College of Engineering

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Fall - 2019

Senior Design Project Report

Design of Smart-Watch for Eating Tracking & Control

In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the

Degree of Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Team Members

Student Name Student ID

1 Abdullah Al-Ghamdi 201502764
2 Abdullah Al-Zabadin 201402114
3 Turki Balhareth 201601225
4 Ibrahim Al-Jarah 201401253
5 Obaid Al-Subaie 201402660

Project Advisor:

Dr. Nassim Khaled

 Abstract

There are no devices that tracks and quantifies food consumption. Inspired by the idea of fit-
bit smart watches, we will be designing a smart watch prototype that will be to count and track
eating bites. It will be relying on IMU sensors, a controller and vibration motors/
accelerometers to count the bites. Moreover, this project will be something towards proper
health of the person wearing the watch since it would keep record of the food consumption and
give statistics to see if a healthy routine is followed or not.

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 Acknowledgement

First of all, we would like to express our appreciation to our advisor Dr. Nassim Khaled
for his continued support in our project and his sincere encouragement. Also, we express our
sincere thanks to our professors in the faculty of Engineering for their expertise and guidance.
We would like to extend our thanks and appreciation to Dr. Faramarz Djavanroodi, chair of the
Mechanical Engineering Department at PMU, for his continuous encouragement and to believe
in us and our abilities to carry out such a project that clearly tests us and challenges us to hone
and use our gained knowledge through the year. Lastly, we thank our parents for the unceasing
encouragement, support, and attention as because of their moral support we are able to stand
tall at such a position.

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 List of Acronyms

x x-axis
𝒚 y-axis
z z-axis
t Time
T Period
θ Angle

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 List of Figures

Figure # 1: S-Watch .................................................................................................................. 8

Figure # 2: MPU6050 gyro details ........................................................................................... 18
Figure # 3: Atmega328p basic Circuit .................................................................................... 18
Figure # 4: HC-05 Bluetooth .................................................................................................. 19
Figure # 5: Final Circuit .......................................................................................................... 21
Figure # 6: PCB design .......................................................................................................... 21
Figure # 7: Prototype CAD Model...........................................................................................22
Figure # 8: Bluetooth HC-05… ............................................................................................... 23
Figure # 9: Gyro MPU6050… ................................................................................................ 24

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 List of Tables

Table # 1: Engineering Standards ........................................................................................... 14

Table # 2: Testing Parameters .................................................................................................24
Table # 3: Tasks and their Duration ........................................................................................ 27
Table # 4: Assigned Members for each Task ..........................................................................28
Table # 5: Contribution of Tasks ............................................................................................ 30
Table # 6: Dates of Activities & Events ................................................................................. 30
Table # 7: Bill of Materials ..................................................................................................... 32

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Table of Contents
Chapter # 1: Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 7
1.1 Project Definition ................................................................................................................................ 7
1.2 Project Objectives ............................................................................................................................... 7
1.3 Project Specifications.......................................................................................................................... 7
1.4 Project Applications............................................................................................................................ 9
Chapter # 2: Literature Review ........................................................................................................................ 10
2.1 Project Background .......................................................................................................................... 10
2.2 Previous Work ................................................................................................................................... 10
2.3 Comparative Work ........................................................................................................................... 11
Chapter # 3: System Design ............................................................................................................................... 13
3.1 Design Constraints and Design Methodology ................................................................................. 13
3.2 Engineering Design Standards ......................................................................................................... 15
3.3 Theory and Theoretical Calculations .............................................................................................. 15
3.4 Product Subsystems and selection of Components ......................................................................... 18
3.5 Manufacturing and Assembling (Implementation) ........................................................................ 19
Chapter 4: System Testing and Analysis .......................................................................................................... 23
4.1 Experimental Setup, Sensors and data acquisition system ............................................................ 23
4.2 Results, Analysis and Discussion ........................................................................................................... 24
Chapter 5: Project Management ....................................................................................................................... 26
5.1 Project Plan ...................................................................................................................................... 26
5.2 Contribution of Team Members ..................................................................................................... 28
5.3 Project Execution Monitoring ......................................................................................................... 30
5.4 Challenges and Decision Making .................................................................................................... 31
5.5 Project Bill of Materials & Budget ................................................................................................. 32
Chapter 6: Project Analysis ............................................................................................................................... 33
6.1 Life-Long LearningS ....................................................................................................................... 33
6.2 Impact of Engineering Solutions ..................................................................................................... 34
6.3 Contemporary Issues Addressed .................................................................................................... 35
Chapter 7: Conclusion & Future Recommendations ...................................................................................... 36
7.1 Conclusion ......................................................................................................................................... 36
7.2 Future Recommendations................................................................................................................ 36
8. References .................................................................................................................................................. 37
Appendix A: Progress Reports………………………………………………………………………………….38
Appendix B: Engineering Standards…………………………………………………………………………...44
Appendix C: Cad Drawing and Bill of Material……………………………………………………………….45
Appendix D: Prototype Pictures………………………………………………………………………………...46
Appendix E: Operational Manual………………………………………………………………………………47
Appendix F: Gantt Chart………………………………………………………………………………………..48

