"Dawn breaks over the Pacific" as seen from the Computer Engineering Instructional Lab - photo courtesy of the Fridgenius project, 2013/2014 CE Capstone Class

 

 

University of California, Santa Barbara

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

 

ECE 189A/B – Senior Computer Systems Project

 

Previous Senior Capstone Projects (2011/12 - 2016/17, 2004/05)

 

 

2016/2017 (Dr. John M. Johnson)

 

 

FLIR Helios (oveview poster, technical poster)

 

All security cameras that dominate the market have wires. Due to the need for cable routing, installation costs make security systems too expensive for most consumers.  However, current cableless options, such as the EyeTrax Ranger system, cost upwards of $2,000, not including monthly cellular data connection fees. The FLIR Helios is a cableless low-cost alternative to these security cameras. The Helios system integrates solar power and WiFi capabilities to remove nearly all cabling.  

 

This is a UCSB College of Engineering multidisciplinary project encompassing the Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering capstone classes and is sponsored by FLIR.

 

Ben May, Carlos Beltran, Salim Benhaddou, Garrison Carter, Aaron Chang

 

FLIR Helios Final Presentation (6/8/2017)

 

FLIR Security Camera Critical Design Review (12/6/2016)

 

FLIR Security Camera Initial Design Review (10/24/2016)

 

 

Gestur (poster)

 

With the releases of the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Microsoft Hololens, and Google Daydream, virtual reality is rapidly evolving from an awkward, emerging concept into an industry in and of itself.  Unfortunately, existing hardware peripherals for VR lack key features needed to fully leverage what these environments have to offer.  Namely, they still rely on physical designs derived from traditional-style video game controllers.  Rather than this, we believe the future for interacting with virtual environments lies in e-wearables; clothing with integrated electronics.  Our project, Gestur, aims to meet this vision by providing a glove-based controller for VR platforms as an alternative to more “standard” controllers.

 

Ryan Kaveh, Kyle Carson, Jon Young

 

Gestur Final Presentation (6/8/2017)

 

Gestur Initial Design Review (10/24/2016)

 

Gestur Critical Design Review (12/6/2016)

 

 

Hyperloop 2 (poster)

 

UCSB Hyperloop is an interdisciplinary team of 32 students and professors competing in SpaceX's Hyperloop Pod Competition.  Their Pod is a vehicle designed to travel through a vacuum tunnel at high speeds, and is to be tested on a track constructed at SpaceX's Hawthorne headquarters in August 2017.  The Pod's payload levitates with the use of four magnetic levitation engines to reduce the vehicle's drag.

 

As members of the Sensors and Controls sub-team, Computer Engineers have been responsible for choosing and interfacing to the sensors which monitor the Pod’s critical subsystems, as well as developing and implementing control schemes for those subsystems, and reporting telemetry data back to a companion web application.  Each subsystem requires various control signals and needs to be monitored to ensure that safe and ideal behavior is achieved.

 

This is a UCSB College of Engineering multidisciplinary project encompassing the Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering capstone classes.

 

Yang Ren, Tristan Seroff, Asitha Kaduwela, Jesus Diera

 

Hyperloop 2 Final Presentation (6/8/2017)

 

Hyperloop 2 Initial Design Review (10/24/2016)

 

Hyperloop 2 Critical Design Review (12/6/2016)

 

 

IR Hub (poster)

 

IR Hub was created to solve a problem each member of the IR Hub team faced in their own home. The problem: too many infrared remotes cluttering the living room. The solution: a device that turns your smartphone into a universal remote by combining three systems.

