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Revision as of 06:00, 20 March 2020
Project Title
<Team Name>
Abstract
<2-3 sentence abstract>
Introduction
The project was divided into N modules:
- Sensor ...
- Motor..
- ...
- Android
Team Members & Responsibilities
<Team Picture>
Bucephalous GitLab - [1]
- Bridge and Sensor Controller
- Nicholas Kaiser
- Joel Samson
- Communication Bridge Controller & LCD
- Mohit Ingale
- Abhinandan Burli
- Testing Team / Code Reviewers
- Hardware Integration (PCB Designing)
- Mohit Ingale
- Abhinandan Burli
- Wiki Page
- Nicholas Kaiser
- Shreya Patankar
Schedule
| Week#
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Start Date
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End Date
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Task
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Status
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| 1
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02/16/2020
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02/22/2020
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- Setup a team Google Docs folder
- Brainstorm RC car design options
- Research past semester RC car projects for ideas and parts needed
- Put together a rough draft parts list
- Setup a team GitLab repository
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- Completed
- Completed
- Completed
- Completed
- Completed
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| 2
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02/23/2020
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02/29/2020
|
- Decide on and order chassis
- Discuss possible GPS modules
- Discuss schedule for meeting dates and work days (Tuesdays are for code review and syncing, Saturdays are work days)
- Discuss bluetooth communication approach (1 phone on car, 1 phone in controller's hands)
- Discuss vehicle's driving checkpoints (checkpoints calculated after point B is specified)
- Discuss wiring on RC car (1 battery to power motors and 1 power bank for everything else)
- Discuss GitLab workflow (mirror our repo with Preet's, 3 approvals to merge to "working master" branch, resolve conflicts on "working master" branch, then can merge to master branch)
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- Completed
- Completed
- Completed
- Completed
- Completed
- Completed
- Completed
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| 3
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03/01/2020
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03/07/2020
|
- Decide on sensors (4 ultrasonic sensors: 3 in front, 1 in back)
- Decide on a GPS module (Adafruit ADA746)
- Research GPS antennas
- Decide on CAN transceivers (SN65HVD230 IC's)
- Request 15 CAN transceiver samples from ti.com
- Discuss tasks of all 4 board nodes (geographical, driver, motors, bridge controller/sensors)
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- Completed
- Completed
- Completed
- Completed
- Completed
- Completed
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| 4
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03/08/2020
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03/14/2020
|
- Assemble car chassis and plan general layout
- Delegate tasks for each 2 person teams
- Create branches for all nodes and add motor and sensor messages to DBC file
- Discuss and research possible GPS antennas
- Design block diagrams for motor node, bridge controller/sensor node, and full car
- Solve GitLab branches vs folders issue (1 branch per node, or 1 folder per node)
- Order 4 + 1 extra ultrasonic sensors (MaxBotix MB1003-000 HRLV-MaxSonar-EZ0)
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- Completed
- Completed
- Completed
- Completed
- Completed
- Completed
- Completed
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| 5
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03/15/2020
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03/21/2020
|
- Decide what to include on PCB board
- Decide on PCB software
- Discuss PCB board layout design
- Start learning Android app development
- Order GPS antenna
- Motor node is able to respond correctly based on sensor obstacle detection scenarios (correct LED's light up)
- Ultrasonic sensor values are converted to centimeters and transmit to driver node
- Research ultrasonic sensor mounts
- Transmit CAN messages from sensor to driver node, and from driver to motor node
- Decide movement and steering directions based on all possible sensor obtacle detection scenarios
- Add GPS node messages (longitude, latitude, heading) and bridge sensor node messages (destination latitude and longitude) to DBC file
- Geological node is able to parse an NMEA string to extract latitude and longitude coordinates
- Read previous student's reports to decide on a compass module
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- Completed
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-
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- Completed
- Completed
-
- Completed
- Completed
- Completed
- Completed
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| 6
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03/22/2020
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03/28/2020
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- Finalize PCB layout and order PCB
- Finish basic Android app without Google maps API
- Design car state machine
- Finish unit testing motors with LPC4078
- Learn how to integrate Google maps API into Android app
- Discuss obstacle avoidance algorithm
- Discuss checkpoint algorithm
- Geological node is able to transmit latitude and longitude coordinates to driver node