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Chapter # 1: Introduction

1.1 Project Definition

This senior design project that we as a group will be after is to design a smart
watch but with a peculiar feature that includes to properly track and control the eating
habits. Since, there are many smart watches in the market that are extremely capable of
performing some of the very state-of-the-art features like counting steps and also
calories burnt while doing exercise, we intend to add our idea as well into smart-
watches so that a person can keep track of his eating habits and food consumption by
the movement of hand towards the mouth for taking a bite. This will lead to study of
eating habits, eating routine and as well as the rate at which the person eats.

1.2 Project Objectives

Our project may seem like something that is aimed to do one thing which is to
track eating but instead there are a couple of other relevant objectives that we plan to
achieve which as well are:

(i) To track eating habits using a custom-built smart watch.

(ii) To measure the rate of which the person eats food or take bites.

(iii) To keep a record of eating habits that will be translated into a health tracking and
metabolism.

1.3 Project Specifications

Our project will be based primary of a Gyro Sensor containing an IMU sensor which
has a model number of MPU6050 as it will read the hand movement and periods
between each bite while consuming food. As it transfers the values via I2C to
Atmega328p a 32-pin Microcontroller having I2C ports to communicate with
MPU6050. The calculation of counting specific hand movements for counting eating
will be performed by MCU atmega328p as per designed algorithm using data from
MPU6050 gyro sensor and will be sent to android phone application over the over

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Bluetooth using connection between MCU atmega328p and Bluetooth module HC-05
via UART.

Figure # 1: S-Watch

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1.4 Project Applications
Based on the idea and the vision behind our project, it can be said to have its application
in a person’s lifestyle where he/she would use it as something to facilitate himself or
herself by living on the standards to maintain health. So, very dominantly, it will be
used as a means to stay healthy, have a good diet with proper break in between each
bite and to keep track of the food consumption to monitor metabolism.

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Chapter # 2: Literature Review

2.1 Project Background

Wearable devices monitoring food intake through passive sensing is slowly

emerging to complement self-reporting of users’ caloric intake and eating behaviors.
Though the ultimate goal for the passive sensing of eating is to become a reliable gold
standard in dietary assessment, it is currently showing promise as a means of validating
self-report measures. Continuous food-intake monitoring allows for the validation and
refusal of users’ reported data in order to obtain more reliable user information,
resulting in more effective health intervention services. Recognizing the importance
and strength of wearable sensors in food intake monitoring, there has been a variety of
approaches proposed and studied in recent years [1].

2.2 Previous Work

In order to proceed with our project, we need to put in some kind of information
related to the work that was relevantly done to our project in the past, would give us a
range of creativity and an aspect to successfully continue with the idea that we hold
dear to us as a group. Similarly, based on such a concern we looked into the past projects
and researches or case studies that were conducted globally to provide some sort of
reference to carry out our project and achieve the objectives that we have earlier
defined.

First of all, let us look into the mHealth study by The University of North
Carolina where they were donated Apple Watch Series-4 by Apple Inc. to finding the
reasons for eating disorder. The Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders, part of the
UNC School of Medicine’s School of Psychiatry, handed out 1,000 donated Apple
Watches in a connected health project to study genetic factors behind binge-eating
disorder (BED) and bulimia nervosa (BN). Participants used the mHealth wearable to
track eating and health habits over a 30-day span, then submit saliva and bacteria
samples to digital diagnostics company uBiome for genetic analysis [2].
Secondly, fitness trackers and smartwatches are released to the consumer
market every year. These devices are equipped with different sensors, algorithms, and
accompanying mobile apps. With recent advances in mobile sensor technology,

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 privately collected physical activity data can be used as an addition to existing methods
for health data collection in research. Furthermore, data collected from these devices
have possible applications in patient diagnostics and treatment. With an increasing
number of diverse brands, there is a need for an overview of device sensor support, as
well as device applicability in research projects [3].

