About: Bilal

This past summer I had the opportunity to work for computer science PhD candidate Ryo Suzuki under the guidance of Tom Yeh of the computer science department. My task was developing printed circuit boards for experiments for human computer interaction (HCI). The goal was to create a surface which a magnet could be moved to create […]

I would first like to acknowledge my adviser, Dr. Yanjun Yan, for her patience, kindness, and mostof all her assistance in completing this thesis. I would like to thank Dr. Martin Tanaka, Dr. PeterTay, and Dr. Paul Yanik for serving on my thesis committee. ABSTRACT Inspired by the emergent behavior of swarms, we want to […]

INTRODUCTION The Internet of Things (IoT) devices have become very popular in various critical and non-critical usage fields. Many people have started to use IoT devices realizing their benefits in their lives and scientific research [MSPC12, CGOF13].Because of the popularity of IoT devices, developers gravitate toward the development of IoT applications. These applications utilize IoT […]

Researchers from the Smart Management of Infrastructure Laboratory (SMILab), located in the Center for Advanced Research Computing, have developed a new strain sensor as a part of the Low-Cost Efficient Wireless Intelligent Sensors (LEWIS) project. The new sensor, called the LEWIS-S, is easy to use, wireless, and can be offered at about 5% of the cost of […]

Introduction The Utah State University (USU) Materials Physics Group (MPG) is interested in the performanceof Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) microcontrollers in space conditions. Microcontrollers are commonlyused on CubeSats, small relatively inexpensive satellites that are flown in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) ataltitudes of ~160 km-2000 km. There is a large area of interest in COTS […]

We use tachometer in our industry. So Like to make some tachometer to check it in home with available resource. Step 1: Materails Required 1) Linkit one Board with Battery. 2) Infra red LED and Photo Diode – 1no. 3) 16X2 Serial LCD display. 4) 270 ohms Resister – 1No. 5) 33K Resister – 1No. […]

When a metal is exposed to natural electrolytes like water, salt, and oxygen it corrodes. Metals like carbon and stainless steel have the highest ability to corrode. When corrosion occurs, the metal weakens and becomes more vulnerable to damage. Because most items are made of steel, it is important to protect your property at all […]

Introduction The Pyxis camera is an open design for a flexible CCD controller for use in amateur astronomy. The camera was designed in view of the need for a more flexible platform for amateur CCD development. In particular, the controller provides a simple means for interfacing custom hardware (e.g. homemade telescope tracking and slew controllers) […]

I. Introduction Today, the rising cost of energy and social trend of “going green” has put increasing pressure on commercial property owners to improve the efficiency of their investments. There is good reason for this, too. In the State of California, office buildings represent the single largest user of energy in the commercial sector (Efficiency […]

Overview The Pololu USB AVR programmer [http://www.pololu.com/product/1300] is a programmer for Atmel’s AVRmicrocontrollers and controller boards based on these MCUs, such as Pololu Orangutan robot controllers[http://www.pololu.com/category/8/robot-controllers] and the 3pi robot [http://www.pololu.com/product/975]. The programmer emulates an STK500 on a virtual serial port, making it compatible with standard AVR programming software. Two additional features help with building […]