Seed: Sensors and electronics educational database

Faculty: 
Jim Budd
Students: 
Harrison Daniels,Blake Williford, Clement Zheng
Seed is a sensor and electronics educational database developed for use at the Interactive Product Design Lab. The lab teaches designers electronic prototyping skills-- Seed assists in this mission by providing information on electronic components through an online database, physical RFID card library, and RFID sensing unit. Parts are categorized into 6 groups: logic, power, input, output, tools, and projects. When a student needs information about a component, they can select a card and place it on the RFID reader. This brings up an information sheet on that component, complete with step-by-step start guides, wiring diagrams, sample code, and even past projects.
Lab: 
Director: 
Jim Budd
Faculty: 
HyunJoo Oh, Sang-won Leigh, Noah Posner, Wei Wang, Matt Swarts,
Students: 
Ceara Byrne, Chris Chen, Himani Deshpande, Mika Munch, Savanthi Murthy, Akash Talyan, Hank Duhaime, Hongnam Lin, Lizzy Fristoe, Ollie Hsieh, Prabodh Sakhardande, Santiago Arconada, Shihui Ruan, Tae Prasongpongchai, Tanuja Swant

The Interactive Product Design Lab (IPDL) is a purpose-built lab designed to support both teaching and research by allowing students to investigate, explore, and experiment with an extensive array of new technologies. Central to this concept, the School of Industrial Design has placed a high priority on the need to foster and develop interdisciplinary, team-based collaboration with other educational and research units from across the campus, including the School of Interactive Computing, the School of Mechanical Engineering, the Graphics Visualization and Usability Lab (GVU), and the Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access (CATEA). The Interactive Product Design Lab was built in the summer of 2011 and opened in time for the 2011 fall semester.

http://www.id.gatech.edu/research/labs

External Lab Website: 
http://ipdl.gatech.edu

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