PHYSICS 120B - PROJECTS SHOWCASE  Friday, 8 December 2006


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This course involves practicums on data acquisition and
control using microprocessors for the first 5 weeks;
and then students spend the next 5 weeks in teams of ~2
developing and building a project of their choice.
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The theme might be described as "just go for it", with the only
requirement being that the project detect something in the real
world, process the information, and control something in the real
world.  About half the projects use embedded PIC microprocessors;
some use PC-scale computers, some are not computer-based.
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C. Fred Driscoll (Prof),
Dan Creveling (TA),
Gregg Dobrowalski (TA),
Tom Driscoll (TA),
Allen White (Electronics Engineer)
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<p>1.  Adam Arvay, Philip Thai  -- Giant Laser Harp:  Plucking laser beams gives notes; smoke helps
you visualize the music.

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<p>2.  David Eldon, Jake Streeter, Utako Ueda  --  Illuminated Threat Identification and Elimination System:
Pistol-packing robot arm seeks bright spots & terminates them with air-soft pellets.
       *** Earl Dolnick AWARD ***

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<p>3.  Chris Malotte, Yossof Eshaq  --  Whistle-Controlled Car --  Whistled pure tones control the
steering of a car.

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<p>4.  Patrick Johnson, Nathan Labadie  --  iSLEUTH -- Interference Spy Laser Eavesdropping Utensil: Two last beams bounce
off a vibrating window, giving coherence fringes that reproduce the nearby sound.
       *** Earl Dolnick AWARD ***

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<p>5.  Nicholas Baker, Tyler Burch  --  PIC-controlled Theramin  -- The height of one hand determines tone,
the other determines volume, with continuous or discretized tonality.

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<p>6.  Andre Gomez, Rikiya Yoshida  --  BBV: Balancing Booze Vehicle  -- A serving platform is tilted as
the car accelerates & climbs hills, spilling not a drop.


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<p>7.  Ryan Fields, Bruce Thayre  --  A Maze-ing Car  -- A car navigates a maze using IR proximity
sensors and the "right-hand-rule".

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<p>8.  Morgan Brown, Byron Ho  --  Alarm Clock with Voice-Actuated Off and Snooze;
Warning, lazy people should use with discretion.

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<p>9.  Gerald Sanders, Steven Williams  --  Motion Tracking Turrett --   Parallel laser beams track
& straddle a moving reflector.
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<p>10.  Allison Bretana, Kristina Pistone  --  Keypad Piano --  Record & play back your favorite
tunes.
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<p>11.  Christopher Bishop, Lucas Cota  --  Motion-Activated Air Freshener Systems:
                                         Don't waste freshener on an empty house.
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<p>12.  Melvin Pascoguin, Calvin Tangsirichareon --  M&M Color Sorter  -- Tri-color LED illumination
checks color, paddle sweeps it into rotating bins.

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<p>13.  Nima Ghods, Gabe Graham  --  Magnetic Levitation  -- Analog or digital feedback stabilizes
a levitated magnet, and the digital system can even dance a jig!
        *** Earl Dolnick AWARD ***
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