 

·         An IR Receiver that can learn codes from any remote you have

·         An array of IR LEDs that can transmit those codes with 360° room coverage

·         An Android Application that controls the Hub over a Bluetooth connection

 

Simply leave IR Hub in a central location of a room, and take control of devices in that room with your phone 

 

Nathan Bradley, Jesus Castro, Jeremiah Prousalis

 

IR Hub Final Presentation (6/8/2017)

 

IR Hub  Initial Design Review (10/26/2016)

 

IR Hub Critical Design Review (12/6/2016)

 

 

OstraCam 2 (poster)

 

OstraCam's intended purpose is to assist Dr. Todd Oakley and his team in researching ostracod, a bioluminescent crustacean.  It will do so by tracking the bioluminescent displays in 3D at 30 FPS using a submergible stereo camera system.  As the second year of the OstraCam project, we will primarily improve upon the computer vision aspects of this project, primarily centered around improving the quality of data from the camera system and analyzing it.  Hardware upgrades such as a new microcontroller and new instrumentation were planned, but will be delayed to next year.

 

This is a collaboration between the Computer Engineering capstone class and Professor Todd Oakley, UCSB Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology (the project sponsor).

 

Paul Killam, Christina Lim, Oliver Thio

 

OstraCam 2 Final Presentation (6/8/2017)

 

OstraCam 2 Initial Design Review (10/26/2016)

 

OstraCam 2 Critical Design Review (12/6/2016)

 

 

 

SONOS COM. (poster)

 

This is an intercom device that lets you broadcast your voice to any Sonos wireless sound system in your home. This multidisciplinary project consists of students from three disciplines.

 

·         The mechanical engineering team focuses on designing and building the physical enclosure to be sleek, compact, and provide acceptable device thermal operating conditions.

·         The electrical engineering team crafts the human-device interaction experience by working on capacitive touch and dual-microphone input, as well as all digital signal processing of audio.

·         The computer engineering team designs the hardware (assembled by Laritech) and software to provide the desired functionality, working closely with the electrical engineers to capture audio and with the mechanical engineers so that the enclosure and PCB come together in harmony.

 

This is a UCSB College of Engineering multidisciplinary project encompassing the Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering capstone classes and is sponsored by SONOS.

 

Brian Sandler, Brenden Fujishige, Marcellis Carr-Barfield, Seyed Mohammad Ghazitabrizi, Richard Wei, Subhodeep Choudhury

 

SONOS COM. Final Presentation (6/8/2017)

 

SONOS Intercom Initial Design Review (10/26/2016)

 

SONOS Intercom Critical Design Review (12/6/2016)

 

 

 

2015/2016 (Dr. John M. Johnson)

 

 

BULB is a light bulb speaker that connects directly to any light bulb socket and is controlled via WiFi to reproduce crystal clear audio and via Bluetooth to provide lighting effects for an all around music experience  BULB comes with multiple lighting schemes in order to provide full color spectrum customizability as well as features such as strobe and fade

 

This is a UCSB College of Engineering multidisciplinary project encompassing the Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering capstone classes and is sponsored by SONOS.

 

Nicolas Soberanes, Zaira Tomayeva, Jose Maun, Randy Picchini, Eric Jin

 

BULB Final Presentation (6/2/2016)

 

BULB Critical Design Review (12/8/2015)

 

BULB Initial Design Review (10/28/2015)

 

       Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Development: Artwork

 

 

OstraCam. The mission of this project is to provide an underwater machine vision platform that records bioluminescent plankton using low light cameras as well as external sensors. This data is recorded to be processed offline. The final goal is to build a model of each individual emission. Each emission will have relative and global position data as well as intensity and associated salinity, temperature, and pH measurements.

 

This is a collaboration between the Computer Engineering capstone class and Professor Todd Oakley, UCSB Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology (the project sponsor)

 

Bobby Heyer, Caio Motta, Eddie Franco, Jovan Hernandez, Molly Smith

 

OstraCam (CEEMBA Critical Design Review, 12/8/2015)

 

OstraCam (CEEMBA (Capstone / Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology Alliance) Initial Design Review, 10/28/2015)

 

Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Development: Artwork

 

 

ChessMate is an interactive, LED illuminated chess board that enhances a player’s experience by providing various digital board augmentations. These include multicolor LEDs that automatically light up valid moves when a player picks up a piece, a touchscreen display that passively times each player as moves are made while displaying pertinent game information and an audio system that announces moves and allows users to play music during their game.

