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Revision as of 04:11, 14 March 2019

Project Title

LightFury

Abstract

LightFury is an autonomous electric car project that aims to bring different embedded system paradigms together and consolidate them with industry level sophistication and robustness. This project will feature an RC car which will employ different sensors and motors to navigate the track. Every sensor/motor combined with a dedicated functionality is managed by a controller. Such different controllers will communicate with the master node using the CAN protocol.

Introduction

The project was divided into 7 modules:

• Master Controller
• Motor Controller
• Sensor Controller
• GPS Controller
• Android application and Bluetooth Connectivity
• Hardware (PCB designing)
• Testing

Team Members & Responsibilities

<Team Picture>

Project Gitlab

• Sensor
  • Ultrasonic
    • Pritam Gholap
    • Gaurav Yadav
  • Compass
    • Pradnya Bhangle
    • Gaurav Yadav

• Motor Controller
  • Gaurav Yadav
  • Tanmay Jambhekar

• Geographical Controller
  • Akshay Ghodke
  • Siddharth Chawla

• Communication Bridge Controller & LCD
  • Kaustubh Jawalekar
  • Niraj Surati

• Android Application
  • Siddharth Chawla

• Testing
  • Gaurav Yadav
  • Niraj Surati

Schedule

Week#	Start Date	Task	Status	Completion Date
1	02/12/2019	Form Teams and decide group name. Also look up past projects and learn about the autonomous car design.	Completed	02/12/2019
2	02/19/2019	Setup Gitlab Order CAN Transceivers. Study CAN communication. Commit and raise merge request by each member to get hold over Gitlab basics	Completed	02/19/2019
3	02/26/2019	Setup Gitlab master branch for Project Light Fury. Create and merge branches for development tracking.	Completed	02/26/2019
4	03/05/2019	Read previous projects, gather information and discuss among the group members. Distribute modules to each team member. Divide the applications in different module for independent development. Identify the baseline application.	Completed	03/09/2019
5	03/12/2019	Identify components required for the project Allocated budget for the project Order Components	In Progress	03/19/2019
5	03/19/2019	Sensor: Perused the datasheet to get started with development GPS: Went through the datasheet and circuitry details for GPS module(no.) Compass & LCD: Read the respective datasheets and manuals Motor: Getting hold of the specification and the user manuals Android: Design the basic template of the Application BLE: Thorough understanding of the module	Planned	03/26/2019
6	03/26/2019	Sensor: Successful interfaced ultrasonic/Lidar with LPC to get raw data GPS: Successful interfaced ultrasonic/Lidar with LPC to get raw data Compass & LCD: Successful interfacing between Compass and Lidar Motor: Basic motor controlled vehicle orientation Android: Interfacing with other modules BLE: Successful interfaced BLE module with LPC to get raw data Unit-testing for each module	Planned	04/02/2019
7	04/02/2019	----SPRING BREAK-----	Completed	04/09/2019
8	04/09/2019	Sensor: Parsed the raw data to achieve useful data GPS: Parsing of raw data to get meaningful values Compass & LCD: Integrating GPS co-ordinates with the compass to display on LCD Motor: Speed control and angle control precision testing Android: Adding each module functionality and status indicators BLE:	Planned	04/16/2019
9	04/16/2019	Sensor: Parsed the raw data to achieve useful data GPS: Parsing of raw data to get meaningful values Compass & LCD: Integrating GPS co-ordinates with the compass to display on LCD Motor: Speed control and angle control precision testing Android: End-to-end testing with other modules BLE: PCB designing	Planned	04/23/2019
10	04/23/2019	Sensor: Integrate with other modules GPS: Integrate with other modules Compass & LCD: Integrate with other modules Motor: Integrate with other modules Android: Integrate with other modules BLE: Master: Interfacing all modules together and integration testing PCB Designing	Planned	04/30/2019
10	04/23/2019	Integration testing Order designed PCB	Planned	04/30/2019
11	04/30/2019	Outdoor testing and fixing issues if any	Planned	05/07/2019
12	05/07/2019	Outdoor testing	Planned	05/14/2019
12	05/14/2019	----FINAL PREP----	Planned	05/22/2019
12	05/22/2019	----DEMO DAY----	Planned	05/22/2019

Parts List & Cost

Item#	Part Desciption	Vendor	Qty	Cost
1	RC Car	Traxxas	1	$250.00
2	CAN Transceivers MCP2551-I/P	Microchip [1]	15	Free Samples
3	Semtec GPS	Microchip [2]	1	Free Samples
4	Tilt Compensated Magnetic Compass	Robotshop[3]	1	29
5	LIPO Batteries + Charger
6	7" LCD
7	UltraSonic Sensor	Maxbotix [4]	4	150

Printed Circuit Board

<Picture and information, including links to your PCB> Planned a single PCB to place and route CAN transceivers and eliminate dangling wires.

CAN Communication

<Talk about your message IDs or communication strategy, such as periodic transmission, MIA management etc.> With the help of CAN transceivers, each sensor module sends data in DBC format to the controller. The data from ultrasonic sensor helps in obstacle detection. The GPS and Compass Module helps with navigation. The LCD gives live information of component status and values. Finally there is motors and control unit for navigating the car as per the controller commands.

Hardware Design

<Show your CAN bus hardware design>

DBC File

<Gitlab link to your DBC file> <You can optionally use an inline image>

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Sensor ECU

<Picture and link to Gitlab>

Hardware Design

Software Design

<List the code modules that are being called periodically.>

Technical Challenges

<Bullet or Headings of a module>

Unreliable sonor sensors

<Problem Summary> <Problem Resolution>

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Motor ECU

<Picture and link to Gitlab>

Hardware Design

Software Design

<List the code modules that are being called periodically.>

Technical Challenges

<Bullet or Headings of a module>

Unreliable Servo Motors

<Problem Summary> <Problem Resolution>

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Geographical Controller

<Picture and link to Gitlab>

Hardware Design

Software Design

<List the code modules that are being called periodically.>

Technical Challenges

<Bullet or Headings of a module>

Unreliable GPS lock

<Problem Summary> <Problem Resolution>

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Communication Bridge Controller & LCD

<Picture and link to Gitlab>

Hardware Design

Software Design

<List the code modules that are being called periodically.>

Technical Challenges

<Bullet or Headings of a module>

Insane Bug

<Problem Summary> <Problem Resolution>

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Master Module

<Picture and link to Gitlab>

Hardware Design

Software Design

<List the code modules that are being called periodically.>

Technical Challenges

<Bullet or Headings of a module>

Improper Unit Testing

<Problem Summary> <Problem Resolution>

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Mobile Application

<Picture and link to Gitlab>

Hardware Design

Software Design

<List the code modules that are being called periodically.>

Technical Challenges

<Bullet or Headings of a module>

Wifi Link Reliability

<Problem Summary> <Problem Resolution>

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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