Design and implementation of a DSP-based control interface unit (CIU)
Author
Kavousanos-Kavousanakis, Andreas
Date
1997-09Advisor
Yun, Xiaoping
Second Reader
Jenn, David C.
Metadata
Show full item recordAbstract
This research involves the development of a human-body motion tracking system constructed with the use of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components. The main component of the system investigated in this thesis is the Control Interface Unit (CIU). The CIU is a component designed to receive data from the magnetic, angular rate, and gravity (MARG) sensors and prepare them to be transmitted through a wireless configuration. A simple and effective algorithm is used to filter the sensor data without singularities, providing the measured attitude in the quaternion form for each human limb. Initial calibration of the MARG sensors is also performed with the use of linear calibrating algorithms. The testing and evaluation of the whole system is performed by MATLABʼ and SIMULINKʼ simulations, and by the realtime visualization using a human avatar designed with the X3D graphics specifications. Through this research, it is discovered that the MARG sensors had to be redesigned to overcome an erratum on the Honeywell magnetometer HMC1051Z data sheet. With the redesigned MARG sensors, the testing results showed that the CIU was performing extremely well. The overall motion tracking system is capable of tracking human body limb motions in real time.
Rights
Copyright is reserved by the copyright ownerCollections
Related items
Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.
-
Vibration Reduction for Flexible Spacecraft Attitude Control Using PWPF Modulator and Smart Structures
Song, Gangbing; Agrawal, Brij N. (1999);This paper presents a new approach to vibration reduction of flexible spacecraft during attitude control by using Pulse Width Pulse Frequency (PWPF) Modulator for thruster firing and smart materials for active vibration ... -
ARPA-E Program: Advanced Management Protection of Energy Storage Devices (AMPED) - Fifth Quarterly Project Report - FY14 Q1
Farmer, Joseph; Chang, John; Zumstein, Jim; Kovotsky, Jack; Puglia, Frank; Dobley, Arthur; Moore, Gregg; Osswald, Sebastian; Wolf, Kevin; Kaschmitter, James; Eaves, Steve (LLNL, 2013-12-19);Technology has been developed that enables monitoring of individual cells in high- capacity lithium-ion battery packs, with a distributed array of wireless Bluetooth 4.0 tags and sensors, and without proliferation of ... -
INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION OF SOLAR-POWERED HYDROGEN GENERATION PLANT
Birkemeier, Scott M. (Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2018-06);This study combined and modified designs of solar-powered hydrogen generation and compression facilities in order to allow for continuous autonomous operation of a 100-percent renewable hydrogen system. The hydrogen ...