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37 Automatic Card Deck Sorter
Alfred Hofmann
Kyle Mahler
Rocky Daehler
Sanjana Pingali design_document1.pdf
final_paper1.pdf
grading_sheet1.pdf
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presentation1.pdf
proposal1.pdf
video1.mp4
# Automatic Card Deck Sorter
Kyle Mahler (kmahler3)
Alfred Hofmann (alfredh2)
Rocky Daehler (walterd2)

# Problem
Lots of different card games require different setups of the deck before you can start playing, Euchre, for example, requires only cards 9's and above to be played. Short deck poker requires only 6 cards and above to be played.
# Solution
Myself and my teammates to this problem posit an automatic card deck sorter. This device would use a camera, a raspberry pi, sorting departments, and a mechanical arm of sorts in order to automatically sort the deck of cards based on a given input. The device could be used to separate the deck for a specific game, or even to sort the cards in a specific order (AKA, to rig the deck). Possible extension of this idea could additionally be a mobile app for user input, or also an automatic shuffling featuring when the whole deck is wanted for gameplay.

As for the design of this device, we are imagining three different bins for our sorting system. Imagine three bins from left to right. The middle bin is where the cards would originally go, as well as where the camera and mechanical arm are. The left is where we would put our ‘don’t care’ cards, and on the right, we would put all our do care cards. At each card, the camera would scan the corner of the card and identify it using the ML software, then the arm would push it in the appropriate direction.

# Subsystem 1 : User Interface
Function: Input given by the user to pick what range of card values to accept.
Components: Buttons or touchscreen

# Subsystem 2 : Camera and Card Recognition
Function: Captures images of the corner of the cards and recognizes suit and rank.
Components: LED’s inside of the device in order to keep the cards well lit. We have a few options for cameras; Raspberry Pi camera, Arducam mini… etc.
# Subsystem 3 : Sorting Arm/System
Function: Sorts the cards into one of two bins to start: cards we care about, and cards we do not care about.
Components: Rubber tip on metal arm, motor
# Subsystem 4 : Control System
Function: Manages all logic and communication for the different subsystems to work together. Defines card sorting process and forces action on it by sorting system. Error handling will also be a big part for this.
Components: ESP32, STM32, Arduino, etc. These are all options.


Cypress Robot Kit

Todd Nguyen, Byung Joo Park, Alvin Wu

Cypress Robot Kit

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Cypress is looking to develop a robotic kit with the purpose of interesting the maker community in the PSOC and its potential. We will be developing a shield that will attach to a PSoC board that will interface to our motors and sensors. To make the shield, we will design our own PCB that will mount on the PSoC directly. The end product will be a remote controlled rover-like robot (through bluetooth) with sensors to achieve line following and obstacle avoidance.

The modules that we will implement:

- Motor Control: H-bridge and PWM control

- Bluetooth Control: Serial communication with PSoC BLE Module, and phone application

- Line Following System: IR sensors

- Obstacle Avoidance System: Ultrasonic sensor

Cypress wishes to use as many off-the-shelf products as possible in order to achieve a “kit-able” design for hobbyists. Building the robot will be a plug-and-play experience so that users can focus on exploring the capabilities of the PSoC.

Our robot will offer three modes which can be toggled through the app: a line following mode, an obstacle-avoiding mode, and a manual-control mode. In the manual-control mode, one will be able to control the motors with the app. In autonomous modes, the robot will be controlled based off of the input from the sensors.