Nikolai V1

Nikolai is a 3D printed Gauntlet outfitted with an electromagnet with high holding force. This gives a potential user the ability to hold metal objects in odd configurations, provided they are under certain weight conditions. Nikolai also has a streamlined user interface which varies power to the coils, monitors temperature fluctuations, and enables remote configuration. The system has three main parts, the electronics, the embedded microcontroller, and the server-side integration. On the electronics side we have three main sections of our design, power delivery (located on the upper arm), microcontroller with peripherals (forearm and wrist), and the one coil (palm). In terms of our embedded systems design there are two main FSMs. First we have the operations FSM which dictates the system behavior based on user input and current state variables (temperature, current, etc.). Then there is the UI FSM, which takes user input and displays different menus or pages based on the input.