Sensor Patch: Subgroup: Microcontroller and Communication

This research investigates the feasibility of a sensor patch for newborns. A sensor patch would be a device that is applied to the skin of the newborn. It can monitor the patient's temperature, heart rate, respiration rate, oxygen saturation and asses its general appearance of the skin so that it can check the newborn for jaundice. It should...

Designing an escape room sensory system: S.C.I.L.E.R.: sensory communication inside live escape rooms

Raccoon Serious Games develops different kinds of gaming experiences, including escape rooms. In an escape room, a group of players, usually between 2 and 20 people, are locked in a room, where they have to find clues and solve puzzles to escape. When such a room is played, there is always an operator, monitoring the progress of the players and...

Data Communications in an In-Home Smart Grid: Communicating with the Tesla Powerwall

More insight and control is warranted over an in-home energy management system, consisting in our case mainly of a Tesla Powerwall and a SolarEdge Inverter, in order to allow for further research and development on the possibilities within the field. Not much is known yet on the Tesla Powerwall and its communication, as they aren’t widely...

BEPStore: The reverse App Store

FeedbackFruits is a company that offers an online learning solution to help innovate education. Their platform is used on a daily basis by teachers and students to improve their learning experience. When using the platform, the users often think of valuable feedback and new features they would like to see added. This report describes the process...

Ground station user interface and data link: An implementation for unmanned aerial vehicles

Research on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has steadily increased over the last decades due to the wide range of military, civil and security applications. Within the larger framework of aerial vehicles, the high degree of autonomy of UAVs places constraints on data communication links. Many existing UAV systems include ground stations which...

Wireless Indoor Climate Sensor: Wireless Communication at Ultra Low Power

The required product is a wireless indoor climate sensor. It is an autonomous sensor that transmits several parameters concerning its environment wirelessly. The product will be used to demonstrate a number of energy efficient sensors. The electronic instrumentation department at Delft University of Technology developed these sensors in...