The  Dromond Platform

Sponsor:  Decagon  Devices

Mentors:  Derek  Holmes,  Michael  McCain,  Andy  O’Fallon,  Ben  Walden
Michael  Anderson,  Travis  Beagles,  Vasiliy Kravtsov,  Maxwell  Carson

Abstract Verification Tests

Design a wireless sensor to monitor water content and temperature in The Dromond Platform range
various environments in order to predict the possibility of mold and power consumption were
growth. This sensor, called the Dromond Platform, must communicate tested for verification.
with a smartphone that serves as the user interface. iOS Application
The tests of propagation were
• Uses Swift 2 programming done within an apartment
language (preferred iOS complex.
Objective language)
• Includes some C code for Power consumption of the
Develop the Dromond Platform with the following features:
NRF Connection Send and Receive Parse/ Display dealing with unions and Dromond Platform met the
• Low Cost
Protocol to BLE Packets with Incoming Data
UART Peripheral Swift 2 and C (Hex to ASCII)
structures to format incoming expected current draw of
• Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and outgoing packets 8mA, tested at idle state.
• Temperature and Humidity Sensor • Features a modified NRF BLE
• Communicate with a Smart Phone connection library
• Connects to one peripheral
device at a time
• Works on all iPhones and iPod
Future Applications
Function Touch devices • Compress circuit to the size of silver
dollar
PCB Firmware • Apply button battery
• Establish a connection protocol in the
Device runs two active embedded
iOS application to connect to multiple
systems
Dromond Platforms at a time
• Nordic nRF51 soft device S130
• Implement firmware options
• Dromond proprietary system
for low energy application

Design Reiterations BLE Sync

Button
Altium PCB Design software is used in
designing the circuit and printing to PCB.
Transmission Impact Analysis
L Some applications to apply Dromond Platform:
Alpha Prototype Version 1
BGM111 BLE
Case S130
Dromond
System
E • Shipping Container
D • Water Damaged Infrastructure
• Designed with SOLIDWORKS
SHT25 Designed layout for first Dromond Platform • Food Processing
Student Edition 2015
Alpha Prototype Version 2 • Home Use
• The test chamber is designed to SHT25
Board layout isolate the sensor from the rest of the Sensor
Power Supply circuit, with an O-ring between the Glossary
case and the PCB
JTAG
• The JTAG port is accessible from both Cost • nRF51 S130: Bluetooth module to implement, S130 referring
to the version of API being used.
Extra LED the top and bottom of the case BLE SHT25 Oscillator Battery • RSSI: Received Signal Strength Indicator.
Beta Prototype Cost   $7.50   $6.51   $0.76   $8  
US  Dollar Total:   $22.77   Acknowledgements:
MDBT40 Beta Prototype
Extra Buttons Dr.  Patrick  Pedrow
Alpha Prototype The estimated cost of the Dromond
External Oscillator Crystal Platform is $22.77, below the maximum Steve  Allen
target price of $25.00. Jacob  Preston
Dromond