Arturo CaissutLuca Toso
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DYFAM: Rescuing Those Who Should Not Be Left Behind

DYFAM is a low-cost, open source device to prevent toddlers and babies from being inadvertently left unsupervised in a car for too long.

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Things used in this project

Hardware components

Arduino MKR Fox 1200
Arduino MKR Fox 1200
×1
Adafruit Triple-Axis Accelerometer - ±2/4/8g @ 14-bit - MMA8451
×1
Adafruit Bluefruit LE SPI Friend - Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)
×1
LED (generic)
LED (generic)
×1
Resistor 1k ohm
Resistor 1k ohm
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Adafruit Square Force-Sensitive Resistor (FSR) - Interlink 406
×1
Resistor 10k ohm
Resistor 10k ohm
×1

Software apps and online services

nRF Connect SDK
Nordic Semiconductor nRF Connect SDK

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Schematics

Fritzing schematics

For the sake of this diagram, we have used a round-shaped FSR sensor, while our physical prototype (and our BOM) uses a squared one. There is no substantial difference, thus our choice to use an already available Fritzing object rather than try and make a new one from scratch.

Code

DYFAM

Arduino
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Credits

Arturo Caissut

Arturo Caissut

1 project • 3 followers
Biomedical Engineer by education, my business card says that I am a Product Marketing Manager. I like robots, martial arts and Twin Peaks.
Luca Toso

Luca Toso

0 projects • 3 followers
Martial Arts student, fascinated by humans and machines. I had THE knack so I became an engineer. Prog metal and Electronic.
Thanks to Bruce Powel Douglass.

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