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Remote-controlled Central Remote-controlled Central Alarm Clock (RCAC)Alarm Clock (RCAC)
EEE374W
Project 3 (Part A)
Team Members: Ndapandula Nakashole (NN) Tshepo Serameng (TS) Olefile Toto (OT)
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Concept OverviewConcept Overview RCAC RCAC is an economical alarm clock for the entire house.
SubsystemsSubsystems• Configuration module• Display and Control module• Sound module (speakers) in each room
Communications Communications • Wire-based connection from config to control module• Wire-based connection from config to output module• Infra-red transmitter/receiver in control module
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Application ContextApplication 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
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MotivationMotivation
Major problem that the concept solvesMajor 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.
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EnclosureEnclosure
Display and Control subsystemDisplay and Control subsystem• To be located in parents’ room• Buttons correspond to rooms in the house
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Set Time/ AlarmSet Time/ Alarm
Wire to configuration circuit
Remote control21:00:12
10 cm
3 cm
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CommunicationsCommunications
Alarm goes off in the appropriate room, not in all rooms configured with a RCAC sound module.
Display and Control PanelDisplay and
Control Panel
Configuration Box
Configuration Box
Sound Output (Speakers)
Sound Output (Speakers)
Room1
Room2
Room3
Room4
Wire
Remote Control
Infra Red
Concept PosterConcept Poster
Remote-controlled Central Alarm Remote-controlled Central Alarm Clock (RCAC)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.
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Set Time/ AlarmSet Time/ Alarm
Wire to configuration circuit
Remote control21:00:12
10 cm
3 cm
This control module is to be located in parents’ room. Buttons correspond to rooms configured with a speaker
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