F22: Embedded Gamers

Grading Criteria

• How well is Software & Hardware Design described?
• How well can this report be used to reproduce this project?
• Code Quality
• Overall Report Quality:
  • Software Block Diagrams
  • Hardware Block Diagrams

    Schematic Quality

  • Quality of technical challenges and solutions adopted.

Project Title

Guardians of the Galaxy

Abstract

A horizontal type of space invader game. Players can control the spaceship on the screen composed of an LED matrix in a rectangular shape. The spaceship can shoot horizontally from left to right in order to destroy its enemies. The entire map will flow in the opposite direction of where the spaceship is flying. The speed of the map flow and the number of enemies will increase at higher difficulty levels. The spaceship takes damage from colliding with enemies themselves or their bullets. The game will end when the health of the controlled spaceship is depleted.

Objectives & Introduction

Technical Responsibilities

Administrative Roles
Game Logic Development	Bruce Jiang
LED Display Driver	Bruce Jiang
Jobstick Controller Driver	Ritu Patil
MP3 Decoder	Bruce Jiang
Enclosure	Bruce Jiang & Ritu Patil
Hardware Integration	Bruce Jiang & Phil Bloxom

Administrative Responsibilities

Administrative Roles
Team Leader	Ritu Patil
Git Repository Managers	Bruce Jiang
Code Reviewers	Phil Bloxom
Wiki Report Manager	Bruce Jiang
Bill of Materials Manager	Ritu Patil

Schedule

Week#	Start Date	End Date	Task	Status
1	10/03/2022	10/8/2022	Read previous projects, gather information and discuss among the group members. Create GitLab repository for project	Completed Completed
2	10/10/2022	10/15/2022	Order necessary parts	Completed
3	10/17/2022	10/22/2022	Read and familiarize with LED Matrix Datasheet	Completed
4	10/31/2022	11/05/2022	Develop graphics driver for LED matrix and implement initial game objects Research how to create objects pattern for display from PNG	Completed In Progress
5	11/07/2022	11/12/2022	Finalize wiki schedule Display objects on screen Develop ADC driver for joystick interfacingcontrol dynamic movement of player spaceship.	Completed Completed In Progress
6	11/14/2022	11/19/2022	Integration of circuit boards and microcontroller Develop enemy spaceships game algorithm control dynamic movement of player spaceship.	Not started Not started Not started
7	11/21/2022	11/26/2022	Integrate game logic code with LED matrix Develop missile collision and player life algorithm Integrate game sounds with game logic	Not started Not started Not started
8	11/28/2022	12/03/2022	Integrate subsystem Finalizing the video game Update the wiki page	Not started Not started Not started
9	12/05/2022	12/10/2022	Address bugs during testing of integrated system Test pause/play functionality	Not started Not started
10	12/11/2022	12/11/2022	Final Demo Update Gitlab repo with final code Update test video Update the wiki page	Not started Not started Not started Not started

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Bill of Materials (General Parts)

PART NAME	PART MODEL & SOURCE	QUANTITY	COST PER UNIT (USD)
Micro-Controller Eval-Boards	SJ2 Board (Purchased from Preet Kang)	1	50.00
RGB LED matrix	64x32 RGB LED Matrix Panel	1	44.95
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