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My contract projects have included

Hardware and firmware design for cosmetic and medical devices.

 

Hardware, firmware and ergonomic design of micropower wireless

dataloggers for inventory control in restaurants and bars.

 

Hardware, software and physical design of accelerometer-based
tilt and motion sensing tags for wireless inventory control.

 

Hardware, firmware and physical design of networked receivers.

Communications protocols for a wireless datalogging network.

 

Hardware, software and physical design of a Windows CE-based touchscreen terminal,

solenoid-controlled beverage dispensing system with Ethernet connectivity.

PC-based Visual Basic network test tools and dataloggers.

 

Comprehensive custom graphical user interface and information

design for CE touchscreen devices and systems.

 

Hardware and firmware for robotic toy prototypes for a large toy company, incorporating

magnetic triggering, solid-state speech, and motion control in animated dolls.

 

Wireless smart tag research and development hardware for a large telecommunications company,

based on the Mote research platform from UC Berkeley, including custom add-on sensor boards

and a comprehensive laboratory experimentation platform.

 

A digital speech-based warning system to assist caregivers with

patients with Alzheimer’s and dementia, for a small startup.

 

A number of small consumer products for the health market, for a local startup,

including a wireless temperature monitor and a SIDS baby tip-over alarm.

 

My personal design projects include

A digital picture frame with camera which is used to create and display an

archive of daily portraits, over the years creating a pixilated movie of one’s life.

 

Interactive donation boxes for private and institutional use.

 

Experimental USB and wireless PC peripherals.

 

A tiny data-logging smart tag which monitors the shock absorbency of running shoes.

 

A miniature optical speedometer needle sensor which alerts drivers to an

over-limit condition by detecting the speedometer needle.

 

For details of my various personal design projects

visit my gateway site: brucecannon.org.

 

 

Contact me today to discuss your design requirements!

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