ECE497 Project - DIY Emergency Button

Embedded Linux Class by Mark A. Yoder

Team members: Yuchen Wang

Grading Template

I'm using the following template to grade. Each slot is 10 points. 0 = Missing, 5=OK, 10=Wow!

00 Executive Summary
00 Installation Instructions 
00 User Instructions
00 Highlights
00 Theory of Operation
00 Work Breakdown
00 Future Work
00 Conclusions
00 Demo
00 Late
Comments: I'm looking forward to seeing this.

Score:  10/100

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Executive Summary

This project is to design and build a remote and portable pushbutton which could send out emergency text or call once it is pressed. The main idea is to use Twilio API on the BeagleBone Blue to implement those functionalities.

For now, the functionalities implemented are sending out texts and calls. Once the upper button of the bluetooth shutter is pressed, Twilio will call a pre-set number. Once the lower button is pressed, that number will receive an emergency text "This is Yuchen. Emergency situation! Need help!"

The audio content of the call cannot be changed due to the access deny of Github.

This DIY emergency button is currently ready for demo.

Packaging

Powered BeableBone Blue and a bluetooth shutter available on Amazon.

Installation Instructions

Give step by step instructions on how to install your project.

• Include your github path as a link like this to the read-only git site: yuchnw.
• Be sure your README.md is includes an up-to-date and clear description of your project so that someone who comes across you git repository can quickly learn what you did and how they can reproduce it.
• Include a Makefile for your code.
• Run:

      sudo apt-get install bluetooth
      sudo apt-get install blueZ
      sudo apt-get install pip
      sudo pip install twilio

• Include kernel mods.
• If there is extra hardware needed, include links to where it can be obtained.

User Instructions

Once everything is installed, run:

    sudo python button.py

Highlights

Here is the video demo of this project.

Include a YouTube demo.

Theory of Operation

Give a high level overview of the structure of your software. Are you using GStreamer? Show a diagram of the pipeline. Are you running multiple tasks? Show what they do and how they interact.

Work Breakdown

This is a solo project.

Future Work

Fix the audio content issue.

Conclusions

Give some concluding thoughts about the project. Suggest some future additions that could make it even more interesting.

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Embedded Linux Class by Mark A. Yoder