Project

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40 Automatic Intelligent Fishing Pod
 Baiming Li
Xinyi Song
Yitong Gu
Ziyi Shen
 design_document1.pdf
design_document2.pdf
design_document3.pdf
proposal1.pdf
proposal2.pdf
proposal3.pdf
 Said Mikki
Our project, the SmartFish Pod, introduces a seamless fishing experience by integrating automation and AI technology. This device is an innovation in the recreational fishing industry, enhancing the traditional practice with modern technology.

General Description:
SmartFish Pod is a compact, intelligent fishing assistant that automates baiting, bite detection, and rod lifting. It employs cameras and sensors, coupled with machine vision, to not only detect activity but also identify fish species and analyze the environment.

Uniqueness:
The project's uniqueness lies in its autonomous operation, offering a hands-free fishing solution. Unlike inventions that create new methods, this innovation refines and elevates an existing practice. It's particularly distinctive due to its species identification capabilities, which none of the current fishing aids offer.

Alternatives/Competitors:
The current market offers basic electronic bite alarms and rod holders, which reduce but do not eliminate manual involvement. SmartFish Pod's full automation and environmental assessment features are novel, positioning it ahead of competitors in terms of technology integration and user experience.

Technical Overview:
The pod's mechanics are designed for ease of use, featuring an automatic baiting system and a responsive rod lifting mechanism. Its digital brain utilizes a robust AI algorithm trained on a multitude of data to recognize species and predict bites. This system is connected to a user-friendly interface that informs the angler of real-time conditions and statistics, making fishing accessible and educational for enthusiasts at all levels.

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General Description

We will design a Master Bus Processor (MBP) for music production in home studios. The MBP will use a hybrid analog/digital approach to provide both the desirable non-linearities of analog processing and the flexibility of digital control. Our design will be less costly than other audio bus processors so that it is more accessible to our target market of home studio owners. The MBP will be unique in its low cost as well as in its incorporation of a digital hardware control system. This allows for more flexibility and more intuitive controls when compared to other products on the market.

Design Proposal

Our design would contain a core functionality with scalability in added functionality. It would be designed to fit in a 2U rack mount enclosure with distinct boards for digital and analog circuits to allow for easier unit testings and account for digital/analog interference.

The audio processing signal chain would be composed of analog processing 'blocks’--like steps in the signal chain.

The basic analog blocks we would integrate are:

Compressor/limiter modes

EQ with shelf/bell modes

Saturation with symmetrical/asymmetrical modes

Each block’s multiple modes would be controlled by a digital circuit to allow for intuitive mode selection.

The digital circuit will be responsible for:

Mode selection

Analog block sequence

DSP feedback and monitoring of each analog block (REACH GOAL)

The digital circuit will entail a series of buttons to allow the user to easily select which analog block to control and another button to allow the user to scroll between different modes and presets. Another button will allow the user to control sequence of the analog blocks. An LCD display will be used to give the user feedback of the current state of the system when scrolling and selecting particular modes.

Reach Goals

added DSP functionality such as monitoring of the analog functions

Replace Arduino boards for DSP with custom digital control boards using ATmega328 microcontrollers (same as arduino board)

Rack mounted enclosure/marketable design

System Verification

We will qualify the success of the project by how closely its processing performance matches the design intent. Since audio 'quality’ can be highly subjective, we will rely on objective metrics such as Gain Reduction (GR [dB]), Total Harmonic Distortion (THD [%]), and Noise [V] to qualify the analog processing blocks. The digital controls will be qualified by their ability to actuate the correct analog blocks consistently without causing disruptions to the signal chain or interference. Additionally, the hardware user interface will be qualified by ease of use and intuitiveness.