Project

# Title Team Members TA Documents Sponsor
41 Boeing NFC Interdisciplinary Project Team 1
Alper Olcay
Jinjoo Nam
Vigneshwar Karthikeyan
Kevin Bassett design_document0.pdf
final_paper0.pdf
presentation0.ppt
proposal0.pdf
Our interdisciplinary project sponsored by Boeing will focus on utilizing Near Field Communication technology to benefit the company's part verification process as well as inventory tasks. NFC tags can contain readable/rewriteable data; we will place these tags on any high-valued parts that are worth the effective cost of tracking. The data in these tags will contain the origin of the part, whether or not the part was tested, which specific employee verified the part, etc. These tags will be the basis for a novel system that allows for easy readability of the entire history of a given part from any NFC device (Smartphones, tablets, etc).

That being said, our team will focus on the part verification application, which is to make sure that any high value parts are not tempered with and has only been accessed by the people who were supposed to access it. This could assure the safety and security of high value applications and potentially prevent any part failures or information theft.The technology behind these respective applications will be implemented as well as a business analysis of their financial viability.

Pocket Pedal - A Bluetooth Controlled Effects Box

Kaan Erel, Alexander Van Dorn, Jacob Waterman

Pocket Pedal - A Bluetooth Controlled Effects Box

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Our idea is to make an inexpensive alternative to traditional pedal powered guitar effects boxes. Essentially, we hope to implement a single aftermarket effects box that can be remote controlled via a mobile app. This low-power, Bluetooth connected application can control the box to change effects on the go. The hardware within the effects box will be able to alter the guitar's signals to create different sounds like echoing, looping, and distortion effects (and possibly more). These effects will be implemented using analog circuits that we will design and construct to be controlled by an app on your phone.

This project eliminates the expensive buy-in for a guitarist hoping to sound like any number of famous musicians with multiple effects pedals. On top of this, it also aims to get rid of the clutter that comes with the numerous pedals and boxes connected to an amplifier. Many pedals today don't even have a visual interface to select effects through some sort of menu. The app will also provide a much more handy and portable visual representation of the possible effects all from the phone in your pocket!

Team:

Jacob Waterman jwaterm2

Kaan Erel erel2

Alex Van Dorn vandorn2