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

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.

Audio¶

• Internet Radio - Streams MP3 from radio stations using Sparkfun VS1053 MP3 breakout board

Games¶

• 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

Music and Audio¶

• Audio Spectrum Analyzer using Nokia LCD display.
  
• 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.
  

Smart Peripherals¶

• The Power Glove is a wireless PC pointing device using MEMS accelerometers and sensors mounted in a glove worn by the user.

Robotics¶

• 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.
• http://mbed.org/users/scotto/notebook/scottrov1/ ScottROV1 is an underwater remotely operated vehicle.

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.
  

Test and Measurement¶

• 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¶