ECE 477 Digital Systems Senior Design Project  Fall 2010

1. ECE 477 Digital Systems Senior Design Project  Fall 2010 Team 4: Project Forget-Me-Not • Project Overview • Project Forget-Me-Not is a child seat monitor for use in vehicles. • Detects the presence of a child in a child safety seat and will sound an alarm, roll down the windows, and unlock the car if a child is left in a car. • Interfaces directly with the government-mandated OBD-II port to detect vehicle state. • OBD-II port is available in all vehicles manufactured since 1996. • Project Specific Success Criteria • An ability to determine the operating state of the vehicle via the OBD-II port.  • An ability to determine the presence of a child in a safety seat.  • An ability to use multiple safety seats in one vehicle.  • An ability to sound an audible alarm when the ignition is turned off.  • An ability to interface directly to the internal vehicle CAN. System Control Flow Car Side Car Seat Side Digijock(ette)-Strength Digital System DesignTM