Personal projects at Can Tho University

Personal proposal on website and mobile| Apr 2023 - Present

Main flowchart of The daily planter blog

Wireframe of The daily planter blog

User Interface and Mockup of The daily planter blog

Components of The daily planter blog

Name: The daily planter blog (Link prototype on Figma )

Components: Homepage, Activities, Achievements, Blog, About, Contact

Process: Drawing Sketch, Wireframe, UI, UX, and Prototype on Figma; Using the Wix

platform to create The daily planter blog on the website and mobile.

Sofware: Figma, Draw.io, Wix, Corel, Photoshop, and Premiere

Abstract: I was born in Chau Doc City, An Giang province and studied mechatronics engineering at Can Tho University. My research mainly focuses on International Project Manager, Graphical User Interface Computer vision, and Laboratory robotics. Besides my introvert, I am also an extrovert so I was really immersed in social activities during my time at the University. Although my background started in technology, I still have a passion for design and writing therefore I start a story with the name The daily planter. I think that I am not a perfect person or clearly growth. I am only a young person and grow up from failure and experiences in my life, so I must improve myself in the next journey to share my knowledge with young people who are students at University. Finally, I hope that the seed with the name The daily planter will cultivate meaningful values for young people and me.

Including functions:

• Reading post on The daily planter blog

• Saving my project and activities

• Linking other pages

• Reactions and comments

• Enhance personal skill about UI/UX, project manager.

Result: Building a proposal about my project and activities; Sharing my experiences and

meaningful values for young people.

Thank you and best regard when you visit The daily planter blog.

✉️  Contact information:

📝 Dang Van Xung

Mechatronics Engineering at Can Tho University

TEL: 0976028460

Email: dangvanxung1412@gmail.com

Graduation Thesis: Contact angle measurement machine | Dec 2020 - May 2023

Main flowchart of contact angle system

Wireframe of all system interface

UI and mockup of all system interface

Overall GUI of product

Main interface

The interface of connection and control system

The interface of authors' information

Demo for prototype system interface

3D design on Solidworks

Documention Guide (Guide, Maintenance, Equipment repair)

CTU High-Tech Building

Address: Polymer Material Lab - Can Tho University

Mechanical: CNC machining, Simulation

Sofware: Figma, Corel, VScode, Python, Altium, Solidworks, UI, UART, STM32

Process: Drawing Sketch, Wireframe, and UI on Figma (Link prototype on Figma ); Building UI and UX of system interface design by Qt software (Python, JSON); Using SolidWorks for 3D design and simulation motion; Developing Python-based auto-measure contact angle algorithms; Writing documentation (Guide, Maintenance, Equipment repair).

Abstract: The thesis focuses on developing a contact angle measurement system applied in the field of chemical research to monitor the contact angle of liquid drops with the surface of the material and, evaluate the hydrophobicity and permeability of the material, then evaluate the properties of the material. Including functions:

• Automatically measure a large number of samples

• Real-time measurement of liquids on materials

• Upload and save data to the software to verify the results

Luckily, my team got the highest score in the presentation graduation of all students in the mechatronics course. I had some contributions in our project:

• Develop the computer vision algorithms

• Design and stimulate 3D product on Solidwork software

• Design user interface system

• Write a guiding document about the machine for users the Polymer Material Lab

Result: Being utilized in the CTU High-Tech Building's Polymer Material Lab; It could achieve mass manufacturing; Writing international journal.

✉️  Contact information:

📝 Nguyen Chanh Nghiem

Assoc. Prof. in Automation

Deputy Head, Faculty of Automation Engineering

College of Engineering, Can Tho University

TEL: +84-91- 933- 3610

Email: ncnghiem@ctu.edu.vn

Controlling a quadcopter using the SBUS protocol and INAV software | June - July 2022

3D Model on Solidworks software

Completing real quadcopter

SBUS simulation on INAV

Address: Maker Innovation Space - Can Tho University

Mechanical: Form quadcopter, ESP32, Flysky I6, Bushless motor, ESC 30A, Receiver IA6B, Module AKKF4, etc.

Sofware: INAV, VScode

Abstract: We focuses on building a quadcopter applied to the study of controlling the quadcopter without using a hand controller and applying the PID algorithm on INAV software. The system uses standard SBUS protocol on the ESP32 micro-controller to simulate RC waves from the controller. Experimental results show that the quadcopter can move through manual control and flight modes from the SBUS protocol. Besides, quadcopter builds low cost and is scalable with microcontrollers or computer vision applications. In addition, the author also built a GPS function to create a premise for the self-driving application to follow the journey available in the future.

Result: The height of one meter, the quadcopter may fly using manual control and SBUS protocol.

