SMPS-PSU Hack
Using a Standard Computer SMPS and Making a Decent Powerful PSU from It
Power Supply for LED projects or Power hungry projects can be pretty challenging especially when you want to try out if your IDEA works.
Further, PSUs can be really expensive. So, In this project I built myself an decent 450W PSU using old Computer SMPS laying around. I added USB so that i can even test out SBC’s, etc.
Specifications:-
10x 5V 30A (Shared) Output [0.1” Male + Female header ]
2x 5V 30A USB Output [0.1” Male + Female header ]
10x 3.3V 28A (Shared) Output
8x 12V 20A (Shared) Output [0.1” Male + Female header ]
4x -12V 0.8A (Shared) Output [0.1” Male header ]
Input: SMPS 240V 450W
P.S > HIGH POWER THRILLS BUT KILLS. Be Aware of what you are doing.
Smart Desk Assistant
An interactive Smart Assistant using Household appliancs.
Comming Soon ...
Smart Bike Smart Rider (SbSr)
Sponcered By Element 14 Community as part of IoT On Wheels Design Challenge
SbSr is not just a IoT project but a assistant or a personal touch that you own bicycle will give you. The concept is to make you bike more than just bike, more like a friend.
The genesis of the project comes from a overall shift in trend towards motorised vehicles rather than riding bicycles. Bicycles are now a small community of riders who enjoy riding or a a professional community who train for excellence.
There is a overall shift in fitness trend with introduction to Smart Wearables like FitBit, pebble, Xi Band, etc. But still, If you want to go to gym, you most probably would go on a motorbike or a car, even if its just half a mile away.
This project aims to take the best of technology, gel it together and make a product which would help start a trend of biking (as another fitness measure) just as the Wearables Electronics did, Fitness trend.
Specifications:-
ST STM32L476RG Nucleo
ST X-NUCLEO-IDB05A1 BLE Expansion Board
ST X-NUCLEO-IKS01A2 Sensor Expansion Board
ST X-NUCLEO-IDW01M1WiFi Expansion Board
Allegro A1104 Hall Sensor Custom Kit
Nextion NX4024K032 Display Module
Arduino Nano
Custom Power Delievery System
Wireless Pen Drive
Wireless Memory Stick based on Linkit Smart 7866 Duo
What's more fun than getting rid of storage devices occupying my damn USB ports ( @all MAC users You know What I mean )
The IDEA was to make a Portable Battery Powered Small Module that I can add memory to and access the memory remotely over WiFi or while connected to my router.
So there are many wireless storage devices like SanDisk that costed me about 3K INR !! hey but where is the fun of learning there ?
So, I went with buying a Linkit Smart 7688 Duo Board that costed me about 1.6K INR and as I already had a 64 GB Memory card laying around. While I used 2 18650 Batteries I extracted from a damaged old Laptop battery :)
Specifications:-
1x 64GB Class 10 (90Mbps+) Micro SD Card
1x Linkit Smart 7688 Duo Board
2x 18650 Li-Ion Batteries
1x Battery Charging Module With Protection Circuit
3x3x3 LED Cube
Fun project to demonstrate Modular Electronics
This was a quick-fun project I did within an hour, just to play with the LED's and to show a concept Modular Design. The design is broken into LED cube section as well as a MCU (Control Unit) section. The LED section can be used as a generic module with any development board. where the control section can also be used generically.
Finally, I think this is a perfect project for people who are starting in embedded and definitely a Embedded C refresher/ learning exercise. :)
Specifications:
27 Blue LEDs configured in 3x3x3 fashion
Msp430G2452 used as application processor
Smart Commode
This was a project made as a pert of Intel-IoT Hackathon in Bangalore India (Quarter Finalist)
Project SmartCommode focuses on Informing people about health of their kidneys by monitoring parameters like Renal Stress, Renal Failure and Cardiovascular stress based on the conductivity of Urine. An average human has an conductivity of ~21mS but in case of renal stress that value may go beyond ~30mS which, if regular, means improper function of kidneys. Smart Commode is an small add-on module that can be fitted in any of the public toilets and will start measuring the conductivity, color (Work in Progress), temperature (Work in Progress) and PH (Future Work). The above information is logged on Cloud which will run basic data analytics.
In future users will also be able to see their kidney's health directly on their Bluetooth Smart enabled mobile phone.
Specifications:
Intel Edison Board
Custom made fluid latch and release mechanism
Custom made cheep Sensor Probes
LED + Sound indicator for people
Teams:
Gurinder Singh Gill
Gaurav Rewatkar
Aman Gill
P.S. : This project was sponsored by Intel's IoT initiative, Intel IoT Roadshow, Bangalore, Karnataka, 2015
For More Details Please Visit :
https://www.hackerleague.org/hackathons/intel-r-iot-roadshow-bangalore-india/hacks/smart-commode-slash-smart-toilet
SBC-IoT
An IoT Edge Router/ Node Using Beagle Bone Black SBC
The aim of this project was to make an IoT Node out of a Single Board Computer. Many IoT applications need a sensor node which can store data locally, run some local data analytics and display data on some LCD module but meanwhile be connected to cloud and also be able to connect loads of sensors and other devices. Well, I thought the best candidate for it maybe a cheep user-friendly Single Board Computer. My choice was a 45$ Beagle Bone Black.
