PowerTrak:

Development of a Power Training

Measurement Device
Midterm I Presentation
Team 19
Kendall Parker, Brad Bone, Manny Cabrera, Fiona Robertson
Sponsor: Dr. Michael Devine
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Camilo Ordonez
Instructors: Dr. Nikhil Gupta, Dr. Chiang Shih

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 Kendall Parker - Team Leader

Team Roles Fiona Robertson - Lead ME & Web Designer

Brad Bone - Athletic Trainer Liaison & Project Support

Manny Cabrera - Financial Advisor

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Agenda
I. Project Scope
II. Background Research
III. Proof of Concept
IV. Concept Generation
V. Design Selection
VI. Technical Details
VII. Future Plans

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Initial Requirements
Use off-the shelf components to construct a device for measuring
how powerful an athlete is. Transmit data to a smartphone for
storing and displaying results
Measurements include, but are not limited to:
1. How fast a person can move weight a given distance
2. How much acceleration a person can impart to a given weight
3. Compare users and track progress
4. How much jerk a person can impart to a given weight

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Research - Parameters of Interest
Athletes generally use weight training for 3 reasons, to increase
1. Muscle mass (size)
2. Strength
3. Power
Strength - How much weight a person can lift
vs.
Power - How fast a person can lift a given weight
Explosive strength training - trying to increase an athletes ability to exert
a maximal amount of force in the shortest possible time interval

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 Research - Customer Surveys
Name Establishment Position/Experience

Taylor Premier Health and Personal trainer: 8+ years Personal training, Survey Feedback
Jacobs Fitness 6 years in the NFL
All trainers agreed...
Todd Premier Health and Operations Manager: 17 years Personal A power measurement device
Del Calzo Fitness training, 11 years Management would be useful to track their clients
progress, and overall health.
Toni Poole Premier Health and MSR Supervisor/Personal trainer: 5+ years Jerk was not a significant
Fitness Personal training
measurement for athletics
Sam Atlas Fit Tallahassee Personal trainer: 2+ years Personal training Most important power required
Allsopp exercises included bench press,
deadlift, and squat.
Eddie Atlas Fit Tallahassee Personal trainer: 3+ years Personal training
Matthews

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 Research - Existing Devices
Bar Sensei is strapped to a barbell and measures
power, force, and bar speed. The device syncs wirelessly
with your smartphone to an app.

Gymaware is a small, portable, and

accurate linear encoder which attaches to
free weights bars and weight stack machines
for measuring Power output. View data on
ipad app.

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House of Quality (HOQ)
Key Takeaways
Primary EC is
computation of
workout metrics
No device has
everything
A complete,
affordable workout
assistant is
essential to
customer
satisfaction

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Revised Combine heart rate
Problem monitoring with power and
Statement strength metrics to create a
more complete user workout.

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Proof of Concept Testing
Accelerometers are electromechanical
devices used to measure acceleration
forces. Such forces may be static, like
the continuous force of gravity or, as is
the case with many mobile devices,
dynamic to sense movement or
vibrations.

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Proof of Concept Testing

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Proof of Concept Testing
Accelerometer values for Bench press simulation

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Proof of Concept Testing
Large increases in acceleration represent peak Power output

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 Device Requirements:

Accelerometer
Microcontroller
Concept Battery
Generation Band Material
Sync to Smartphone
Innovative

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Morphological Chart Concept 1 Concept 2 Concept 3

[1-5]

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 Concept Comparisons
Requirement Concept 1 Concept 2 Concept 3
Accelerometer 4g Range 2g Range 8g Range

16-bit, Digital Bluetooth 16-bit, Digital Bluetooth 8-bit, Analog Wi-Fi

Microcontroller
Interface Interface Interface

Battery Nickel-Metal Hydride Nickel-Cadmium Lithium-Ion

User Location Wrist Wrist Wrist

Band Material Silicon Rubber Carbon Fiber

Smartphone Sync Bluetooth Bluetooth Wi-Fi

Heart-Rate Monitor, Heart-Rate Monitor, Heart-Rate Monitor,

Innovative Features
Gyroscope Gyroscope GPS

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 Customer Requirement Customer Importance Concept 1 Concept 2 Concept 3

Accurate 5 3 5 1

Reliable 4 5 3 3 Satisfaction Key

Heart Rate Tracking 5 5 5 5 Low 1

Small 5 5 5 5 Middle 3
Lightweight 4 3 3 5
High 5
Attachable to Body 3 5 5 5
Max Score 195
Affordable 4 3 3 5
Score =
Smartphone Synchronous 4 5 5 5 (CI x Satisfaction Rank)

