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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...
May 7, 20202 min read
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Achieved requirements
A requirements list was made to be considered during the project at the start. The following table summarises the requirements that were...
May 4, 20201 min read
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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...
Apr 28, 20201 min read
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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....
Apr 24, 20201 min read
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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...
Apr 21, 20201 min read
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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...
Apr 14, 20201 min read
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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...
Apr 3, 20201 min read
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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...
Apr 1, 20201 min read
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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...
Mar 26, 20202 min read
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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...
Mar 20, 20201 min read
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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...
Mar 14, 20201 min read
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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...
Mar 12, 20201 min read
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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),...
Mar 5, 20201 min read
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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...
Mar 5, 20201 min read
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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...
Mar 1, 20201 min read
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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...
Feb 27, 20201 min read
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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...
Feb 11, 20201 min read
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Head start to detect colours
Using python as a programming language to start coding the camera to detect the traffic lights (Green, Red). By using the code below, I...
Feb 6, 20201 min read
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Acrylic Case for Raspberry Pi
When I started working with the Raspberry Pi, I noticed that it gets hot really quickly and it shuts down when it hits a certain...
Feb 5, 20201 min read
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Testing the camera
As I am going to use the camera for a video stream to detect the colours, I decides to test the video's quality too. The figure below...
Feb 4, 20201 min read
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