 

Jeremiah Schultz, Philip Lo, Jason Dahn, Alex Babicz

 

ChessMate Final Presentation (6/2/2016)

 

ChessMate Critical Design Review (12/8/2015)

 

ChessMate Initial Design Review (10/28/2015)

 

Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Development: Artwork

 

 

D.A.T.A. (Dynamic Automated Tuning Air) Suspension System is an air suspension system that can act as a peripheral to any vehicle and operate automatically. The system is mainly designed to facilitate smooth riding and prevent body damage via dynamic air adjustment to the vehicle’s air springs while input is read from our system’s sonar sensors.

 

Jonathan Rodriguez, Evan Hsiao, George Pina, Elton Wu

 

D.A.T.A. Suspension System Final Presentation (6/2/2016)

 

D.A.T.A. Suspension System Critical Design Review (12/8/2015)

 

D.A.T.A. Suspension System Initial Design Review (10/28/2015)

 

Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Development: Artwork

 

 

dVA (Data Visualization and Analysis) is a software tool for analyzing and visualizing test data taken from semiconductor processes. We will be using data taken from Freescale’s post-silicon test process (i.e. burn-in), and our goal is to create a tool that is usable in any company’s testing process. The objective of the tool is to help verification teams to locate defects and create test rules in order to screen out future failures.

 

Sam Dowell, Blake Hall, Christopher Hindman

 

dVA Final Presentation (6/2/2016)

 

dVA Critical Design Review (12/8/2015)

 

dVA Initial Design Review (10/28/2015)

 

 

Heart Buddy is a low-profile, portable arm band specialized in getting help to individuals before or as soon as an accident occurs via sensors including heartbeat, body orientation, and acceleration. The Heart Buddy keeps track of many human vitals, allowing doctors to check up on patients over Wifi, allow users to schedule appointments when requested by doctor, and overall secure the well-being of the user.

 

Jairo Hernandez, Jose Reyes, Andrew Villagomez

 

Heart Buddy Final Presentation (6/2/2016)

 

Heart Buddy Critical Design Review (12/8/2015)

 

Heart Buddy Initital Design Review (10/28/2015)

 

Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Development: Artwork

 

 

UCSB Hyperloop Controller is a communications, telemetry, and control unit for UCSB’s entry into SpaceX’s Hyperloop Pod Competition. This project is a component of an interdisciplinary effort to prototype a vehicle designed to move at near-sonic speeds in a low-pressure tube. The controller reports sensors’ measurements of the pod’s position, velocity, acceleration, attitude, pressure, temperature, and power consumption, and then incorporates the data into a comprehensive control system to manage the pod while wirelessly reporting information to a website.

 

This is a UCSB College of Engineering multidisciplinary project encompassing the Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering capstone classes and initial funding has been provided by Ingersoll Rand and Raytheon.

 

Celeste Bean, Connor Buckland, Benjamin Hartl, Cameron McCarthy, Connor Mulcahey

 

UCSB Hyperloop Web Site ( http://www.ucsbhyperloop.com/ )

 

UCSB Hyperloop Controller Final Presentation (6/2/2016)

 

UCSB Hyperloop Critical Design Review (12/8/2015)

 

UCSB Hyperloop Initial Design Review (10/28/2015)

 

Preliminary Design Briefing (first competition deliverable to SpaceX, 11/13/2015)

 

Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Development: Artwork

 

 

Soil Smart is a wireless sensor network that monitors and records soil conditions. This information is used to control irrigation systems and is made available to the user via a mobile app and web interface.