These previously done work has provided a sense of direction in order for our
project to take a significant shape and progress. Because, the ideas seem relevant and
advance as well in some scenarios to consider. However, it surely has provided a huge
insight to the development of our project.

2.3 Comparative Work

For our team and the project, we are responsible to hold up our reputation as
mechanical engineers in our institute and successfully pass out by achieving of the most
important milestone of the whole degree plan, the senior year project. And, for that we
have to ensure that the project we are pursuing as a team can be compared with the
projects or some research work done in the past.

To begin with, we explore the use of gesture recognition on a wrist-worn

smartwatch as an enabler of an automated eating activity (and diet monitoring) system.
We show, using small-scale user studies, how it is possible to use the accelerometer
and gyroscope data from a smartwatch to accurately separate eating episodes from
similar non-eating activities, and to additionally identify the mode of eating (i.e., using
a spoon, bare hands or chopsticks). Additionally, we investigate the likelihood of
automatically triggering the smartwatch’s camera to capture clear images of the food
being consumed, for possible offline analysis to identify what (and how much) the user
is eating. Our results show both the promise and challenges of this vision: while
opportune moments for capturing such useful images almost always exist in an eating
episode, significant further work is needed to both (a) correctly identify the appropriate
instant when the camera should be triggered and (b) reliably identify the type of food
via automated analyses of such images [4].

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 In a study, the researchers tracked the hand movements of 50 participants who
labeled what they were doing with their hands at regular intervals for nearly 1,000 hours
to create a database of common hand movements. Then, they were able to devise an
algorithm that can discern with 95.2% accuracy the sometimes extremely subtle
differences between 25 common hand movements, including washing your hands,
washing utensils, scrolling on your phone, using a remote, and typing.

To capture such fine distinctions between movements, the researchers put the
accelerometers into a high-speed mode that provided them with more granular
information, which included orientation of the hand, movement patterns, and even some
bio-acoustic information, which consists of micro-vibrations that propagate up the
wearer’s arm. Chris Harrison, the head of the Future Interfaces Group at Carnegie
Mellon University and a co-author on the paper, says that this is almost like holding a
stethoscope to your hand. A convolutional neural network, which is a type of machine
learning algorithm, was able to find patterns using all this information and associate it
with certain hand movements.

Harrison points to other, similarly context-aware applications. For instance,

your watch could track when and for how long you’re eating for an app that helps you
track your calorie intake. Similarly, your watch could remind you to drink more water
if it detects you haven’t been drinking very much on a given day [5].

Since such works done in the past came out to be successful or under
development stages, we as a group feel pretty confident to achieve something of that
scale from the standard materials available in the market. Also, as a couple of these
studies show that eat tracking is very crucial to monitor health, with our project advisor,
Dr. Khaled, we think it can be achievable by following his guidance and help in every
stage of progression.

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Chapter # 3: System Design

3.1 Design Constraints and Design Methodology

3.1.1 : Geometrical Constraints:

The project our team aims at achieving has some very prominent geometrical constraints if
looked into it from a different perspective, specifically in the view of watches and wearable
gadgets for wrists. The watches of modern day are very small, portable and has components
packed in a very precise manner and are of state-of-the-art technological advancements.
However, compared to what we intend to achieve, the idea exists to be similar to these new and
current type of smart watches but has a very bulky geometry to be worn on the human wrist.
Also, the weight plays a concerning factor which is actually directly related to the
accelerometer module.

3.1.2 : Sustainability:
As far as sustainability of our project is concerned, it has a very high chance of having a long-
term future because in the current era we live in, many people rely on devices and gadgets
which can help them save the trouble of performing tasks such as calorie intake, food eating
habits, bite tracking, bite intervals and many more. So, it is safe to claim that this project could
turn out to be a very durable one with the ease of providing health monitoring.

3.1.3 : Environmental Concern:

In terms of environmental concern, our project serves to be very environmentally friendly,
since it does not produce any hydrocarbons that are harmful to human health as it will be a
watch. Moreover, it is power by an in-built battery that does not consume a lot of resources to
charging and powering it up and it works all on direct current principle. Similarly, due to it
having very common parts, like plastic housing/ case and a rubber wrist strap, it poses no threat
to the environment.

