TI Day @ Mac
• Date: Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015
• Time: 8:30am to 4:00pm
• Location: McMaster University main campus (1280
Main Street West, Hamilton L8S 4K1). Michael DeGroote
Centre for Learning and Discovery (MDCL), first floor.
• Registration deadline: Monday, Sept. 14 at 8:00am
• Check for more details from (also for online
registration):
http://www.ece.mcmaster.ca/Texas_Instruments_Day/TI
Day@Mac2015.html
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TI Day @ Mac
• Three streams of study:
– TIVA Workshops: "Introduction to TI and ARM microcontrollers"
and "Adding Wireless To Your Project"
– MSP430 Workshops: "Introduction to TI and MSP430
microcontrollers" and "Interfacing with sensors"
– Power Electronics for Automotive Applications Seminars:
"Power Fundamentals - Running off a battery" and "Intro to
motors and motor control - TI Spins Motors" and "Intro to
Wireless Power"
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Engineering Design Projects in
Previous Years
http://www.ece.mcmaster.ca/4oi6posterday.html
http://www.youtube.com/ecemcmaster
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Year of 2014/2015
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An automatic garbage collector
Smart watering system
Respiratory communication system for ALS patient
Eco-car with digital mirrors
Instant music scoring system
Automatic bartender
The piano with artificial keyboard
A foot pressure sensory system
Visual residue LED display
3D LED display
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Year of 2014/2015
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Smart door locking system
Sand box
A sling shot game system (Angry birds in motion)
An animal crossing detection system
Motion controlled robotic arm
DJ MIDI controller
Hand controlled window blinds
Auto-tracing solar panel
• For more project ideas in 2014/2015, check:
http://www.ece.mcmaster.ca/Poster%20Day%202015%20ECE%20Ex
po/all_projects_14-15.html
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Year of 2013/2014
• Robotic goal keeper
• A personalized brain-computer interface controlled by multiple
mental tasks
• The smart window system
• Wireless traffic monitoring units
• A vision controlled arm
• Wireless optical sensing system for monitoring heart rate and
blood oxygen
• Arm controlled car
• Digital water curtain
• Interactive clothing rack
• Sign language to audible voice system
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Year of 2013/2014
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Garbage searching and cleaning robot
An industrial sponsored project: Touch screen and remote control
Remote lightening control system
Collision prevention system
Remote monitoring system
ECG for detecting cardiac disorders
Visible light communication system
Guiding system for visual impaired
Wireless hand motion controller for a computer mouse pointer
• For more project ideas in 2013/2014, check:
http://www.ece.mcmaster.ca/Poster%20Day%202014/all_projects_1314.html
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Year of 2012/2013
• Check: http://www.ece.mcmaster.ca/4oi6_2012-13.html
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Year of 2011/2012
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Thermal imaging helicopter
Sign language translator
Electronic shelf labeling system
3D multimedia interactive table
Smart home panel
Speed bump power generating system
Intelligent baby monitor
High-speed underwater laser communication
Green door
Robotic arm
Refreshable Braille display
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Year of 2011/2012
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Eminently redundant control systems (as demonstrated on a
hexarotor platform)
Autonomous vacuum cleaner
Wireless image transmission
Guidance system for the visually impaired
User controlled wireless robotic arm
Low voltage electrical system for a hybrid vehicle
Wireless power transmission system
Hand writing recognition system
Haptic vehicle controller interface
Easily programmable robotic arm
Mobile patient monitoring system
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Year of 2011/2012
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NFC guide system
FPGA based chess engine
Automatic spotlights
Neonatal movement monitoring
Exercise monitoring system
An autism toy
EMG responsive flexor knee brace
TBI helmet: head impact & EEG monitoring (HIEM) for hockey
related head injuries
Project gait way: pressure sensitive insoles
Brain computer interface - controlling a wheelchair
Exercise heart rate monitor mobile application (ECG App)
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Year of 2010/2011
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Blackberry infrared universal controller
Smart building
Touchless user interface
Digital Pen
Projecting into the future
Road alert
Solar powered plane
Multiple tracking system
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Year of 2010/2011
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Automated tracking camera
Head movement controlled wheelchair
Autonomous platform stabilization using features of a quadrotor
Wireless relay control and power monitoring system
Wireless pan and tilt camera system
Automated reptile feeder
Wireless audio transmitter
The automatic tracking system of a car
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Year of 2009/2010
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3D camera anaglyph system
Wireless controlled robot
Smart blinds
Motion controlled camera
Spotless bench press machine
Contactless, continuous and mobile ECG monitoring on a shirt
Laser harp
Artificially intelligent recycling sorter
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Year of 2009/2010
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Vehicle collision avoidance system
Robotic arm
Sheet music writer
Automated parking system
Automated climate control system
Drowsy driving detection using artificial intelligence
Spy-tech security surveillance system
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Year of 2009 (4OI4)
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Balancer
The duck shooting game
The 5-stone game
Traffic light control
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