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Remote-controlled Central Alarm Clock (RCAC). EEE374W Project 3 (Part A) Team Members: Ndapandula Nakashole (NN) Tshepo Serameng (TS) Olefile Toto (OT). Concept Overview. RCAC is an economical alarm clock for the entire house. Subsystems Configuration module Display and Control module
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Remote-controlled Central Alarm Clock (RCAC) EEE374W Project 3 (Part A) Team Members: • Ndapandula Nakashole (NN) • Tshepo Serameng (TS) • Olefile Toto (OT)
Concept Overview • RCAC is an economical alarm clock for the entire house. • Subsystems • Configuration module • Display and Control module • Sound module (speakers) in each room • Communications • Wire-based connection from config to control module • Wire-based connection from config to output module • Infra-red transmitter/receiver in control module NN
Application Context • Target market • Consumer electronics • Where it is used • At home by parents to wake kids up • In offices by managers to call employees to their offices • End-user • Anyone but children to use under parent supervision • Other uses • Can also be used in ships OT
Motivation • Major problem that the concept solves • Parents need not to get out of bed to wake kids up • Alarm output can be adjusted to very high, forcing children to wake up in case they try to ignore it. • Possible uses/applications of the system • As a one-alarm clock for the whole house, each room can have a different time that the alarm will go off in that room. • In ships for alerting crew (in different decks of danger) or just to wake them up as well. • By managers as a means to call employees to their offices. TS
Remote control 21:00:12 1 2 Set Time/ Alarm 3 cm 3 4 10 cm Wire to configuration circuit Enclosure • Display and Control subsystem • To be located in parents’ room • Buttons correspond to rooms in the house NN,TS,OT
Display and Control Panel Remote Control Infra Red Room1 Wire Room2 Sound Output (Speakers) Configuration Box Room3 Room4 Communications Alarm goes off in the appropriate room, not in all rooms configured with a RCAC sound module. NN,TS,OT
Remote control 21:00:12 1 2 Set Time/ Alarm 3 cm 3 4 10 cm Wire to configuration circuit Remote-controlled Central Alarm Clock (RCAC) • An economical alarm clock for the entire house. • With RCAC Parents need not to get out of bed to wake kids up • Can be used by managers as a means to call employees to the manager’s office. This control module is to be located in parents’ room. Buttons correspond to rooms configured with a speaker Concept Poster