3.1.4 : Social Impact:

The food-tracking smart watch is of great importance to the majority of the society we live in
nowadays since dependence on applications, electronic devices and gadgets is increased a lot,
there remains a situation in which we have to consider in providing some sort of facilitation

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and ease to the people in order to monitor their health by keeping track of how much they eat
and in what manner they eat, because taking big bites and having no rest between each bite can
affect the metabolism drastically.

3.1.5 : Economic:
Economically, if we look into the financial aspect of this project, it does serve to be in a fairly
reasonable sum of money. Since, the accelerometer we purchased from the market was not
very expensive and has a good built quality and the strap to be worn on the wrist is readily
available in the market. Due to such attributes of our project, it can be very healthy on the
economic scale.

3.1.6 : Safety:
Nowadays, almost every gadget, equipment or devices has to meet safety parameters and
should avoid accidents like Samsung’s cellphones which were a cause of poor battery and
related parameters that caused it to explode. Similarly, keeping such incidents in mind, it has
been made sure to keep safety parameters as our number one priority and inspect the vital parts
for any concerns that could lead to unintended mishaps or incidents. Additionally, since the
accelerometer module we are using does not even contain Lithium-Ion batteries (which are
very efficient but dangerous) it is safe to say that our project is well within the safety code of
operation and use.

3.1.7 : Ethics:
Every project is born with an idea from another project or it could even be a future
recommendation and continuation of a project which has more to offer and deliver. On this
information, ethically, this project was selected after conducting a brief research on how to
produce something that could affect the human lifestyle in terms of their diet and health
monitoring since most smart-watches already have tons of features and applications. Therefore,
no app or watch has such a feature in which the number of bites is counted and bite intervals
can be tracked because it can be directly related to the human metabolism according to which
it can be determined what kind of a lifestyle an individual is up to.

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3.2 Engineering Design Standards
Since our project contains components that are readily available in the market, as far as the
engineering standards are concerned, they are dependent on the manufacturers producing such
components. However, below is the list of components with their grade/ standards enlisted.

Components Engineering Standards

Plastic Housing for Accelerometer Module Polypropylene (Grade: 5)

Wrist Strap Silicone Rubber (ASTM D2209)

Table # 1: Engineering Standards

3.3 Theory and Theoretical Calculations

Since the project prototype is based entirely on control systems and vibrations, the module used
for the idea of our prototype consists of coding and to make sure the module works as we
require it to, following lines of codes were written for execution.
As per manual observation
Testing of hand movement over graphs and observing the probability of eating poster. Tests
were done using serial UART from Arduino Nano and gyro sensor. Based on
observed coordinates we draw a code which accepts the coordinates as per logic mentioned
in code.
After testing and real-time testing, we came across the final code which we are mentioning in
below.
Code with Logic Implemented:
// I2Cdev and MPU6050 must be installed as libraries, or else the .cpp/.h files
// for both classes must be in the include path of your project
#include "I2Cdev.h"
#include "MPU6050.h"
// Arduino Wire library is required if I2Cdev I2CDEV_ARDUINO_WIRE implementation
// is used in I2Cdev.h
#if I2CDEV_IMPLEMENTATION == I2CDEV_ARDUINO_WIRE
#include "Wire.h"
#endif
// class default I2C address is 0x68

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// specific I2C addresses may be passed as a parameter here
// AD0 low = 0x68 (default for InvenSense evaluation board)
// AD0 high = 0x69
MPU6050 accelgyro;
//MPU6050 accelgyro(0x69); // <-- use for AD0 high
int count =0;
int16_t ax, ay, az;
int16_t gx, gy, gz;

#define OUTPUT_READABLE_ACCELGYRO
#define LED_PIN 13
bool blinkState = false;

void setup() {
// join I2C bus (I2Cdev library doesn't do this automatically)
#if I2CDEV_IMPLEMENTATION == I2CDEV_ARDUINO_WIRE
Wire.begin();
#elif I2CDEV_IMPLEMENTATION == I2CDEV_BUILTIN_FASTWIRE
Fastwire::setup(400, true);
#endif

// initialize serial communication

// (38400 chosen because it works as well at 8MHz as it does at 16MHz, but
// it's really up to you depending on your project)
Serial.begin(115200); //set as per our bluetooth baud

// initialize device
Serial.println("Initializing I2C devices...");
accelgyro.initialize();

// verify connection
Serial.println("Testing device connections...");
Serial.println(accelgyro.testConnection() ? "MPU6050 connection successful" : "MPU6050
connection failed");

