Djony PamudjiOAL
Created November 26, 2020 © GPL3+

Smart Eyewear For The Blind

An Eyewear that can recognize objects that are in close proximity and alert a totally blind person wearer through human voice feedback.

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Smart Eyewear For The Blind

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Ultra96-V2
Tria Technologies Ultra96-V2
×1
USB-A to Micro-USB Cable
USB-A to Micro-USB Cable
×1
HyperX Amp USB Sound Card – Virtual 7.1
HyperX is the high-performance product division of Kingston Technology, the world’s largest independent memory manufacturer.
×1
USB 720p HD Built-in Microphone Webcam
Generalplus Technology Inc. 18022 Cowan Street Suiet 200B Irvine, CA 92614 United States
×1
Ultrasonic Sensor - HC-SR04 (Generic)
Ultrasonic Sensor - HC-SR04 (Generic)
HC-SR104P (3.3 - 5.0 V operating voltage), can be purchased from Cytron.
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SonicGear U200 USB Powered Sonicbar Speaker
SonicGear Lab Pte Ltd 1 Kallang Sector, Singapore 349276
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40 pcs 10 cm Breadboard Dupont Jumper Wire Female to Male
×1

Software apps and online services

balenaEtcher - Flash Image File to SD Card for Windows 10 (v1.5.109)
Avnet Ultr96v2 Pre-Built PYNQ ver 2.5 SD Card Image
WinSCP for Windows 10
Open Source
ZOC Terminal Emulator for Windows 10
30-day free trial by Emtec Innovative Software
ConTEXT Text Editor for Windows
Freeware

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Schematics

Smart Eyewear System Schematic

System Schematic

Code

eyewear.py

main program, which will call proximity sensor function written in a separate file named sensor.py

sensor.py

a subprogram which measures the distance of proximity object and return to main program the value of distance in unit as requested

generate_audio.py

a standalone program to generate audio file from object name (in text) by using Google Text-to-Speech (TTS) API Library. This program would require an internet connection to Google Cloud (in this case via onboard WiFi)

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Djony Pamudji
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