Idea for Bachelor Thesis – A low-cost babysitter!
The ideas for doing micro-controller projects for bachelor thesis are numerous. Here is an example list.
In addition to all of those possible directions to go, here is a simple idea:
Let’s create a small and low-cost micro-controller board which does a part of baby-sitting tasks.
We implement a small audio processing engine on our micro-controller. Our board has microphones and listens to the surrounding sounds. It compares the received audio stream with known patterns and makes very basic conclusion about the current situation. E.g. the baby is asleep, or hungry or …
Our board can also contain other types of sensors, such as humidity sensor, weight and motion sensors.
Finally, the information gathered by the board should be represented in a suitable way on the smart-phone of the Mom or the baby-sitter. For that, the board can transmit the data using blue-tooth, and a suitable android application should be developed at the smart phone side to receive the data and present it.
The board can also contain the hardware logic to drive servo or stepper motors to perform simple actions like, shaking the bed of the baby slowly.
It also can contain loud-speakers for generating suitable music or sound for the baby.
Its really good idea. I will try this in future at-least for a small functionality. Whether the baby is sleeping or going out of bed using motion sensors. This can help the parent to know if the child is trying to do some exploration :D.