About: Bilal

We created Skywriter because lightsabers are cool. Although we are fans, we are not passionate about the Star Wars franchise. However, we are passionate about the technology in Star Wars. For our final project, we wanted to replicate the futuristic lightsaber. And add a twist with persistence-of-vision. This project has been a great exercise in […]

Introduction The purpose of this lab is to build a machine that alleviates the process of distributing cards in gameplay with a given set of players in random order. Our team has successfully built a prototype of such a device that takes in a deck of cards and randomly distributes them among players and deposits […]

Introduction Our project is a racing game with human input control that emulates the act of driving a car. We decided on this project, as all three of us greatly enjoy playing games. The goal of the game is to cross the finish line in the shortest amount of time while avoiding obstacle collisions, which […]

Introduction The Traffic Light Intersection Simulator records user input through a touch screen of traffic flow at a four-way intersection for play back. Additionally it is capable of storing and reading to a FAT 32 formatted microSD card. The simulator is also capable of clearing the memory, removing the last input and play back of […]

Introduction In this project, we implemented a two-degree-of-freedom ball balancing platform using a resistive touchscreen, two servo motors, and PID control. We used a PIC32 microcontroller to read position data from the touchscreen and drive the servos, adjusting the platform’s angle. We tuned the system to balance a 1 inch diameter steel ball using a […]

In this age of social media and the internet, it is easy to forget the power of the humble text message. An email can end up in the spam or junk folder. The advert on Twitter or Facebook can just be scrolled past, but if a text is received on the cell phone, it will […]

INTRODUCTION Time-keeping is inherently stressful, especially when you can see the seconds ticking down. The Virtual Hourglass Timer takes all the pressure away through its relaxing visual display. Inspired by this digital hourglass alarm clock , the Virtual Hourglass Timer allows the user to set a timer and opts to display the time remaining in an hourglass […]

Introduction In this project, we built a writing machine using a 4-DOF robot arm. This robot arm is controlled by PIC32 and can write the 26 letters and ten numbers. Users can send instructions to the microcontroller through the serial interface to control the robot arm to write words or digits they want. What we […]

Introduction For our final project, we built a 2 axis robot arm with a capacitive sensor on the final member, which will allow the robot to detect a person near the robot. When there is an object detected, the arm will stop depending on the measured capacitance. The purpose of this type of sensor is […]

Introduction The aim of this project was to produce a portable ECG monitor that displays the ECG signal of an Einthoven triangle configuration of electrodes (3 leads). The motivation of this project comes from the pervasiveness of cardiac problems in the world, which cause the highest number of death, as well as the relatively uncommon […]