Project
| # | Title | Team Members | TA | Documents | Sponsor |
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| 23 | BAGS: Bags Automated Game System |
Annabelle Epplin Owen Schaufelberger Sania Huq |
Zicheng Ma | design_document1.pdf final_paper1.pdf other1.pdf photo1.png photo2.png presentation1.pdf proposal2.pdf proposal1.pdf video |
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| # Title: BAGS: Bags Automated Game System Team Members: - Sania Huq, saniah2 - Owen Schaufelberger, ods2 - Annabelle Epplin, aepplin2 # Problem Cornhole/bags is one of the most beloved and competitive sports in the Midwest, and now has dozens of professional players. It can be very easy to lose track of score or whose turn it is during the game, so what if the cornhole board could determine that information for you? Right now, the only cornhole scorekeepers on the market are manual wooden boards that you have to adjust yourself. This does not make it much easier to avoid losing track of score, especially in a game often accompanied by drinking and socializing. What if it could also give you game statistics and provide pointers to get the most points? # Solution We’ll be creating an entire cornhole board that would be able to accurately keep track of the score of the game. We would have force sensors covering the entirety of the board that would be able to determine when a bag hits the board. This data would be collected and sent to an app that would list the current score of the game and keep track of throws and turns. Furthermore, the app will keep track of the statistics of the game or practice session. The overall goal of this board is to both keep track of the game for you and provide game statistics and pointers to improve your skills. # Solution Components ## Subsystem 1 : Power External battery converting to on-system sensors and demand. ## Subsystem 2: Board Force Sensor Array This subsystem will consist of force sensors spread across the cornhole board. These sensors change resistance based on how much force is applied. They will detect when a bag has landed on the board by using how much an average bag changes the resistance. We will create thresholds through testing to determine specifically how many bags are in a particular region of the board. The device will be able to store this information to keep track of whose bag is whose on the board. The board state at the end of each round will be sent to the microcontroller, where the score will be calculated. There will be a set of infrared sensors in the hole. When the connection is broken, it will be determined that a bag has passed through and will be scored appropriately. The connection must be reestablished in a reasonable amount of time or else the score will not be changed to avoid the case of a bag hanging over the hole but not falling in. ## Subsystem 3: Processing An ultrasonic sensor will be attached inside the hole of the board. The ultrasonic sensor works in conjunction with the force sensor array. The sensor will detect that a bag is coming and will check with the sensor array to determine if there is a change in the board state. If a movement is detected and there is no change in the board state, then the throw will be determined as a total miss. We would use a wifi-enabled microprocessor that would interface with a PCB which would be able to communicate with a web application where the current score and game statistics could be accessed by players. # Criterion For Success Criteria for success are as follows: Sensors must accurately determine if the bags are going on the board or in the hole and convert this to a running score of the game displayed on the web application. App must be able to skip throws that miss the board. Device must be able to determine whose turn it is and when to switch players based on the amount of bags thrown already. Device must provide game performance statistics, such as percent of throws landing on board and present that on web application along with pointers to improve. |
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