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Design Project Three:

Design Solutions for Applications in Health, Fitness, and Active Living

Team Number: 8

Team Members: Avani Sharma, Melina Ashali, Phyllis Chiu, Anusha Broekhuyse

"A group of entrepreneurial stakeholder sin the wearable technology sector has approached our team to design a proof-of-concept prototype for a new wearable device. Our device is required to take data input by a sensor and output it in a meaningful way that is easily understood by a user. We are required to prototype our device, demonstrating how it will function and how it will be worn. Our team must determine how the sensor will function, how inputted data will be interpreted using physical computing tools, build a 3D-printed support frame that securely houses all physical computing elements, and finally demonstrate functionality and correctness."

Design Project Three required our team to design a wearable device that inputs data from a sensor and provides meaningful output to an end-user. To meet the objective, our team was provided with the following:

  1. A Raspberry Pi (with protective housing), Breakout Board, and Breadboard

  2. A Suite of Sensors and Output Devices to Choose From 

  3. Solid Model Files (*.IPT) of Given Component

The milestones, final deliverable, and logbook for Design Project Three have been posted below to document our team's journey to collaboratively incorporate our creativity and ideas to develop a conceptual design by coding and Autodesk Inventor to produce a 3D-printed prototype of our wearable device. For this project, my Administrative Role was Administrator. 

Milestones

Milestone 0: Team Development & Project Planning

Milestone 1: Problem Definition

Milestone 2: Conceptual Design (Individual)

Milestone 2: Conceptual Design (Team)

Go, No-Go Screening

Design Matrix

Milestone 3: Preliminary Design (Design Configuration and Preliminary Analysis)

Milestone 4A: Detail Design (Design Review)

Low Fidelity Prototype of the Parkinson's Glove

Milestone 4B: Detail Design (Algorithm Review)

For Milestone 4B, each team member was required to design a computer program that takes some data as input, processes the data, and displays specific output to the screen. 

The following Two Objectives were completed for the Temperature Sensor:

  • Part 1: To translate a set of objectives into a computer program.

    • To read a set of data from a file into a list, given a text file of numerical value that corresponds to data input from a sensor. 

    • To calculate the average of n most recent data points, where n is a user-specified number.

  • Part 2:

    • To calculate the total number of data points above t, where t is a user-specified threshold.

    • To calculate the rate of change of n items in a list, where n is a user-specified number. 

Final Deliverable

Tangible Prototype

Computer Program

AutoDesk Inventor Support Frames for Computing Parts 

Assembly Model of Support Frames for Computing Parts

3D Printed Support Frame Models for Computing Parts

Written Technical Report

Administrative Role: Administrator

Final Gantt Chart

Learning Portfolio Reflection

Preliminary Gantt Chart

Log Book

Fabrication of Tangible Prototype

Fabrication of Force Sensor for Tangible Prototype

AutoDesk Inventor Force Sensor for Tangible Prototype

Fabrication of Support Frames for Computing Parts

Milestones
Final Deliverable
Log Book

Milestones

Milestone 0: Team Development & Project Planning

Milestone 1: Problem Definition

Milestone 2: Conceptual Design (Individual)

Milestone 2: Conceptual Design (Team)

Go, No-Go Screening

Design Matrix

Milestone 3: Preliminary Design (Design Configuration and Preliminary Analysis)

Milestone 4A: Detail Design (Design Review)

Low Fidelity Prototype of the Parkinson's Glove

Milestone 4B: Detail Design (Algorithm Review)

For Milestone 4B, each team member was required to design a computer program that takes some data as input, processes the data, and displays specific output to the screen. 

The following Two Objectives were completed for the Temperature Sensor:

  • Part 1: To translate a set of objectives into a computer program.

    • To read a set of data from a file into a list, given a text file of numerical value that corresponds to data input from a sensor. 

    • To calculate the average of n most recent data points, where n is a user-specified number.

  • Part 2:

    • To calculate the total number of data points above t, where t is a user-specified threshold.

    • To calculate the rate of change of n items in a list, where n is a user-specified number. 

Final Deliverable

Tangible Prototype

Computer Program

AutoDesk Inventor Files for Support Frames 

Force Sensor Python Program

  • 2 Modes

    • Data Collection​

    • Exercise

  • Detects Force Applied

  • BreadBoard Support Frame

  • Raspberry Pi Support Frame

  • Assembly Model

AutoDesk Inventor Support Frames for Computing Parts 

Assembly Model of Support Frames for Computing Parts

3D Printed Support Frame Models for Computing Parts

Engineering Drawings of the Support Frames for the Computing Parts 

Written Technical Report

Administrative Role: Administrator

Final Gantt Chart

Learning Portfolio Reflection

Preliminary Gantt Chart

Log Book

Fabrication of Tangible Prototype

Fabrication of Force Sensor for Tangible Prototype

AutoDesk Inventor Force Sensor for Tangible Prototype

Fabrication of Support Frames for Computing Parts

© 2019 by Avani Sharma.

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