Relays key workout metrics 5 5 5 5

Scores 169 172 167

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Morphological Chart Results & Design Selection
Component Concept 1 Selection

Accelerometer 4g Range

Microcontroller 16-bit, Digital Bluetooth Interface

Battery Nickel-Metal Hydride

User Location Wrist

Band Material Silicon

Sync to Smartphone Bluetooth

Innovative Features Heart-Rate Monitor, Gyroscope

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Technical Details
Figure 1. Semiconductor Accelerometer Diagram
Figure 2. SparkFun IMU Breakout - MPU-9250 (not to scale)
Semiconductor accelerometers
1- red electrode (electrical terminal)
2 - beam to support electrode
3 - electrical connection
4 - second electrode, work together as a capacitor
5 - third electrode, together capacitor
6 - electrical terminals at edge of chip to be wired to a bigger circuit
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 Technical Details
Heart rate monitor: Bluetooth:
ECG (Electrocardiogram) Wireless short range communication
Electric signal measured through the skin Utilizes radio waves as means of communication
Power usage and output Pros and cons of Bluetooth
Requires a low operating voltage Low cost, Low power
Analog or Digital Range of transmission
Biomedical connection Transmission Speed
3.5mm jack for lead connection Average speed in Megabits per second
Unique Bluetooth address
48 bit address

Figure 4. Texas Instrument 1805MOD (not to

Figure 3. SparkFun Single Lead Heart Rate Monitor - AD8232 (not to scale)
scale)

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 Technical Details
Microcontroller: Circuit Board:
Small-scale computer connected to an integrated circuit Design options
Used to process and store data Development board option
Programmable outputs
Software program
Processing speed and Memory
Processing speed of 72 MHz USB charging port, Nickel Metal Hydride
64 Kilobytes of memory Outsourcing
Required number of Inputs/Outputs Accuracy and precision crafting
16 I/O necessary for device Major issues in building our own

Figure 5. STMicroelectronics STM32F334C8T6 (not to scale) Figure 6. Prototype circuit board PRT-12702 (Not to scale)

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Technical Details - Final Assembly
Assembly
Heart rate monitor
Utilizing Pins
Simplicity of exchanging parts
Use of spacers
Separation of devices
Microcontroller, and Bluetooth chip attachment
Circuit Board Accelerometer
Will be attached to power source, and directly to
Microcontroller
base of the wristband
Accelerometer
Located closest to wrist
Accuracy
Heart Rate Monitor Circuit Board
Bluetooth
Biomedical lead will run through the wrist strap
Connecting below the palm

Figure 7. Assembly onto circuit board (not to scale)

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 Technical Details - Final Assembly

Figure 8. Component assembly in wristband module

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Future Plans
Design Stage
Background Research, Market Analysis, Customer Discovery
Finalize Conceptual Design

Prototype Stage
Build and Order parts, assemble

Verification Stage
Test with Athletes and Trainers
Data Analysis, Build Programs
Modification Stage
Iterate/Pivot, build final prototype
Build Mobile Application

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Future Plans - Fall 2016

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Future Plans - Part Ordering
Component Part Number Dimensions (mm) Price ($)

Microcontroller STMicroelectronics STM32F334C826 7x7 4.63

Bluetooth Texas Instruments WL 1805MOD 13.3 x 13.4 23.98

Power Source Nickel Metal Hydride D = 11.5 5.95

Accelerometer/Gyroscope Sparkfun IMU Breakout MPU 9250 24 x 24 14.95

Heart Rate Monitor Sparkfun Single Leaf Heart Rate 17 x 30 19.95

Monitor AD823

Battery Charger Skyworks AAT3693 2.2 x 2.2 0.48

Total 69.94

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Future Plans - Mobile Application
IOS compatible
User Interface created using Swift

Function
Store and display Data
User-friendly Diagrams and Indicators

Figure 9. Example of mobile application

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InNOLEvation Challenge
The InNOLEvation Challenge is a Business Model
Competition with a focus on identifying problems and
potential solutions, building effective teams and precisely
defining the assumptions of a new venture, testing those
assumptions in the field, and then pivoting (changing)
based on the lessons learned.

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Questions?

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Appendix

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Part Ordering
Microcontroller - STMicroelectronics STM32F334C8T6
Dimensions - 7 mm x 7 mm
Bluetooth - Texas Instruments WL 1805MOD
Dimensions - 13.3 mm x 13.4 mm x 2 mm
Power Source - Nickle Metal Hydride

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Part Ordering
Sensors - SparkFun IMU Breakout MPU 9250
3-axis gyroscope
3-axis accelerometer
3-axis magnetometer
Dimensions -

Heart Rate Monitor - Sparkfun Single Lead Heart Rate Monitor AD823
Dimensions -

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