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 // configure Arduino LED pin for output
pinMode(VibrationMotor, OUTPUT);
}

void loop() {
// read raw accel/gyro measurements from device

accelgyro.getRotation(&gx, &gy, &gz);

#ifdef OUTPUT_READABLE_ACCELGYRO
// display tab-separated accel/gyro x/y/z values
Serial.print("a/g:\t");
Serial.print(gx); Serial.print("\t");
Serial.print(gy); Serial.print("\t");
Serial.print(gz); Serial.println("\t");

#endif

if((ax > 1000) && (ay < 0) && (az >1000) ){ // main logic
Serial.print("eat");
count = count ++;
}
//When user eats more or equal to 40 than vibrate the watch.
if(count => 40){

digitalWrite(vibrationMotor,HIGH); //activate vibration motor

delay(1000);
count=0;
}
digitalWrite(vibrationMotor,LOW);

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3.4 Product Subsystems and selection of Components
3.4.1 GyroSensor:
Selected same sensor with SMD packing to put into our circuit design and PCB
design, using same operating circuit in our main circuit design

Figure # 2: MPU6050 gyro details

3.4.2 MicroController (MCU):

As per our requirement we needed a MCU to be reliable and having one I2C and
one UART communication ports to work with Gyro Input via i2c and after
processing calculation can send data to android app via Bluetooth.

Figure # 3 Atmega328p Basic Circuit

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 3.4.2 Bluetooth (HC-05):
HC-05 is a bluetooth module works on SPP protocol ideal for
this application it has UART interface to receive and transfer data, We are receive data
from MCU to send eat counts to Application. And receiving Alerts from Android
application based on our requirements.

Figure # 4 HC-05 Basic Circuit

3.5 Manufacturing and Assembling (Implementation)

The process of manufacturing and Assembling started with design of Circuit and PCB
design than 3dAnd then final product, Application was done on Android studio

3.5.1 Circuit design:

Circuit design was done using famous design tool Proteus Professional. We
merged the basic circuits into on circuit to make it portable and fulfil our requirements.

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 Figure # 5 Final Circuit

3.5.2 PCB Design:

The design tool proteus provide us designing of PCB based on our
circuit using its subtool name ares. We used ares to design our PCB using exiting
circuit design. Using SMD footprints we managed to shrink size a lot.

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Figure # 6 Two Layer Final PCB

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3.5.4 3D design of Watch:

After finishin the PCB we designed the 3D model of our device

which should look like a normal watch and can be used in hand for effective use.
Sketchup is a very simple tool to quick design 3d nodels which we used to design our
design.

Figure # 7 Final 3d Model

3.5.5 Android Application Interface:

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Chapter 4: System Testing and Analysis
4.1 Experimental Setup, Sensors and data acquisition system

4.1.1 : Bluetooth HC-05

In order to obtain the data recorded from the Arduino and microcontrollers which will be
directly connected to the gyro sensors and vibration motors, a Bluetooth sensor is used to
display the data. This data is displayed on a laptop or an android mobile phone application
which can have a proper depiction of the waveforms and graphs that are produced in each axis
as the person eats.
Moreover, the Bluetooth has following specifications;
Specifications:
• Serial Bluetooth module for Arduino and other microcontrollers
• Operating Voltage: 4V to 6V (Typically +5V)
• Operating Current: 30mA
• Range: <100m
• Works with Serial communication (USART) and TTL compatible
• Follows IEEE 802.15.1 standardized protocol
• Uses Frequency-Hopping Spread spectrum (FHSS)
• Can operate in Master, Slave or Master/Slave mode
• Can be easily interfaced with Laptop or Mobile phones with Bluetooth
• Supported baud rate: 9600,19200,38400,57600,115200,230400,460800

Figure # 8: Bluetooth HC-05

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4.1.2 : Gyro MPU6050
In order to process al the physical data and record it, the gyro sensor plays a key role in
transferring and recording vibrations in all three axes of movements. Since, the data
from the gyro can be sensed directly and transferred to the application via the Bluetooth
sensor.

Figure # 9: Gyro MPU6050

Testing Parameters

To connect to an android device for

Bluetooth Sensor
gathering data

Gyro Sensor To record the vibrations and movements

Table # 2: Testing Parameters

4.2 Results, Analysis and Discussion

Data obtained from the Bluetooth sensors were displayed in the following manner which also
takes into consideration all the axes.

Accelerations at these axes are making most close relation for eating gesture.
+z -y and minor at +x these axes play vital role in defining this eating poster.

