project team: nicholas parrott, erick janampa ece faculty advisor: dr. john r. lacourse current...

Project Team: Nicholas Parrott, Erick JanampaECE Faculty Advisor: Dr. John R. LaCourseCurrent Date: October 28, 2010Project Completion Date: April, 2010

Instrumented Workboot

Problem Background

Health problems related to entering and exiting industrial sized trucks and equipment.

Solution: Develop an Instrumented Workboot Generate meaningful data for medical

professionals

Project Definition

The goal of this project is to develop an instrumented work boot that will measure and record impact forces and trajectories associated with foot contact.

Specific Design Objectives

Implementation

Block Diagram of System Implementation

Part 1: Data Collection

Force Sensing Resistors (FSR’s)

Accelerometer

Amplification

A/D Converter

Force Sensor Driver Circuit

Part 2: Signal Analysis

Sampling Analog Digital

Microcontroller ADC/Memory

Part 3: Graphical User Interface

To display collected data

User-friendly

Three Force vs. Time graphs

Real time display

Part 3: Graphical User Interface

Expected Output of Force vs. Time

Testing

Determining the placement of the sensors Data measured and recorded when user

steps down Calibration Analog vs. Digital

Estimated Timeline – Fall Semester

Estimated Timeline – Spring Semester

Budget Projection

Budget Estimates

Item(s) Cost

Sensor Package $117

Monolithic Op Amp (Driver Circuit)

$0.44

9v Battery $2

Microcontroller and Components

$50

Work Boots $75

Total Cost $244.44

Questions?