Hello everyone, I have received the runner-up prize and I am so excited!! I can't wait to get out and give it a try. Below are pictures of my new toy. I want to thank everyone involved with the Safe and Sound design challenge especially...
We invited all electronics engineers, makers, and apparel designers to conceive and build a 'safe and sound' wearable for a Design Challenge that protects a person from personal and environmental risks, monitors personal health, or protects personal ...
Although the contest submissions have ended, I have not abandon my project and continue to work and improve on it in an effort to get to some sort of level of completion. The issues I had run into on my part could have been prevented had I look...
Introduction
The Design and Build
The Demonstration
Conclusion
Links
IntroductionA few months ago, Element14 and Texas Instruments Challenged us to create a wearable with the MSP432 with the theme of keeping us safe. I proposed to cre...
Safe and Sound – Winter Survival Suit
Summary – Blog #14 (Final post)
This has been a great challenge that I have enjoyed immensely. Since the start to completion there have been many challenges and accomplishments. I have to...
Well, the deadline to submit is here and I suppose I need to get something posted. I've been stuck in CCS Hell and got stuck trying to tie together my Menu implementation that was written in GNU C++ with the other projects such ...
The Complete Design Review
One More TI Part
The Wearable Electronics
The Final Product
The Video Demonstration
The GitHub Repo and PinShapes
Conclusion
Here is the progress so farSafe & Sound - Safety Jacket for the Tolling In...
The Second Module: An Energy Harvesting Display
a. The Econopad and MSP430 TLV code
b. Communications
c. Energy Harvesting Investigation
d. The Enclosure
Conclusion
This is in continuation from my previous post at Safe & Sound - The C...
Time is running and I am away from home with my kits I don't add additional hardware functionality yet but change the user interface from the previous one. I planned to add RSSI measurements but Ground Operations Centre took all the time. This a...
The Design Evolution
The First Module: The Sensors and Communication Core
a. The Challenges
b. I2C and The Sensors Booster Pack
c. Simple Network Processor API and the CC2650 Booster Pack
- The Pain in the B*&&
d. Some more tasks...
Doug Wong
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Observations & Surprises
This project has been a very interesting journey researching a wide variety of invisible potential hazards, designing systems to measure...
I have been waiting for a week to do some ultraviolet light tests - the sun just never seems to shine when I need it.I calibrated the UV sensor output to match the UV Index and wanted to test it in real sunlight.The UV Index was developed in Canada i...