- Geological node is able to parse an NMEA string to extract latitude and longitude coordinates
- Bridge sensor node is able to transmit a CAN message with destination latitude and longitude coordinates to driver node
- Order ultrasonic sensor mounts
- Order compass module
- Improve accuracy of ultrasonic sensor's raw ADC value to centimeters conversion
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| 7
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03/29/2020
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04/04/2020
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- Finish unit testing sensors with LPC4078
- Test PCB with LPC4078
- Work on GPS module integration
- Integrate motors with LPC4078
- Finish unit testing sensors
- Finalize car block diagram
- Finalize car state machine
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| 8
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04/05/2020
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04/11/2020
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- Transmit GPS coordinates to LPC4078
- Test GPS module integration with LPC4078
- Complete rough draft of DBC file messages and signals
- Integrate PCB with LPC4078
- Integrate sensors with LPC4078
- Integrate PCB board onto chassis
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| 9
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04/12/2020
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04/18/2020
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- Test obstacle avoidance algorithm (indoor)
- Test checkpoint algorithm (indoor)
- Establish and test CAN communication between all boards
- Finalize Displaying sensor and compass data on Android app
- Finish GPS module integration with LPC4078
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| 10
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04/19/2020
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04/25/2020
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- Finish all unit testing code for each controller
- Test obstacle avoidance algorithm (outdoor)
- Test checkpoint algorithm (outdoor)
- Transmit destination coordinates from Android app
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| 11
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04/26/2020
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05/02/2020
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- Finalize destination coordinate transmission from Android app
- Finalize obstacle avoidance algorithm
- Finalize checkpoint algorithm
- Test drive from start to destination (indoor)
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| 12
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05/03/2020
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05/09/2020
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- Test drive from start to destination (outdoor)
- Finalize DBC file
- Complete Wiki report
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| 13
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05/10/2020
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05/16/2020
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- Demo
- Push final code to GitLab
|
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Parts List & Cost
| Item#
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Part Desciption
|
Vendor
|
Qty
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Cost
|
| 1
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RC Car
|
Traxxas
|
1
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$250.00
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| 2
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CAN Transceivers MCP2551-I/P
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Microchip [2]
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8
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Free Samples
|
Printed Circuit Board
<Picture and information, including links to your PCB>
CAN Communication
<Talk about your message IDs or communication strategy, such as periodic transmission, MIA management etc.>
Hardware Design
<Show your CAN bus hardware design>
DBC File
<Gitlab link to your DBC file>
<You can optionally use an inline image>
Sensor ECU
<Picture and link to Gitlab>
Hardware Design
Software Design
<List the code modules that are being called periodically.>
Technical Challenges
< List of problems and their detailed resolutions>
Motor ECU
<Picture and link to Gitlab>
Hardware Design
Software Design
<List the code modules that are being called periodically.>
Technical Challenges
< List of problems and their detailed resolutions>
Geographical Controller
<Picture and link to Gitlab>
Hardware Design
Software Design
<List the code modules that are being called periodically.>
Technical Challenges
< List of problems and their detailed resolutions>
Communication Bridge Controller & LCD
<Picture and link to Gitlab>
Hardware Design
Software Design
<List the code modules that are being called periodically.>
Technical Challenges
< List of problems and their detailed resolutions>
Master Module
<Picture and link to Gitlab>
Hardware Design
Software Design
<List the code modules that are being called periodically.>
Technical Challenges
< List of problems and their detailed resolutions>
Mobile Application
<Picture and link to Gitlab>
Hardware Design
Software Design
<List the code modules that are being called periodically.>
Technical Challenges
< List of problems and their detailed resolutions>
Conclusion
<Organized summary of the project>
<What did you learn?>
Project Video
Project Source Code
Advise for Future Students
<Bullet points and discussion>
Acknowledgement
=== References ===
