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El Capitán: Cal Poly Rose Float Digital Drive System, Gregory Raffi Baghdikian
El Capitán: Cal Poly Rose Float Digital Drive System, Gregory Raffi Baghdikian
Computer Engineering
In today’s world of smartphones, self-driving cars, and internet-connected coffee makers, it seems as if computers are contained in everything around us. These “embedded systems” have become critical components of our lives, improving everything about the things they control, from cost, to speed, to simplicity. One area that embedded systems has hardly gained a foothold is in the world of floatbuilding. Most of the floats in the Tournament of Roses Parade, including the one built jointly by Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and Cal Poly Pomona, are technologically very simple, using mostly analog components and rudimentary discrete digital logic to …
Microcontroller Application For Linear And Rotational Motion Sensing, Zachary Mintzer
Microcontroller Application For Linear And Rotational Motion Sensing, Zachary Mintzer
Computer Engineering
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Global Positioning Logger, Matthew Hall
Global Positioning Logger, Matthew Hall
Computer Engineering
The Global Positioning Logger (GPL) is a mobile embedded device that utilizes GPS technology. The GPS data is used to display current speed and past global locations.