 

Jacob Adams, James Cornell, Jesus Vega, Peter Marcelo, Ricardo Morones

 

Soil Smart Final Presentation (6/2/2016)

 

Soil Smart Critical Design Review (12/8/2015)

 

Soil Smart Initial Design Review (10/28/2015)

 

       Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Development: Artwork

 

 

 

2014/2015 (Dr. John M. Johnson)

 

 

InfiniTable is an interactive, multifunctional surface consisting of individual tiles that can be connected in any configuration desired by the user.  There is intelligence on each tile which controls a sensor array working in tandem with a programmable LEDs strip to create this interactive and responsive experience.  The system is configured using an Android Application connected using Bluetooth allowing the user to remotely configure the surface

 

William Miller, Sarah Pilkington, Charles Crain, Isaac Flores, Brian Phan

 

InfiniTable Final Presentation (6/4/2015) (PDF 26MB)  Power Point (14MB)  , Video (46MB)

      

InfiniTable Critical Design Review (12/16/2014)

 

InfiniTable Initial Design Review (10/29/2014)

 

Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Development: Artwork, Bare PCB, Assembled PCB

 

 

Open Sesame is a portable, affordable, compact and easy-to-use door security accessory that can unlock your door remotely through WiFi, with an android or iOS app, or it can unlock your door through a Bluetooth proximity detector that discriminates between authorized users.  It requires a very simple non-invasive installation and it is powered from AA batteries.

 

Eric Taba, Grant Apodaca, Jeffrey Bolin, Richie Agpaoa, Evin Sellin

 

Open Sesame Final Presentation (6/4/2015) (PDF 8MB)

Power Point (5MB)

 

Open Sesame Critical Design Review (12/16/2014)

 

Open Sesame Initial Design Review (10/29/2014)

 

   Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Development: Artwork, Bare PCB, Assembled PCB

 

 

2013/2014 (Dr. John M. Johnson)

 

 

AutoPonix is an automated water quality monitor and adjustment system for the maintenance of an aquaponics system (a sustainable food production system combining aquaculture and hydroponics).  The pH, temperature and conductivity of the water are all monitored, controlled and logged.  The data are transmitted via WiFi to a server that hosts a site displaying charts of system data.

 

AutoPonix Final Presentation (6/5/2014) (Prezi ZIP 60MB)  , Video (791MB)

To view presentation, download autoponix.zip (above), unzip and run autoponix/autoponix-x80u.../Prezi.exe

 

AutoPonix Critical Design Review (12/10/2013)

 

Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Development: Artwork , Bare PCB , Assembled PCB

 

 

Fridgenius allows the user to keep track of the food he keeps in his refrigerator and suggests recipes based on the food on hand (the recipes are taken from various websites over WiFi).  Food items are entered into the Fridgenius database through a digital store receipt sent to the user via email and a fingerprint scanner is used to recognize the user and access his personal profile.

 

Fridgenius Final Presentation (6/5/2014) (PDF 5MB)

Power Point (10MB)  , Video (66MB)

 

Fridgenius Critical Design Review (12/10/2013)

 

Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Development: Artwork , Bare PCB , Assembled PCB

 

 

ReMutt Control is a remote pet feeding system. With a simple Android application, the ReMutt Control enables you to manually feed your pet by dispensing a serving of food and water or fully automate the system using the touch screen LCD to establish a feeding schedule. In addition, the user can utilize the speaker system to call his pet into the room and play locally stored MP3 files while a remotely controlled camera provides a real time view of the room.

 

ReMutt Control Final Presentation (6/5/2014) (PDF 3MB)

Power Point (7MB)  , Video (60MB)

 

ReMutt Control Critical Design Review (12/10/2013)

 

Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Development: Artwork , Bare PCB , Assembled PCB

 

 

2012/2013 (Dr. John M. Johnson)

 

 

AFRObot (Autonomous Following RObot)

is an autonomous robot that follows and traces existing lines with high precision. Its applications include repainting existing sports fields and fading street lines.

 

AFRObot Final Presentation (6/6/2013) (PDF 13MB)

Power Point (78MB)  , Video (1.2GB)

 

AFRObot Critical Design Review (12/5/2012)

 

AFRObot Initial Design Review (10/24/2012)

 

Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Development: Artwork , Bare PCB , Assembled PCB

 

Documentation: Controls, Indicators and Interconnect , Operation , Schematic

 

 

M.A.D. (Mobile Area Defense) Dog

is an autonomous security robot that maps an office environment before beginning a patrol. Upon detecting an intruder, it sends a notification to the security desk via WiFi.

