Student Projects

Internet of Things

Remote Sensors

• Remote Weather Station - A project to allow remote web page access to temperature, humidity and pressure sensor readings with Pachube.
  
• BEER & Advanced Recognition Fridge is an internet enabled beer keg with RFID, sensors, and a data base.
  
• Motion Detected Pictures On a Server - A Phidgets analog motion sensor and LS_Y_201 Camera interfaced with the mbed web server

News Readers

• RSS News Reader - Displays RSS news feeds on the LCD display.

Networking

• Net Tool - A demonstration tool that can ping, identify, and perform a TCP port scan of a host connected via Ethernet.

GSM Modems

• GSM modem - An Enfora GSM serial modem sending GPS data in an SMS Text message
  
• Contest Winner - SMS Scheduler using GSM Modem
  

Clocks

• Internet Clock with Timer - A clock using the LCD that syncs to a network time server. Also has a Timer.
  
• Internet Alarm Clock is similar, but features an alarm and pushbutton controls.
  
• Alarm clock with weather forecast - uses RSS feeds from Weather.com
  

Speech

• Universal Translator - Allows the user to select the language which he intends to input, type a statement, select a language for translation, and hear how his statement is pronounced in the selected language using Google APIs. using Sparkfun VS1053 MP3 breakout board

Games

• Cave Runner - Cave Runner Game with accelerometer input for control and Nokia LCD
• Bop It Game - LCD tells user action to take
• iHvZ uses mbed and ZigBee to record hits and upload data to a server in the popular human vs. zombies campus tag game.
• TicTacToe with Nokia LCD & PS/2 Keyboard
• mbed Pong with Nokia LCD & PS/2 Keyobard

Video and Graphics

• VGA demo - A simple text editor using a PS/2 keyboard, a VGA controller, and a microSD card
  
• Mini Digital Photo Frame – Converts and displays BMP and JPG images from an SD card on the Nokia LCD using the Sparkfun Touchpad for input
  
• LED Rotation - Displays bit maps on a spinning bike wheel using 10 RGB Shiftbrite modules
  
• VGAprintf - A printf function for the uVGAII
  

Music and Audio

• Internet Radio - Streams MP3 from radio stations
• AM/FM/SW radio - Uses the si4735 shield from Sparkfun, a Text LCD, and the Sparkfun Touchpad
• MP3 Player with TouchPad And TextLCD Display - Uses Sparkfun touch keypad and mp3 breakout boards
• Audio Spectrum Analyzer using Nokia LCD display.
  
• midi synthesizer – uses Sparkfun Touchpads and Nokia LCD
  
• Music Synthesizer with PS2 Keyboard Input
  
• Music Synthesizer - Uses a PS/2 keyboard to play notes on a 64ohm speaker connected to analog out.
  
• MP3 Player - An MP3 Player using an SD card and the Sparkfun VS1053 MP3 breakout board.
  
• Guitar Tuner - A guitar tuner using the Nokia LCD and Goertzel Algorithm.
  
• Air Guitar - An air guitar using touch and IR distance sensors with mbed

Smart Peripherals

• IR Mouse - Three Sharp IR distance sensors used to make an IR PC mouse
• The Power Glove is a wireless PC pointing device using MEMS accelerometers and sensors mounted in a glove worn by the user.

Robotics

• xBee Remote Robot - A low cost Sparkfun magician robot remotely controlled by mbed using Xbee
  
• Robot ARM - mbed control of a Lynxmotion Robot ARM
  
• Voice controlled robot - Uses the EasyVR module for voice control of the Sparkfun magician robot and displays temperature on LCD
• Weather Tracking Bot - A traxster robot that collects weather data.
  
• Stinger Robot Library - A library designed to simplify operation of the Stinger robot with the mbed and two H-Bridges.
  
• Balancing Robot is a first attempt to make a two wheel balancing robot using the mbed PID and IMU projects with two H-bridge modules and two geared DC motors.
• Seeing Eye Robot is a prototype of a robot designed to aid the blind in navigating around obstacles.
• Accelerometer Controlled Rover(Wireless) - A robotics connection traxster robot with a tilt remote control using mbeds and XBees.
  
• Copycat Robots - two magician robots with one following the other using Xbee
  
• ScottROV1 is an underwater remotely operated vehicle.
• Follow My Eye - a webcam on a PC tracks eye movement and controls a small robot that uses mbed
• RoboARM - a webcam on a PC is used to pick up objects using an mbed controlled ARM

RTOS

• SpaRTOS - A two month undergraduate student project to develop a sparse RTOS for mbed. SpaRTOS is designed to be built using the Keil Tools Compiler.
  

Security Systems

• Security Vault – uses the Sparkfun Touchpad, RFID, and EasyVR to unlock a vault
• Surveillance with text alert - a motion sensor triggers a text alert and photos
• RFID Door Lock - RFID reader checks internet based file access list, takes a photo, and opens a door lock

Test and Measurement

• Mbed Weather Station With Twitter – Using Sparkfun’s Weather meter, temperature, and humidity sensors
  
• Weather Station - A portable weather station using mbed to read sensors
  
• CLI - a command line interface to configure I/O pins for testing hardware using a PS2 keyboard and LCD
• OBD II with CAN - An attempt at reading diagnostic codes from a car.
  
• Solar Powered Mbed - with remote sensor data logging and power management
  
• Wireless data transfer using XBee modules - Two mbeds used for wireless transfer of sensor data with XBee
• MOSFET-Tester-and-Ohm-Meter - Uses Analog in to measure resistance and test a MOSFET with an LCD display for output.
  
• Real time map of nearest objects using SRF05 Sonar and two servos with a pan tilt assembly
  

GPS

• GPS display of absolute co-ordinates & movement since last button push on a Nokia Color LCD.
• BR355- Mbed with low-cost serial BR355 GPS using RS232 breakout and PS/2 breakout for power.
  

Photos of Student mbed Projects