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 Gyro+MCU:

Figure # 10: Result of Movements in Waveform in all three Axes

Testing of hand movement over graphs and observing the probability of eating poster.
Tests were done using serial UART from Arduino Nano and gyro sensor.

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Chapter 5: Project Management

5.1 Project Plan

The project comprises of various tasks that are assigned to each group member in an equal
manner, to ensure fairness between the members. Each member was given a specific task that
needed to be completed within a certain amount of time.
The times and dates listed in the Gantt Chart were followed to ensure consistency and quality
of the work done by the group members.
Table 3 displays the number of tasks done alongside with the number of days it took for that
specific task to be completed.

S. No. Tasks Start End Duration

1 Ch. 1: Introduction 3/9/2019 6/9/2019 3 Days

Project Background

Ch. 2: Literature
2 Previous Work 7/9/2019 11/9/2019 4 Days
Review

Comparative Study

Design Constraints
& Methodology

Engineering Design
Standards
Theory &
Theoretical
Ch. 3: System
3 Calculations 12/9/2019 17/9/2019 5 Days
Design
Product Subsystems
& Component
Selection

Manufacturing &
Assembly

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 Experimental Setup,
Sensors & Data
Ch. 4: System
4 Testing & 18/9/2019 22/9/2019 4 Days
Analysis Results, Analysis &
Discussion

Contribution of
Team Members

Project Execution
Ch. 5: Project Monitoring
5 1/10/2019 6/10/2019 6 Days
Management
Challenges &
Decision Making

Project Bill of
Materials & Budget
Impact of
Engineering
Ch. 6: Project Solution
6 10/10/2019 14/10/2019 4 Days
Analysis
Contemporary
Issues Addressed

Ch. 7: Conclusion
7 Conclusion & 25/10/2019 29/10/2019 4 Days
Future
Recommendation Recommendation

8 Design of Prototype 1/11/2019 3/11/2019 3 Days

9 Parts Purchased 7/11/2019 10/11/2019 3 Days

10 Manufacturing 25/11/2019 30/11/2019 5 Days

11 Testing 1/12/2019 5/12/2019 5 Days

Table # 3: Tasks and their Duration

Table 4 identifies the team members responsible for their respected tasks.

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 S. No. Task Assigned Members

1 Introduction Abdullah Al-Ghamdi

2 Literature Review Obaid Alsubaie

3 System Design Abdullah Al-Zabadin

4 Testing and Analysis Abdullah Al-Ghamdi

5 Project Management Turki Balhareth

6 Project Analysis Abdullah Al-Zabadin

Conclusion and
7 Abdullah Al-Ghamdi
Recommendation

8 Design Ibrahim Al-Jarah

9 Parts Purchased Obaid Alsubaie

10 Manufacturing Turki Balhareth

11 Testing Ibrahim Al-Jarah

Table # 4: Assigned Members for Each Task

5.2 Contribution of Team Members

Each member’s contribution and their willingness to work was discussed in our first meeting
as a team, and the tasks were divided and agreed upon by each member.
Table # 5 shows how much work each group member contributed, as a rough percentage.

S. No. Tasks Assigned Member Contribution

1 Ch. 1: Introduction Abdullah Al-Ghamdi 100%

Project
Abdullah Al-Zabadin 33%
Background
Ch. 2: Literature
2 Previous Work Turki Balhareth 33%
Review
Comparative
Obaid Alsubaie 34%
Study
Design
Ch. 3: System
3 Constraints & Turki Balhareth 20%
Design
Methodology

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 Engineering
Abdullah Al-Ghamdi 20%
Design Standards
Theory &
Theoretical Turki Balhareth 20%
Calculations
Product
Subsystems &
Abdullah Al-Zabadin 20%
Component
Selection

Manufacturing &
Turki Balhareth 20%
Assembly

Experimental
Setup, Sensors & Abdullah Al-Ghamdi 40%
Ch. 4: System Data
4 Testing &
Analysis Results, Analysis
Abdullah Al-Zabadin 60%
& Discussion

Contribution of
Team Members

Project Execution
Monitoring
Ch. 5: Project Turki Balhareth,
5 100%
Management Obaid Alsubaie
Challenges &
Decision Making
Project Bill of
Materials &
Budget
Impact of
Engineering
Ch. 6: Project Solution
6 Abdullah Al-Zabadin 100%
Analysis
Contemporary
Issues Addressed