 

M.A.D. Dog Final Presentation (6/6/2013) (PDF 6MB)

Power Point (36MB)

 

M.A.D. Dog Critical Design Review (12/5/2012)

 

M.A.D. Dog Initial Design Review (10/24/2012)

 

Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Development: Artwork , Bare PCB , Assembled PCB

 

Documentation: Controls, Indicators and Interconnect , Operation , Schematic

 

 

Mu.S.E.(Musically Stimulating Environment)

is an all in one automatic music player that plays tracks based on the  surrounding environment including factors such as ambient light,  weather, and time of day.

 

Mu.S.E. Final Presentation (6/6/2013) (PDF 77MB)

Power Point (8MB)

 

Mu.S.E. Critical Design Review (12/3/2012)

 

Mu.S.E. Initial Design Review (10/24/2012)

 

Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Development: Artwork , Bare PCB , Assembled PCB

 

Documentation: Controls, Indicators and Interconnect , Operation , Schematic

 

 

Smart Cart

is an interactive display attached to shopping carts. This display will let you find items, find and apply coupons, and log a checkout list to decrease the hassles and inconveniences of shopping.

 

Smart Cart Final Presentation (6/6/2013) (PDF 3MB)

Power Point (6MB)

 

Smart Cart Critical Design Review (12/3/2012)

 

Smart Cart Initial Design Review (10/22/2012)

 

Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Development: Artwork , Bare PCB , Assembled PCB

 

Documentation: Controls, Indicators and Interconnect , Operation , Schematic

 

 

Smart Guitar

is a device that picks up analog signals from a guitar and displays the converted data as music notes.  It is designed to allow all levels of musicians to read and write music more efficiently.

 

Smart Guitar Final Presentation (6/6/2013) (PDF 7MB)

Power Point (11MB)

 

Smart Guitar Critical Design Review (12/3/2012)

 

Smart Guitar Initial Design Review (10/24/2012)

 

Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Development: Artwork , Bare PCB , Assembled PCB

 

Documentation: Controls, Indicators and Interconnect , Operation

 

 

Swell Alert

is a WiFi-connected alarm clock that uses data from publicly available sources to monitor surf and meteorological current events.

 

Swell Alert Final Presentation (6/6/2013) (PDF 11MB)

Power Point (7MB) , Video1 (180MB) , Video2 (298MB)

 

Swell Alert Critical Design Review (12/5/2012)

 

Swell Alert Initial Design Review (10/22/2012)

 

Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Development: Artwork , Bare PCB , Assembled PCB

 

Documentation: Controls, Indicators and Interconnect , Operation , Schematic

 

 

Track Mate

is a GPS/MP3 player intended for the athlete on the go.  Track Mate will stream music and display the distance traveled and average speed, as well as other useful information to assist an athlete in training.

 

Track Mate Final Presentation (6/6/2013) (PDF 4MB)

Power Point (10MB)

 

Track Mate Critical Design Review (12/5/2012)

 

Track Mate Initial Design Review (10/22/2012)

 

Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Development: Artwork , Bare PCB , Assembled PCB

 

Documentation: Controls, Indicators and Interconnect , Operation , Schematic

 

 

2011/2012 (Professor Steven E. Butner)

 

 

AURCA – Advanced Universal Remote Control Aircraft

AURCA Flight 1 video

AURCA Flight 2 video

 

RoboLock – Keyless entry system managed through Smartphone

 

PIP – The Plug-In Player

 

UAC – Unmanned All-Terrain Camera

UAC video

 

 

2004/2005 (Dr. John M. Johnson)

 

 

PACObot – Point-to-point Autonomous Collision and Obstacle-Avoidance Robot

            PACObot video (very large file; loads slowly)

 

STG 9000 – Self Tuning Guitar

 

ONS – Optical Navigation System

            ONS video

 

Encore – MIDI Synthesizer and Sequencer