My weekly view"

Hey people, this week I had a lot of work to do, and with Christmas coming up I didn't have much time for a personal analysis of what's going on with all contestants. What I would like to mention is that Christy Zurcher made a very nice update to tag all previous content, so you can follow each separate project. Take a look at http://www.element14.com/community/polls/1692 for the poll!

 

Public voting is open!!


What's at stake? "

  • The People's Choice Winner, based on community polling which begins on December 16, 2013 and ends on January 17, 2014 will receive a $1500 voucher for element14's online retail sites.

Reason enough to get your posts comming up!

 

This week in blog posts

 

WhoWhatPosts This weekKeywords, Summary
Alex BehnazSleep sensor

Temperature Test - Biological Data

This will be a LOW power project.

Measurement data from test subject

Abhijit BoseDAS Project; Digital Security Application, Smart Home Security

Connectivity

no posts this week

Monte ChanSmart Christmas Lights

A Very Compact Christmas Display - Part 034

A Very Compact Christmas Display - Part 035

A Very Compact Christmas Display - Part 036

A Very Compact Christmas Display - Part 037

A Very Compact Christmas Display - Part 038

A Very Compact Christmas Display - Part 039

LED lighting, exploring feautures of PSOC kit

Displays coming to life!

Wojchech Gelmuda*Smight - Smart home lighting

Smight - 230V uC based dimmer - update

Connectivity, lighting, LED

PSOC dimming the lights!

Javier HernandezCar security / car tracking, cloud service

Smart Life Challenge: GeoCar Sonar in sight

Smart Life Challenge: GeoCar update SMS relay to PSoC

Sensors, web connectivity

Further upgrades for the GeoCar. Connecting to the real worls

Cosmin IorgaBrainwave based controller

Smarter Life Challenge - Brainwaves based appliance controller - Update 8

Detailed EMG measurements

Switching off the TV using the brainwave controller... Getting somewhere!

Anthony KahlSmart Bicycle Light

Smarter Life Challenge: Smart Bicycle Light (update #7)

User experience, simplicity of use

Assembled PCB, ready for testing!

Linas KarpaviciusSmart Reflow Oven

 

Control algorithm

No post this week

Jianyi LiuSteadyClip, Camera Gimbal

SteadyClip, An Economical Camera Gimbal – Part 11: PCB Assembly And IMU Update

IMU, motor and motion control

Jim LynchSmart faucet / Smart lightingSmarterLife Challenge - When things look like they approach a 1 or a 0 …..

User interface, Capacitive touch

Jim asked a colleague to help!

Mala MitraOven control based on analog PIDOven Control with PSOC 4: Post 7

Temperature Control

Opamp testing!

Peter ShabinoPlant monitor (water, light)

Soil moisture sensor - PsoC bugs found and a working hardware freq counter

Analog sensing, plant water control

Implementation of measurement system

Paul SisnerosSmart Coffee Maker

Smarter Life Challenge - Control Architecture

Automation, process control

Very cool update on how motion is synchronized

Mani Thundiyil*Intelligent and autonomous wheelchair

 

Robotics, motor control, automation

No post this week

Yuri TikhonovSmart Diagnosic System,Tricopter

PSoC 4 Tricopter (Smarter Life Challenge) part #9

Control, diagnostics.

Assembly of frame

Steve TurnerUnCoStat, Smart Thermostat

UnCoStat Update #4 Power Supply Requirements

UnCoStat #5

User interface, connectivity,

How to design a switching supply... or how to do thermal calculations on a linear one?

Douglas WongHenrietta Project, smart thermostat

Smarter Life Challenge - The Henrietta Project - Touch Screen Subsystem

Smarter Life Challenge - The Henrietta Project - Personality Infusion

Our new competitor shows how the Henrietta project should look &feel (pun intended)!

 

 

Good luck everyone! You've got 24 days left until the end of the challenge: 17th of January

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  • DAB
    DAB over 11 years ago

    Hi Victor,

     

    These projects make if very difficult to choose which is best.

    I have been very impressed with all of them, especially those with custom board designs.

     

    Decisions, decisions decisions.

    DAB

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