SafeGuard: Anti-Theft/Reminder Transmitter Group: #3 Carson Hammoser Peter Lin Albert Uang Samuel Wong
SafeGuard: Anti-Theft/Reminder Transmitter Group: #3 Carson Hammoser Peter Lin Albert Uang Samuel Wong The Problem Lost and Forgotten Items Lost Property Office of Transport for London 130 000 items between April 2003 and March 2004
SafeGuard: Anti-Theft/Reminder Transmitter Group: #3 Carson Hammoser Peter Lin Albert Uang Samuel Wong
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SafeGuard: Anti-Theft/Reminder Transmitter Group: #3 Carson Hammoser Peter Lin Albert Uang Samuel Wong
The Problem • Lost and Forgotten Items • Lost Property Office of Transport for London 130 000 items between April 2003 and March 2004 • 11300 Laptops, 31400 PDA’s, 200 000 Cell phones Left in the backs of cabs • Security • 5035 Pickpocket crimes in London Underground • Keeping Track of Kids and Pets • 58200 Child Abductions in US
Solution • A tracking device that warns the user when things are left behind or move too far away • Able to track multiple items • Able to recognize each item
Proposed Product: The SafeGuard • Wireless electronic tether • Tracks multiple objects on one transmitter • Audio warning when items are out of range • Programmable Identification of Item
System Overview: • User places RF tags on selected items • Clip to your Cell phone/PDA • Slip into your wallet / jacket pocket • Place In glasses Case • Place in backpack/briefcase
System Overview: • User carries an RF Receiver • LCD Display • Piezoelectric Buzzer • Joystick Interface • Activate/Sleep/Deactivate Insert Receiver Picture
Transmitter Hardware • Atmel ATTiny2313 • Chipcon CC1000 Transceiver • Low Current Consumption • Small • Antennae Design
ATTiny2313 • Larger File Size • SRAM • Watchdog Timer • UART • Small package • SPI
CC1000 • Operating Frequency • Configuration • SmartRF Studio
Receiver Hardware • ATMega32 • LINX RXM-900-HP-II • LCD • Joystick
ATMega32L • Low Current Consumption • RISC Architecture • 32K Flash Memory • 1024 Bytes EEPROM • 3 Counters • Programmable Serial UART • Input Capture • 3 External Interrupts
LINX RXM-900-HP-II • Programmable Carrier Frequencies • Direct Serial Interface • No External RF Components • No Tuning Required • Easy Usage
LCD • Standard Hitachi HD44780 Driver • Small compact size • ~2mA consumption • Command Set
Joystick • Low amounts of board real-estate • Multidirectional Usage • Intuitive User Interface • De-bouncing
Receiver Scheme • Timer Interrupt Polls • Receives a Constant Pulse • Interrupt • Input Capture • Checks Pulse Width • Changes Frequencies
Batteries • 2032 • 2477 • Good Supply Voltage • Low Battery Profile • Reasonable Supply Curve • mAh
Problems and Solutions • ATTiny12 • Antennas and attenuation • RF Boards – Current Draw • Initialization of the CC1000 • Soldering the CC1000 • Doesn’t flash with components connected • LCD Initialization failure • LCD Buffer Circuit
Things to Complete/Further Work • Build multiple transmitters • Utilize a CDMA scheme to increase resilience to noise and free up channels • Implement a sleep/watchdog timer • Minimize package
Personal Reflections • NEVER try to fabricate your own boards for RF • Avoid prototyping with surface mounts • Multiply projected timelines by 4 as opposed to 2 • The best place to crash is the Sunny room
Conclusion • Good experience taking a project from scratch to close to completion • Learned to deal with group dynamics • Sleep is an option not a necessity
Thank You Questions
References • “Lost and Found.com: The Internet Lost and Found,” [Online Document] Available: http://www.internetlostandfound.com/ • “Lost Property Office - Statistics,” [Online document] Available: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/ph_lost-stats.shtml • “Survey: Thousands Leave Laptops, Mobiles in Cabs,” Jan. 24, 2005 [Online document] Available: http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/ptech/01/24/taxis.lost.reut/index.html • “New Tube Crackdown Puts Pickpockets on the Run,” [Online document] Available: http://tube.tfl.gov.uk/content/pressreleases/0110/29.asp • “1551KGY” Image. http://www.hammondmfg.com/1551K2B.jpg • Smith, Kent (RFM). “Antennas for Low Power Applications”. Feb 8, 2005. www.rfm.com/corp/appdata/antenna.pdf • “Atmel SOIC” http://sub.chipdoc.ru/im/atmel/avr/2313_p.gif • “Atmel TQFP” http://www.epsilon.com.pl/img/at90s8515_tqfp2b_250.jpg • “TPA Navigation Tact Switch” http://www.ittcannon.com/media/pdf/catalogs/tpa.pdf • “HP Tx and Rx” http://www.linxtechnologies.com/index.php?section=products&category=rf_modules&subcategory=hp-3_series • “Peter Ouwehand.“How to control a HD44780-based Character-LCD. 2005. http://home.iae.nl/users/pouweha/lcd/lcd0.shtml • “2032” http://rocky.digikey.com/WebLib/Panasonic/Web%20Photos/CR2032.jpg