18-549 Team 3Mike PreysmanYoojin KwakRuss Savage

Ruben Quintero

Concept & Motivation

•Portable communication device for use within industrial, collaborative work environment

•Send audio (possibly picture) information to groups of people

•For use in nuclear facilities where radios are not used due to sensitive equipment

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Competitive Analysis

•Walkie - Talkies?

•Tethered Com Devices?

•Cellphone with a camera?

Functional Requirements

•Accept audio input and transmit to device via Bluetooth

•Transmit data to multiple other devices

•Output received audio via Bluetooth

•At least 10 users (start small, scale up)

•Allow for management via base station

•Log/output all data at base station

Non-Functional Requirements

•Simple UI with accessible buttons

•Low latency (< .5 secs)

•Seamless roaming

•Conversations must be coherent

Tech Specs

•Hardware

•Bluetooth Headset

•Board with WiFi and Bluetooth support

•Wireless routers / repeaters

•Base station PC for logging (maybe)

RS-232 - Bluetooth (3 x $45)

18-349 X-Board (3 x $0)

PCI Wireless Card (3 x $20)

Bluetooth Headset (3 x $20)

Questions?