Ch. 7: Conclusion
7 Conclusion & Abdullah Al-Ghamdi 100%
Future
Recommendation Recommendation

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 Turki Balhareth 50%
8 Design of Prototype
Ibrahim Al-Jarah 50%

Abdullah Al-Ghamdi 20%

Obaid Alsubaie 30%

9 Parts Purchased
Obaid Alsubaie 30%

Ibrahim Al-Jarah 20%

Obaid Alsubaie 60%

10 Manufacturing
Ibrahim Al-Jarah 40%

11 Testing Ibrahim Al-Jarah 100%

Table # 5: Contribution of Tasks

5.3 Project Execution Monitoring

To ensure the continuous progress of the project, regular meetings between the group members,
to discuss the next step, and between the group members and the advisor, to take approval for
said step, needed to be done on a regular basis. In addition to these meeting, we were asked to
hand in progress reports and perform a presentation to explain what we have done in the project
till the date of the presentation. All the dates are listed in table 6 below

Activities and/or Events Time and Date

Assessment Class Once a week
Meeting with the group members Weekly
Meeting with the Advisor Bi-Weekly
Midterm Presentation Once a week
Finishing Final Prototype weekly

Test of the System Bi-weekly

Final Submission of Report Once a week

Final Presentation Once a week
Table # 6: Dates of Activities and Events

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5.4 Challenges and Decision Making
While working in developing our project to its final stages, we incurred some problems which
effected the progress of our project and acted as a hurdle to overcome. However, after
successions of different suggestions and review, they were eventually rectified. The problems
we faced were some of the following:

5.4.1 : Equipment and Device Problems

• Coding
As our project was purely based on the principle of control systems and mechanics all
combined together, there was a minor hurdle in front of us which was to properly write
the code for execution. Because, the microcontroller and other command unit we have
reads code in several languages, which also stands true for Arduino as the Arduino
board itself has a different coding language.

• Axes in the Gyro Sensor

At the beginning of the project, we ran into a small problem of determining the axes for
the movement as there were no proper labels to the direction of each of the axes.
Therefore, in order to figure it out, several tests were performed to carefully mark each
axis so we can code it accordingly.

5.4.2 : Testing & Safety Issues

Looking towards our project, we are confident to claim that our project had no testing and
safety issues since the components and operation is very safe and works on D.C. source of the
battery inside the gyro sensor. Moreover, it was extremely safe to handle and test to gather
results as all the results were gathered and stored in a computer.

5.4.3 : Design Problems

The most basic design problems we faced were with the overall volume of the whole unit
containing the gyro sensors, microcontrollers and Bluetooth sensor. Since, the unit was quite
bulky and had a considerable weight to it, managing such an aspect was becoming a significant
point where our project could have a flaw.

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5.5 Project Bill of Materials & Budget

The table below illustrates the parts we purchased and the amount given to the third party for
manufacturing some of the intricate parts for us. It includes the total amount spent in our project
in Saudi Riyals (SAR).
Table 7 shows the amount of money paid for each part in Saudi Riyals (SAR).

Materials Cost (SAR)

Microcontroller 530
Bluetooth Sensor 350
Gyro Sensor 310
Wrist Strap 390
Arduino Board 300
Total Sum 1880
Table # 7: Bill of Materials

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Chapter 6: Project Analysis

6.1 Life-Long Learning

As senior students of our institution, we had to make sure to utilize all our knowledge and to
challenge ourselves of how much have we learnt over the past few years. This also includes,
that we had to undergo some of the difficulties we weren’t ready to encounter but that is how
we would be able to fight back strong and accomplish the goals we managed to set for over
these three months of pure dedication and hard-work. Furthermore, it has and will refine us as
a person because we gained the knowledge of how to lead as a team and completely abide by
the timelines set for each task and with all due respect, it has been a extremely helpful for us
now and in our future.

6.1.1 : Software Skills:

As mechanical engineers, the most basic platform to begin our designing starts from designing
on computer-based software especially SolidWorks. Over the semesters we have earned the
necessary skills to successfully design any prototype and simulate the conditions we would be
planning to work in. Moreover, we also made use of MS excel to record data and illustrate
them in a comprehensive graph which speaks better than words. Additionally, coding programs
such as MATLAB and Arduino really gave us a new knowledge and skills to work into.

6.1.2 : Hardware Skills:

In order to conduct and perform experimental tests, we have managed to successfully made use
of hardware equipment such as a gyro sensor and related application which records and
displays the result in a waveform. These hardware devices were essential towards the
successful accomplishment of the objectives we were working in.

