Conclusion and future developments
To achieve a fully functional truck driver wake-up device was challenging; it required developing a complete set of python codes. Image...
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May 3, 20201 min read
Achieved requirements
A requirements list was made to be considered during the project at the start. The following table summarises the requirements that were...
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Apr 29, 20202 min read
Final testing
The following is a real-life test that was created to recognise traffic light signals, the camera was tested during different adverse...
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Apr 27, 20201 min read
Final code
To be able to test the device with an actual traffic light, the notification code and live streaming code are needed to run on reboot. It...
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Apr 23, 20201 min read
User manual
To understand more how the device works and what is needed to make it work, a user manual or an instruction list is provided below....
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Apr 20, 20201 min read
Notification when traffic lights turn green
As mentioned previously, the device needs to send a notification/alert to the driver. To be able to do that, the detection code has been...
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Apr 13, 20201 min read
Device assembly (Pi and powerbank)
The Raspberry Pi and the power bank housing initial design has been developed. As shown in the figures below a stand has been added to...
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Apr 7, 20201 min read
Current progress
Beside the software used (coding), hardware (laser cutting) was needed to come out with the full assembled device Due to COVID-19, the...
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Apr 3, 20201 min read
Initial design
Device case (inside the truck) The main device which includes the Raspberry Pi with the case and the power bank. Figure1 and figure2...
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Mar 31, 20201 min read
Initial design
Camera case (attached to the mirror) After deciding the battery that will be used for the device, it was time to start with CAD model to...
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Mar 26, 20202 min read
Components list
The following is a list of components that has been chosen to use on the project after the research and testing that was made. Raspberry...
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Mar 20, 20201 min read
Current progress
Table 1 summarises the tasks needed to achieve the final device and the progress I have made so far for each task. Table 1: Project...
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Mar 14, 20201 min read
Raspberry Pi camera wire extension
As the device will be detachable, the driver can attache it to the truck's mirror, I found out that I will separate the camera from the...
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Mar 11, 20201 min read
Power the Raspberry Pi
After finishing all the calculation needed to find out the Raspberry Pi usage per hour, the decision was made to go with the INIU...
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Mar 10, 20201 min read
Meeting with supervisor - Power supply
To have a battery powered device, the plan was to use a rechargeable battery and build a circuit for it. While progressing with the...
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Mar 5, 20201 min read
Muker-KCX17 multimeter
The below component was ordered to be used on testing the power consumption of the Raspberry Pi per hour. It displays current (amps),...
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Mar 5, 20201 min read
Calculations
Table 1 shows calculations have been made to decide which battery capacity will be used to make the device stay on for minimum of 6...
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Feb 29, 20201 min read
Web app
An Android web app was developed to communicate via Wi-Fi to the device. By running basic python script on any Android phone, live...
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Feb 26, 20201 min read
Proposed solution and approach
To track the traffic signal, raspberry pi device will be deployed with camera and Wi-Fi hardware. Camera will recognise the traffic...
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Feb 25, 20201 min read
Test the code used to detect the colours in different adverse conditions.
The following is a real-life test that was created to recognise traffic light signals. Using 7m distance, the camera was tested during...
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Feb 21, 20201 min read
Test the camera to detect both red and green circles
The top figure has been used to test the code developed and check if the camera will be able to detect only the red and green circles and...
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Feb 18, 20201 min read
Test the code used to detect only red and green circles
Figure 1 is a picture of different geometric shapes in different colours. The code used for testing should only detect any red and green...
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Feb 11, 20201 min read
Detect only red and green circles
Figure below shows the code used to detect the red and green circles. In the code, contour function is used. Contours are lines or curves...
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Feb 9, 20201 min read
Testing the code used to detect both green and red
The two picture below are the results when I run my code. As shown I had two different frames, one for green and the other for red, and...
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