S14: Data Acquisition using CAN bus
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Project Title
Abstract
Our project is to implement a high speed data acquisition system using CAN and storing the data into the SD card. Our system will collect data from sensors over multiple nodes and transmit the data over the CAN bus. The CAN packets are received by a single node and stored into the SD card. We will use SPI bus protocol to communicate with SD card. The purpose is to gather all the data simultaneously over the CAN bus.
Figure 1 shows the system block diagram:
Objectives & Introduction
Our idea is to use the on board accelerometer and gyroscope together as a motion/gesture sensor to identify the motion then it will send to the other board via CAN bus. We are planning to use 9 degree of freedom MPU-9150 sensor for doing precise movement tracking. Recognized movement will trigger predefined tasks and transmit to Android phone via UART-Bluetooth module. More sensors will also be added to do data acquisition.
Team Members & Responsibilities
- Shweta Bohare
- Can bus Interface
- Mradula Nayak
- Can bus Interface
- Heng Zhang
- Accelometer and sensors
- Chris Ng
- UART-Bluetooth interface with Android phone
- All Team
- FreeRTOS Software Design
- 3D on the computer
Schedule
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| Week# | Start Date | End Date | Task | Actual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2/25 | 2/29 |
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Completed. Waiting for the parts. |
| 2 | 3/1 | 3/7 | Interface with sensors | Completed? |
| 4 | 3/15 | 3/21 | Develop CAN communication and SPI microSD I/O | |
| 5 | 3/22 | 3/28 |
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| 6 | 3/29 | 4/11 | Test MPU-9150 data processing algorithm | |
| 7 | 4/12 | 4/18 | Design Android App to receive/send signal via Bluetooth | |
| 8 | 4/19 | 4/25 | Implement motion tracking algorithm on ARM-android system | |
| 9 | 4/26 | 5/5 | Testing and remove bugs, further enhancements | |
| 10 | 5/8 | 5/8 | Demo |
Parts List & Cost
| Parts | Cost | Comment |
|---|---|---|
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SJ One Board[1] |
$80.00 x3 |
Each board uses for different functions |
MPU-9150[2] |
$39.95 x1 |
9 DOF motion sensor |
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BC-127[3] |
$49.95 x1 |
Bluetooth module to UART/SPI |
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Total Cost |
$$$$$ |
Keep it low |
Design & Implementation
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Hardware Interface
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