1 mark cerritellimatthew fister charles cole mine yalcinalp

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Mark Cerritelli Matthew Fister

Charles Cole

Mine Yalcinalp

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Project Concept & Motivation Concept - Our project will allow users to play

virtual musical instruments. The prototype uses embedded components to detect and communicate user gestures, via Zigbee, to a base station that plays the appropriate sound.

Motivation - Intuitive virtual instruments that allow multiple musicians to play together do not exist. Our prototype will allow players to have jam sessions on a gesture controlled device capable of simulating several instruments.

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Architecture block diagram

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Identifying different gestures Two accelerometers on one Tmote

- Getting ADC to work Accuracy of accelerometer data IEEE 802.15.4 Interference Handling multiple Data streams from

multiple Tmotes Sound Library

Status Update

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Eye Candy

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Next Steps Input from multiple ADC channels

One for each axis on each accelerometer Input from two accelerometers per mote Multiple instruments Improved gesture recognition

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Software Architecture

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Lessons Learned Don’t confuse sensors. Bluetooth is unnecessary when you

have a wireless protocol Thick wires don’t bend well. No one likes nesC

Not even the creators

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Tentative Schedule 2/25/07 - ADC Channels 3/04/07 - Multiple Tmotes 3/11/07 - Spring Break! 3/18/07 - Gesture Recognition 3/25/07 - Sound Support++ 4/01/07 - Gesture Recognition Part 2 4/08/07 - Multiple Instruments 4/15/07 - Testing 4/22/07 - Debug 4/29/07 - Polish