6.1.3 : Time Management:

We had about three months of total time to complete the project, we really needed to manage
our time in an efficient manner in order to be ahead of time for unpredicted difficulties and
obstacles we might face. Thankfully, all group members were in close contact and everyone
was on the same page when making decisions, which really helped with cutting time and
utilizing it effectively.

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6.1.4 : Project Management:

In achieving something of this big task as our project, we needed a proper plan and time
management so every task can be accomplished in a timely fashion. It also shows us the
properly managed teamwork among us all as a group because without proper communication,
understanding, dedication and commitment with responsibility it was not possible to achieve
the amount of goals set for us and our group.

6.2 Impact of Engineering Solutions

6.2.1 : Society:

The project we selected was already biased towards the betterment and facilitation of the
society we are living in because if we notice, nowadays not many people pay attention to the
meals they eat and the way they eat which directly effects their metabolism. So, our project/
prototype will act as that device which enables the people to be aware of their eating habits so
they can lead a healthy lifestyle.

6.2.2 : Economy:

In terms of economical aspect, there is not a lot of to be spend in a project of this scale and
level because most of the components and parts are readily available in the market and to utilize
them properly, just a good information and knowledge is required in control systems and
computer trickery as it all works based on coding and how well put together the whole unit is.

6.2.3 : Environment:

Environmentally looking towards our prototype, there is no threat towards the environment as
the prototype does not produce any harmful by-products upon usage except of consuming a
very little amount of electric power via batteries which are actually charged. Moreover, the
whole material the unit is made of is degradable in a safe manner which has little to no effect
on the environmental scale.

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6.3 Contemporary Issues Addressed
Looking toward the past and then gazing towards the near future, we are almost confident
enough to declare ourselves in which we have contributed towards the major society to utilize
the natural environmental source to obtain something as precious as water for our basic
necessities and especially thirst. However, not everything can be achieved in a perfect manner
and there is always that one spot which can be troublesome and to address some in our opinion,
we think that the project may need some optimization as it can sometimes note normal hand
gestures for a mistake of eating. It can also be a problem if a smoker is wearing the watch as
those gestures may also account into the eating habit. Therefore, overall our watch performs
perfectly in the way we desire to completely be based on our objectives.

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Chapter 7: Conclusion & Future Recommendations
7.1 Conclusion
In conclusion, our watch has been a very unique idea to execute since there are already
watches in the market which do perform some of the functions related to health monitoring.
But our proposed idea and objective focuses precisely on the fact of metabolism of an
individual based on the way they eat or their eating habit which takes in account the bites and
intervals between each bite of during a meal. And, we can successfully claim that our project
has worked out nicely and serves the objectives very well.

7.2 Future Recommendations

As a future recommendation which can be looked into improving the overall prototype,
there are some points which the watch could benefit from as a product for health monitoring.
First of all, the watch’s overall volume and dimensions should be reduced so it is easier and
comfortable to wear. Secondly, it would be quite an added feature if there could be an option
to add an image sensor in detecting the type of food being eaten which can already record
the calories and then monitor the intake. And, finally, we can say that if the watch could
easily be paired with an android device without additional coding or apps, it could be a very
big yet a difficult step in refining this product.

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Appendix B: Engineering Standards

Components Engineering Standards

Plastic Housing for Accelerometer Module Polypropylene (Grade: 5)

Wrist Strap Silicone Rubber (ASTM D2209)

IEEE 802.15.1
Bluetooth 2.0 AHRS
3Mbps
Lithium Battery UL 1642
Gyro Sensor IEEE 2700-2017
ISO-TS-16949
Microcontroller

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 Appendix E: Operation Manual

To run the prototype, please follow these steps:

1. Make sure you wear the required safety equipment.
➢ Remove all tools and unneeded items from the rotating parts.
2. Make sure you did the below step before turn the power on.:
➢ Fill the water reservoir by enghug quantity of water as marked.
➢ Wait until the water remains at the desired level.
➢ Turn on the pump to start the circulate the water. (220-volt AC).
➢ You need to have sensors; voltmeter and tachometer.
3. Turn on the motor (220-volt AC).
4. By using the variable, gradually, raise the speed by the radial button until you reach to the desired
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Appendix F: Gantt Chart

Chart Title
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Concept

planning

write chapter 1 and 2

selected the material

buying

Testing

data analysis

final prototype testing

Start Date Days to complete

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