Specifications:
Beagle Bone Black RevC
Netgear WNA1100 USB WiFi Dongle
2.2" TFT SPI LCD
10400mA Battery Pack
FTDI USB-Serial Convertor for Shell access
Cheep IoT Node
This project is an attempt to make cheep WiFi based IoT Node using Recycled Laptop Batteries
The Idea was to have a really cheep standalone development board that is "Ready to Deploy" and easy to modify and work with. The result was a development board with ESP8266-01 Module header, GPIO breakout, On board Regulator, BatteryPack and FTDI breakout. This board runs both standard ESP AT+ command sets as well as NodeMCU's toolchain for easy scripting and init.lua script support (for bootup program execution).
Specifications:
ESP8266-01 Module Slot
~5200mAH Battery Pack with Charging Slot and Linear Regulator
GPIO and Power Rail breakout
FTDI Breakout for easy programming
RST and PROG buttons for easy Mode selection and Resetting the MCU
Hackable 5$ WSN Node
A Cheep Hackable 5$ WSN Node using nRF24L01P Radio
Wireless Sensor Nodes are costly and limited to few protocols like ZigBee, BLE, Wifi, etc. This project aimed to make a development board that is small, cheep, reliable, easy to work with and that has an generic radio that can be hacked.
Specifications:
MSP430G25xx MCU
Nordic nRF24L01P generic Radio
GPIO and Power rails brakout
Serial Bootloading support
Raspberry-Pi Tower
A Cheep and Portable Raspberry Pi Tower using Cardboard
Got yourself the New Raspberry Pi 2 and it's really messy if you want to take the board to your friends place and find that he doesn't have the minimum accessories required ?? So, Introducing the raspberry Pi Tower, a stand alone box that has everything you need to get started.
In future I will add Touch Screen Support, and though for Raspberry Pi there is an Power-Bank compartment, but I will add a boost convertor so that the LCD also get powered from there.
Specifications:
Raspberry Pi 2
7" Touch LCD panel
Wireless Keyboard and Mouse
Netgear WNA1100 USB WiFi Dongle
Blue Bot
A Mobile Controlled Bot using MSP430 Dev Board and Home Made LMX9838 BT2.0 Module
BlueBot is a Bluetooth Controlled Mobile Robot. It uses TI's LMX9838 Bluetooth2.0 Serial Module interface with MSP430 Launchpad. The Bluetooth is setup in SPP Profile and is controlled using a Mobile Phone.
Specifications :
TILMX9838 Bluetooth 2.0 Module
MSP430G25xx Controller
L293D Motor Controller
Custom Power Supply Unit
Gaming Booster-Pack for Ti Launchpads
Tihs was a project to make a Cheep Gaming Booster pack for TI Launchpads before TI Launched their own
This project is a beginners learning platform for electronics and hobbyists, of what is it like to be an Hardware/Software/Systems designer. It initially began as a concept of playing old games like snake, asteroids, etc. using an MSP430 launchpad, but soon became something really amazing. This is a multipurpose learning board where you can test out various peripheral's and moreover design endless projects. (I am still working on the software part !! )
Specifications :
Boosterpack for Ti's Laucnhpads series (10x2 pin headers) contains:
- Nokia 5110 LCD module slot
- PIR sensor module slot
- Buzzer
- LED (with PWM support)
- 4Way Navigation buttons
- IR (Tx/Rx) for IR communication
- RST and USR buttons as are on the orignal MSP430G2xx LP
- 4Wire Resistive Touch Screen module Slot
- MSP430xxx Bootloading Slot
- UART Pinout
- All the GPIO headers breakout with additional 4x 3.3V and GND pins
Li-Ion Powered Battery Backup Solution for Single Board Computers(SBC)
This project was to make a UPS for SBC’s
This project focuses on three cheep prototype's I made for setting up a U.P.S. like Battery powered solution for SBC's. It also works for any other Embedded Board, and is a very resourceful Mobile battery charger.
Specifications :
Output - 5V/800mA-2A
Input - 3.7v Li-Ion Cell (18560 or any other will do)
Solar Powered Cell Phone Charger
My First attempt at Energy Harvesting
I made this prototype for understanding and experimenting with the plethora of free renewable energy available to us. The Prototype used 2 6v/300mA solar cells to deliver 5v/500mA for charging cellphones. I was able to get 5v/650mA at peek noon time and about 5v/200mA before sunset. I was successfully able to charge my mobile and could even run RaspberryPi using the power source.
Specifications :
2x Solar Cells 6v/300mA
Output - 5v/500mA
Linear Breadboard Power Supply Unit
My attempts at BreadBoard Power Supplies
I try to make many of them as they are really important for my breadboard projects. The first prototype I made was a breadboard plug-on power supply unit. Powered by 7v/3000mAH power supply unit. Later I made a smaller Power Supply Unit(PSU). Both of them have Linear regulators from TI, filter cap and protection diodes for reverse polarity. Currently there isn't any short circuit protection, but I have plans to add that in my next prototype.
Specifications :
Input - 24v
Output - 5/3.3v -- (1A MAX)