Presenting our project in the course

Using the Jetson Nano board to construct the template MaskCam project | March-April 2022

GUI of template MaskCam project

Pictures of webcam in template MaskCam project

Set up hardware of my project

Address: Maker Innovation Space - Can Tho University

Hardware: Board Jetson nano, Micro SD, Monitor, Webcam, Computer, Raspberry Pi 3

Sofware: Docker, Computer vision (Linux), Local host (Window), VLC, GUI on Website

Abstract Our lecture in the Artificial Neural Networks course offered the students instructions on how to complete the Maskcam project using the Jetson Nano Developer Kit from the Can Tho University Faculty of Automation Engineering. When my team had completed all tasks, including setting up a MQTT server and running MaskCam from a container on a Jetson Nano Developer Kit, we extended the MaskCam project orientation server on a Raspberry Pi 3. MaskCam was developed by Berkeley Design Technology, Inc. (BDTI) and Tryolabs S.A., with development funded by NVIDIA. MaskCam is offered under the MIT License.

However, there were some difficulties with Linux on the Raspberry Pi 3, so we did not achieve our goals in this case. Even though we repeated the Maskcam project, we fixed the author's code mistakes when we uploaded manual code to a laptop.

Result: The first team in the course finishes all functions in the MaskCam project. Expanding MaskCam project orientation on a Raspberry Pi.

Presenting our project in the course

Acceleration system measurement and control on Note-RED flatform | Oct-Dec 2021

Overall of acceleration system measurement and control

GUI of acceleration system measurement and control on Note-RED dashboard

Address: Dorm B - Can Tho University

Hardware: ESP8266, Arduino nano, MPU6050, Oled, Laptop

Sofware: VScode, shirt cloud, Arduino IDE, MQTT protocol, UART, I2C

Abstract: In the COVID-19 pademic, we develop acceleration system measurement and control on the Note-RED dashboard for the Computerized Measurement and Control course.

Including some functions:

• Measuring acceleration and tilt angle

• On the GUI website, user can control the speed of the DC motor and the level of the LED light.

• Warning LED and Note_RED dashboard

Tasks including:

• Writing programs for data transfer (UART, I2C) and sensor reading

• Modifying the MQTT protocol and the GUI on the Note-RED dashboard

• Designing the controller board

• Writing a program for the ESP8266 to send data on the cloud

Result: One of the projects displayed in the Maker Innovation Space-CTU for delegations in 2022

Presenting our project in the course

Automatic hand washing, control of power resources on the Note-RED dashboard, and face mask alert detection | Aug-Dec 2021

3D Model on Solidworks software

Controller hardware inside the box

GUI on website

Window of detection mask

Address: Dorm B - Can Tho University

Hardware: ESP32, Logic board, Battery, Laptop, webcam, form machine

Sofware: VScode, shirt cloud, MQTT protocol, Altium, Solidworks

Abstract: In the COVID-19 pademic, we develop the automatic hand washing, control of power resources on the Note-RED dashboard, and face mask alert detection for the Project on Mechatronics System Design course.

Including some functions:

• Supervise face masks in the community.

• Automatic hand washing

• Manage automatic hand washing machines' power and level of liquid.

• Using the sound to warn people who do not use face masks in the area of the webcam

Tasks including:

• Modifying the MQTT protocol and the GUI on the Note-RED dashboard

• Designing the controller board by Altium

• Make a 3D model in SolidWorks for the final machining and assembly.

• Develop warning voice functions in Python using facial mask detection techniques.

• Writing a program for the ESP32 to send data to the cloud

Result: The project only completed the simulation because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but it could achieve mass manufacturing.

Presenting our project in the course

Product classification system by using three PLC controllers | Aug-Dec 2021

Address: Dorm B - Can Tho University

Sofware: TIA Portal, Factory IO, HMI, Profinet,

Abstract: In the COVID-19 pademic, we simulate a product classification system by using three PLC controllers for Industrial Networks and Communications course.

Tasks including:

• Design a 3D model in Factory IO.

• Design GUI HMI

• Write programs for Salve TIA Portal V15.

• Write programs for Master by Profinet protocol.

Result: The project completed all transfer functions between a master (PLC) and two slaves (PLC). We also simulated the overall system using Factory IO sofware.

Presenting our project in the course

Simulating the motion of robot 6R | Jan 2021

Address: Can Tho University

Sofware: Solidworks, Simscape Multibody, Matlab, UI

Abstract: In the Robotics course, we simulate the motion of robot 6R on Matlab with forward kinematics and inverse kinematics.

Tasks including:

• Design a 3D model in SolidWorks.

• Converting a 3D model by Simscape Multibody

• Design controller blocks on Simulink.

• Write programs in Matlab for forward kinematics and inverse kinematics.

• Design controller UI in Matlab.

Result: The project completed the simulation motion of forward kinematic. Motion of inverse kinematics had errors in calculation.

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