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ECE Capstone Design Project, Spring’12


A
n
t
on

Kri
v
os
h
eyev

Richa
r
d

Ro
m
a
n
o
w
s
k
i

Michelle G
r
e
e
nfa
r
b


Adv
i
sor
:

Pr
of
ess
o
r

Ro
s
e


I
n
t
rodu
ct
i
on

T
he progression of technology is fast
-
m
ov
i
n
g
,

a
n
d

there

is

n
o

sign

of

this

p
ace

slo
w
i
n
g

d
o
w
n

in

the

n
e
ar

f
ut
u
r
e.

T
he

cell

p
hone

is

an

i
n
n
o
v
a
t
i
o
n

that

has

allo
w
ed

use
r
s to

ha
v
e


eve
r
y
t
h
i
n
g
they

need

at

the
i
r
fingertips
.

T
his

p
r
oj
e
ct

p
r
o
v
i
d
es

a
d
emonstrat
i
on

of

w
i
r
eless

a
n
d

cont
a
ct
fr
ee

man
ip
ulation

of

a
n

A
n
dr
oid

d
evice

d
is
p
la
y
ed

on

an

exte
r
n
al,

“
v
irtual”

sc
r
e
en
. With
a

simple

download

of

an

Android

a
pp
lica
t
ion a
n
d a

w
e
a
r
a
b
le

p
h
y
sical

p
o
r
t
i
on

of

the

p
r
oj
e
ct,

a

user

has

all

the

a
dv
a
n
t
a
g
es

of

the
i
r

cell

p
hone

w
i
t
ho
u
t

the

n
e
ed to
tou
c
h

the

p
hone.


M
o
t
i
v
at
i
on

With

cell

p
hones

to
d
ay,

r
ec
e
iving

an im
p
o
r
t
a
nt

ema
i
l

no lon
g
er has
to

wai t

unt
i
l

the

e
n
d

of

the

d
ay,

a
n
d

an

up
d
a
t
e

f
o
r
fr
i
e
n
d
s

on

w
hat

y
ou

had

f
or

b
r
e
a
kf
ast

can be

i
n
st
a
n
t
a
n
e
ou
s
ly

p
ublished

onli
n
e.

I
t’s ha
r
d
f
o
r

m
o
st

p
eo
p
le to

imagine the
i
r

li
v
es
without

their

Android

phones,
but

so
m
e
t
imes

it

is

not

al
w
ays

con
v
e
n
i
e
nt

to ha
v
e

a

t
a
ctile

i
n
t
eract
i
on

w
i
t
h

the

p
hone.

With this
p
r
o
j
ect,

a
user
can t
a
k
e

a
dv
a
n
t
a
g
e

of

all
of

t
h
e
features

of

the
i
r
A
n
dr
oid

d
e
v
ic
e
,
w
i
t
ho
u
t

the n
e
ed to
p
h
y
sically ho
l
d the

p
hone.
I
n

a

t
i
me

w
he
r
e a cellphone

b
e
co
m
es
obsole
t
e

in

j
ust

a

f
ew

m
o
n
t
hs,

this

p
r
oj
e
ct

p
r
o
v
i
d
es

the user

a

w
ay to

e
x
p
a
n
d the

utili
t
y of

the
i
r

c
urr
e
n
t

A
n
dr
o
i
d
d
evice
w
i
t
h
a sim
p
le

d
o
w
nload

o
f

an

a
p
p
lication

a
nd

a

hea
d
set

co
m
p
a
t
i
b
le

w
i
t
h

m
ost

An
dr
oid

d
evices.







D
es
i
gn

T
he
d
es
i
g
n

of
t
h
e
s
y
st
e
m utilizes
a
p
o
p
ular

serial communication protocol
be
t
w
e
e
n

m
od
ular

d
evi
c
es,

as

can

be

se
e
n

in the
a
bo
v
e image.
T
he ha
rdw
are co
m
p
on
e
n
t
s are
lin
k
ed to
g
e
t
her

a
n
d

f
unctionally
r
esonate
v
ia the
so
f
twa
r
e

wr
i
t
t
e
n
exc
l
usi
v
ely
w
i
t
hin an
A
n
dr
oid a
pp
lica
t
ion.

T
he

d
es
i
g
n

of

the

s
y
st
e
m

can be se
p
arat
e
d i
n
to two sec
t
ions: co
m
m
u
n
i
cation

i
n
to

the

p
hone

a
n
d

out

of

the

p
hon
e
.

E
v
er
y
thi
n
g

f
r
om

bas
i
c

image
p
r
ocessi
n
g

to

an

i
n
tui
t
ive

user

i
n
t
e
rf
ace

is

cont
a
i
n
ed

w
i
t
hin

the

a
p
p
lica
t
io
n
,

w
hich

is

wr
i
t
t
e
n

i
n

J
ava.


C
o
n
cl
u
s
i
on

T
he

desig
n process proved to be very

im
p
o
r
t
a
nt

f
or

the

su
c
cess

of

this

p
r
oj
e
ct.

T
he e
n
t
i
r
e

p
r
oj
e
ct
w
as b
r
o
k
en up i
n
to sub
p
r
oj
e
ct
s
;

once a
s
u
b
p
r
oj
e
ct

co
u
ld

be

un
d
erstood on i
t
s o
w
n,
it co
u
ld be im
p
lemen
t
ed
w
i
t
hin the e
n
t
i
r
e s
y
st
e
m.

With
this

understanding

of

the

system
,

the c
urr
e
n
t
p
r
otot
y
p
e ho
ld
s many
p
ossi
b
ili
t
i
es

f
or

expa
n
sion.

Prese
n
tly,

t
h
e s
y
st
e
m

sh
ow
s
p
r
o
o
f of the a
b
ili
t
y to man
ip
ulate the
p
ho
n
e
exte
r
n
a
lly
a
n
d
d
i
s
p
lay

i
n
f
o
r
mat
i
on

f
r
o
m

the

p
hone

to

a
w
e
a
r
a
b
le

p
r
oj
e
cto
r
.

N
e
x
t
,

s
p
e
e
d

a
n
d

user

i
n
t
e
rf
ace im
p
r
o
v
eme
n
ts n
e
ed to

be

a
ddr
ess
e
d
f
or the
s
y
st
e
m.
Af
t
e
r

the

p
r
ototype

can
run

more

ef
f
ic
i
e
n
tly,

th
e
n

the o
p
t
i
cal

co
m
p
on
e
n
t
s

to ma
k
e a
H
UD

can be a
dd
e
d
, a
n
d the s
y
st
e
m can
b
e i
n
d
efin
i
t
e
ly

expa
n
d
ed

f
r
om

there.