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TI Day @ Mac

• Date: Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015• Time: 8:30am to 4:00pm• Location: McMaster University main campus (1280

Main Street West, Hamilton L8S 4K1). Michael DeGroote Centre for Learning and Discovery (MDCL), first floor.

• Registration deadline: Monday, Sept. 14 at 8:00am

• Check for more details from (also for online registration): http://www.ece.mcmaster.ca/Texas_Instruments_Day/TIDay@Mac2015.html

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TI Day @ Mac

• Three streams of study:

– TIVA Workshops: "Introduction to TI and ARM microcontrollers" and "Adding Wireless To Your Project"

– MSP430 Workshops: "Introduction to TI and MSP430 microcontrollers" and "Interfacing with sensors"

– Power Electronics for Automotive Applications Seminars: "Power Fundamentals - Running off a battery" and "Intro to motors and motor control - TI Spins Motors" and "Intro to Wireless Power"

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Engineering Design Projects in Previous Years

http://www.ece.mcmaster.ca/4oi6posterday.html

http://www.youtube.com/ecemcmaster

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Year of 2014/2015

• An automatic garbage collector• Smart watering system• Respiratory communication system for ALS patient• Eco-car with digital mirrors• Instant music scoring system• Automatic bartender• The piano with artificial keyboard• A foot pressure sensory system• Visual residue LED display• 3D LED display

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Year of 2014/2015

• Smart door locking system• Sand box• A sling shot game system (Angry birds in motion)• An animal crossing detection system• Motion controlled robotic arm• DJ MIDI controller• Hand controlled window blinds• Auto-tracing solar panel

• For more project ideas in 2014/2015, check:http://www.ece.mcmaster.ca/Poster%20Day%202015%20ECE

%20Expo/all_projects_14-15.html

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Year of 2013/2014

• Robotic goal keeper• A personalized brain-computer interface controlled by multiple

mental tasks• The smart window system• Wireless traffic monitoring units• A vision controlled arm• Wireless optical sensing system for monitoring heart rate and

blood oxygen• Arm controlled car• Digital water curtain• Interactive clothing rack• Sign language to audible voice system

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Year of 2013/2014

• Garbage searching and cleaning robot• An industrial sponsored project: Touch screen and remote control• Remote lightening control system• Collision prevention system• Remote monitoring system• ECG for detecting cardiac disorders• Visible light communication system• Guiding system for visual impaired• Wireless hand motion controller for a computer mouse pointer

• For more project ideas in 2013/2014, check:

http://www.ece.mcmaster.ca/Poster%20Day%202014/all_projects_13-14.html

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Year of 2012/2013

• Check: http://www.ece.mcmaster.ca/4oi6_2012-13.html

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Year of 2011/2012

• Thermal imaging helicopter• Sign language translator• Electronic shelf labeling system• 3D multimedia interactive table• Smart home panel• Speed bump power generating system• Intelligent baby monitor• High-speed underwater laser communication• Green door• Robotic arm• Refreshable Braille display

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Year of 2011/2012

• Eminently redundant control systems (as demonstrated on a hexarotor platform)

• Autonomous vacuum cleaner• Wireless image transmission• Guidance system for the visually impaired• User controlled wireless robotic arm• Low voltage electrical system for a hybrid vehicle• Wireless power transmission system• Hand writing recognition system• Haptic vehicle controller interface• Easily programmable robotic arm• Mobile patient monitoring system

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Year of 2011/2012

• NFC guide system• FPGA based chess engine• Automatic spotlights• Neonatal movement monitoring• Exercise monitoring system• An autism toy• EMG responsive flexor knee brace• TBI helmet: head impact & EEG monitoring (HIEM) for hockey

related head injuries• Project gait way: pressure sensitive insoles• Brain computer interface - controlling a wheelchair• Exercise heart rate monitor mobile application (ECG App)

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Year of 2010/2011

• Blackberry infrared universal controller• Smart building• Touchless user interface• Digital Pen• Projecting into the future• Road alert• Solar powered plane• Multiple tracking system

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Year of 2010/2011

• Automated tracking camera• Head movement controlled wheelchair• Autonomous platform stabilization using features of a quadrotor• Wireless relay control and power monitoring system• Wireless pan and tilt camera system• Automated reptile feeder• Wireless audio transmitter• The automatic tracking system of a car

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Year of 2009/2010

• 3D camera anaglyph system• Wireless controlled robot• Smart blinds• Motion controlled camera• Spotless bench press machine• Contactless, continuous and mobile ECG monitoring on a shirt• Laser harp• Artificially intelligent recycling sorter

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Year of 2009/2010

• Vehicle collision avoidance system• Robotic arm• Sheet music writer• Automated parking system• Automated climate control system• Drowsy driving detection using artificial intelligence• Spy-tech security surveillance system

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Year of 2009 (4OI4)

• Balancer• The duck shooting game• The 5-stone game• Traffic light control