Treadmill Controller with Dynamic Program Selection

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Treadmill Controller with Dynamic Program
Selection

• Adam Duley
• Travis Betak
• 10/23/2008
• EE382V Project Proposal

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Outline

• Introduction
• Motivation/Problem Statement
• Proposed Solution
• Background/Related Work
• Conclusion
• Questions?

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Motivation

• Some people find exercise boring
• Treadmills most popular exercise equipment 1
  due to
• Ease of use
• Effective at burning calories
• Modern Treadmills have features such as
• 15 LCD panel (watch media content from TV /
  IPOD)
• Wireless heart rate monitor
• IPOD dock (music/video)
• 36 workout programs
• Virtual Trainer (save workout to
• USB stick, track online)
• Markets
• Home
• Commercial (Health Clubs, Hotels, Rehab, )
• 1 http//www.associatedcontent.com/article/92096
  /the_most_popular_exercise_equipment.html

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Proposed Solution

• Add network interface to treadmills
• Dynamically load available programs onto machines
  based on popularity
• Record user history online to track progress
  toward their goal
• Use SpecC to model system
• Model existing features (motor/incline control)
• Model new features (network)

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Proposed Solution
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Background / Related Work

• Large software component
• Processing of XML-formatted route description
• Course progress (know current incline, done)
• Network connection data processing
• 3-Phase AC Induction Motor Control
• Inexpensive, 90 of all motors, typically found
  in industrial applications
• Linear Actuator
• Controls incline of treadmill

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Conclusion

• Treadmill for the digital age!
• With network connection, rich end-user experience
  
• Extensible software foundation for all sorts of
  cool applications in the future
• Hardware remains unchanged
• Modeling both software and hardware components in
  SpecC
• Real world application, with clearly defined
  outputs
• QUESTIONS?