Erik Cheever

Project ideas and information for engineering students

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I use this blog to post information that might be of use for students seeking project ideas. Many of the posts have links to interesting new technologies or products that might be useful for a project. Some of the posts are simply project ideas to prompt student interest. You can easily pare down the selections using the categories and/or tags below.
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Find an application for an embedded radar system – an outdoor robot?  Automobile detection – speed sensing?

Posted on February 20, 2019 by Erik Cheever | Leave a reply

https://www.electronicdesign.com/industrial-automation/radar-isn-t-just-cars-and-aviation

Posted in Uncategorized.

MAX30101 Pulse Oximeter – Maxim | DigiKey

Posted on September 12, 2017 by Erik Cheever | Leave a reply

Design a wearable fitness monitor that measure pulse rate and oxygen saturation level of blood.

Source: MAX30101 Pulse Oximeter – Maxim | DigiKey

Posted in E90, Sensor, Uncategorized.

CC2650STK Texas Instruments | Development Boards, Kits, Programmers | DigiKey

Posted on September 12, 2017 by Erik Cheever | Leave a reply

Design some kind of sensing network using the TI sensor tag – available in bluetooth and wifi.

Source: CC2650STK Texas Instruments | Development Boards, Kits, Programmers | DigiKey

Posted in E90, Embedded Platforms, Sensor, Uncategorized.

Small low power LCD graphics display.

Posted on April 29, 2014 by Erik Cheever | Leave a reply

Useful information on some E-ink type displays

Sharp Memory LCD Displays = Ultra Low Power – Spark.

Posted in E72, E90, Energy Harvesting, Product.

Thermoelectric Energy Harvesting – Energy Harvesting | DigiKey

Posted on September 27, 2013 by Erik Cheever | Leave a reply

Thermoelectric Energy Harvesting – Energy Harvesting | DigiKey.

Posted in Course Project Ideas, Energy Harvesting, Product.

Motor driver with MSP430 eval board

Posted on August 30, 2012 by Erik Cheever | Leave a reply

DRV8837 Evaluation Module – DRV8837EVM – TI Tool Folder.

Posted in Product.

6 axis MEMS sensor that does some of the preprocessing

Posted on July 17, 2012 by Erik Cheever | Leave a reply

Product: ST Electronics introduced a 6-axis sensor that actually does some analysis of the sensor data, freeing the host processor from continually having to poll the sensor.  Part # is LSM330.

http://www.st.com/stonline/stappl/st/analog/product/253882.jsp

Posted in Product, Sensor.

Boost charger for energy harvesting

Posted on July 6, 2012 by Erik Cheever | Leave a reply

Many energy harvesting sources generate very low voltage and/or current.  The link below is for a TI product that boosts the voltage to useful levels.

http://www.ti.com/ww/en/analog/bq25504_boost_converter_charger_ic/index.html?DCMP=hpa_pmp_bq25504_en&HQS=bq25504-bs

Posted in Energy Harvesting, Product.

Wifi to servo or A/D

Posted on June 26, 2012 by Erik Cheever | Leave a reply

This device allows you to use wifi to control servo’s and/or read from A/D

http://www.makershed.com/BlinkRC_V2_0_p/mkbg01.htm

Posted in Course Project Ideas, E72, Product.

A touch screen with dynamically alterable surface

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Erik Cheever | Leave a reply

Haptic display/keyboard uses microfluidics to surface.

Posted in Offbeat, Product, Uncategorized.

Field programmable analog circuitry.

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Erik Cheever | Leave a reply

Anadigm® makes a field programmable analog array that allows for dynamic synthesis of analog circuits (much as an FPGA does for digital circuits).  This might be useful as a general purpose signal conditioner – or perhaps used with a genetic algorithm for analog circuit design.

Posted in Analog (high level), E72, E90, Product.

49$ Android Computer

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Erik Cheever | Leave a reply

APC has developed a 49$ Android computer.  This might be an interesting platform for an embedded system for somebody who wants to learn app development on an Android system.  It should have very powerful low level control of hardware and a very nice user interface.

Posted in Embedded Platforms, Product.

MSP430 LaunchPad

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Erik Cheever | Leave a reply

MSP430 LaunchPad (MSP-EXP430G2) – Texas Instruments Embedded Processors Wiki.

Posted in Embedded Platforms, Product.

Arduino

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Erik Cheever | Leave a reply

Arduino Home Page 

Posted in Embedded Platforms, Product.

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