Alarm Clock Car

Project Description:

A group project for USC's undergraduate EE capstone class. This project focused on designing an everyday product, building a prototype, and presenting its market potential, cost, and viability. The group went through an ideation process and decided to build an alarm clock car.

 

The car was built using an existing chassis, and the system was Arduino based, using a Teensy for lower area and higher pinout. The clock's timer can be programmed through a real time clock, and the car moves when the alarm triggers. The car plays MP3 files, allowing for alarm sound customization. The car also includes a small button puzzle once the snooze button is pressed before the alarm fully turns off. 

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Responsibilities:

• Design behavior of alarm clock car to create a logical and satisfying user experience. 

• Analyze past patents, competitor products, material and labor cost, build time, target audience, and market potential to innovate unique features for alarm clock car.

• Code Arduino system, solder, breadboard, and select/assemble parts to create a proof of principle prototype.

• Research the engineering standards, ethical concerns and areas of improvement, and talk with Underwriter's Laboratory, a safety certification company about future steps of alarm clock car.