College
College of Engineering and Polymer Science
Date of Last Revision
2023-05-05 14:56:56
Major
Electrical Engineering
Honors Course
Senior Design
Number of Credits
6
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science
Date of Expected Graduation
Spring 2022
Abstract
Any well-versed Magic: The Gathering (MTG) player or collector knows how difficult it can be to keep track of all cards in their collection. Some spend hours searching for that one specific card, and others are constantly scouring the internet for how much their collection costs. However, this issue does not only affect casual fans. Resale companies spend hours a day determining the costs of cards, and tournament judges painstakingly check players’ decks to ensure they are not cheating. To assist with these struggles, the design team proposed to create the MTG Card Virtualizer. This device scans MTG playing cards and virtualizes them into a smart database. Using this smart database, players, collectors, and even resale companies can easily search through their extensive collections and check the market value of their cards. Users can insert up to seventy-five MTG cards and quickly virtualize a full deck in under five minutes. The proposed design utilizes the Nvidia Jetson Nano and a custom-designed circuit board, paired with a SQL database and a user-friendly application to virtualize entire collections. Not only are all of the user’s cards in one location, but they can search for cards, determine the cost of their collection, and find out if their decks are tournament legal.
Research Sponsor
Gregory Lewis
First Reader
James Grover
Second Reader
Robert Veillette
Honors Faculty Advisor
Robert Veillette
Recommended Citation
Garbonick, Vincent; Conlan, Jacen C.; and Varn, Jaret A., "Magic: The Gathering Card Virtualizer" (2022). Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects. 1595.
https://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/honors_research_projects/1595
Honors Signatures For Vincent Garbonick
JacenConlan - Honors Research Project Proposal Signed - 2022 January 20.pdf (725 kB)
Honors Signatures for Jacen Conlan
Included in
Computer and Systems Architecture Commons, Controls and Control Theory Commons, Data Storage Systems Commons, Electrical and Electronics Commons
Comments
Jaret Varn is a Co-Author on this project, but he is not an Honors student. He has been credited as an author since he has contributed to the project.