https://community.element14.com/technologies/embedded/w/documents/9320/the-swiss-army-knife-for-the-blind-freescale-kinetis-mcusen-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/technologies/embedded/w/documents/9320/the-swiss-army-knife-for-the-blind-freescale-kinetis-mcusFri, 08 Oct 2021 04:43:27 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:4fe1cb45-00b1-4a29-92b5-36b82bed2695squadMCUhttps://community.element14.com/technologies/embedded/w/documents/9320/the-swiss-army-knife-for-the-blind-freescale-kinetis-mcus#commentsCurrent Revision posted to Documents by squadMCU on 10/8/2021 4:43:27 AM<br /> <p style="margin:0;">The Make It Challenge featuring Kinetis MCUs is Freescale&#39;s latest design contest. This design utilizes Freescale&#39;s Kinetis K60 Tower System, MQX software, the i.MX53 Quick Start board, along with IAR Systems&#39; Embedded Workbench and GainSpan&#39;s Tower System 802.11b Wi-Fi Module. The Swiss Army Knife is a portable product for blind people, integrating:</p><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin:0;">- Notepad</p><p style="margin:0;">- Portable Scan to Braille</p><p style="margin:0;">- Twitter Communication</p><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin:0;">Also provides PC software so blind people can be trained/monitored by people without Braille coding knowledge:</p><p style="margin:0;">- Writing Coach</p><p style="margin:0;">- Reading Coach</p><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</p><div style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0px;width:1px;height:1px;">- Notepad</div><div style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0px;width:1px;height:1px;">- Portable Scan to Braille</div><div style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0px;width:1px;height:1px;">- Twitter Communication</div><div style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0px;width:1px;height:1px;"> </div><div style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0px;width:1px;height:1px;">Also provides PC software so blind people can be trained/monitored by people without Braille coding knowledge:</div><div style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0px;width:1px;height:1px;">- Writing Coach</div><div style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0px;width:1px;height:1px;">- Reading Coach</div><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin:0;"></p><span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXD4_bPizpU">www.youtube.com/watch</a></span><p style="margin:0;"></p><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin:0;">The K60-based B-Notepad offers a portable solution for storage into a SDHC card, so students type notes using the B-Keyboard and review using the B-Display B-Writing Coach is used to capture dictation to the B-Keyboard; the data is sent to the PC using the Tower Wi-Fi module so it can be graded by the teacher. With the B-Reading Coach, the instructor digitalizes text line by line to the PC using a pen scanner, then data is sent wirelessly to the K60 module, instructing a student to read the text shown in the B-Display. The dictation may be stored to SDHC for future educational use. The B-PortableScaner transcribes complete pages at the moment. A UART connection is established from the K60 to the Freescale i.Mx53 (camera connected), commanding to capture an image, then a Linux application performs optical character recognition. The characters are then sent back to the K-60 and shown on the B-Display. B-Twitter is the low-cost/stand-alone application that provides access to Twitter using the GainSpan Wi-Fi module.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: cortex-m4, embedded_workbench, mqx, tower, kinetis, iar_systems, i.mx53, embedded, sp:freescale, k60, mcu, i.mx, arm, tower_system, iar</div>