Snowboard Support
System
by Allen Keng, John Mamola, Bran Zhang for ECE 196 Spring 2024
We put Spy vs Spy, our team logo over it.
Top View of
Our PCB
We padded it with foam to keep it from moving inside the enclosure.
Enclosure
Setup
We used a breadboard and jumper wires to connect everything.
Initial
Prototyping
As we could not find time to go to the snow. We attached our device to a skateboard.
Project Overview
Snowboard Support System
This project aims to create a simple snowboard support system solution
for helping beginners who may encounter injuries and struggle to identify areas for improvement on their own.
Our solution takes accelerometer input and exchanges data with python through the ESP32 microcontroller and bluetooth.
The data is interpreted to give real-time alerts to the user as well as tips.
- Place.
- Use.
- Improve.
Our Creations
Our Designs and Schematics
Here is the link to our github storing all our code.
https://github.com/ECE-196/final-project-team-old-v-new
Below are the designs and schematics we printed for our project.
Our Product Video
About Us
Who We Are.
Team Old v New
Our differences in age and knowledge make our ideas whole.
Our snowboarding expert who provides us insights on what we need to keep track of and help beginners improve. The hardware controller.
Our software mastermind, writing our python interface and accelerometer interpreter. Our Chronicler.
Our designer and guiding point in software and presentation. Worked on the foundation of our code and debugging.
Our References
- Connections:
- https://randomnerdtutorials.com/esp32-mpu-6050-accelerometer-gyroscope-arduino/
- Figuring out the pins we were going to connect to while designing PCB
- https://bleak.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/client.html
- Making python act as a BLE receiver.
- I2C Communication:
- https://randomnerdtutorials.com/esp32-i2c-communication-arduino-ide/
- Understanding how to read values from an I2C device via “wire” transmission.
- Velocity Calculations:
- https://arduino.stackexchange.com/questions/22798/can-i-measure-velocity-from-an-accelerometer-how-accurately
- Understanding how to use instantaneous acceleration to find velocity.