S19: Run D.B.C

Abstract

The RUN-D.B.C project, involves the design and construction of an autonomously navigating RC car. Development of the R.C car's subsystem modules will be divided amongst and performed by seven team members. Each team member will lead or significantly contribute to the development of at least one subsystem.

Objectives & Introduction

RC Car Objectives
Successfully detect and avoid obstacles Autonomously navigate to a fixed destination, from a fixed starting location; based on feedback from a GPS Integrate communication between the RC car's master controller and an Android device, using Bluetooth Integrate system hardware communication using a PCB

Team Objectives
Strive to learn as much as possible, in order to develop a professional product Establish and enforce professional software design standards Establish and enforce professional hardware design standards Achieve 100% code coverage, during unit testing Carefully document and track all bugs encountered and patched, during development Clearly communicate the development of all modules of the RC car

Core Modules Of The Autonomous RC Car
Android App Bridge Controller Geographic Controller Master Controller Motor Controller Hardware Integration PCB Sensor Controller Wiring Harness

Project Management Administrative Roles
Team Lead Git Repository Manager Wiki Report Manager Gantt Chart Manager Bill of Materials Manager Project Presentation Manager

Team Members & Responsibilities
Team Members	Administrative Roles	Technical Roles
Tristan French	Team Lead Git Repository Manager	Master Controller (Lead) Hardware Integration PCB Wiring Harness
Ryan Zelek		Testing and Integration (Lead) Master Controller Motor Controller
Samir Mohammed	Wiki Report Manager Gantt Chart Manager Bill of Materials Manager	Bridge Controller and Android App (Lead) Hardware Integration PCB Wiring Harness
Vignesh Kumar Venkateshwar	Project Presentation Manager	Motor Controller (Lead) Bridge Controller and Android App
Bharath Vyas Balasubramanyam		Geographic Controller (Lead) Motor Controller
Nuoya Xie		Sensor Controller (Co-Lead) Geographic Controller
Kelvin Cheong		Sensor Controller (Co-Lead) Geographic Controller

Schedule

Team Meetings and Deliverables
Week#	Date	Deliverables	Status
1	2/16/19	Share team contact information Create Git Repository (Tristan) Set up Slack Invite Preet to Slack Establish Code Guidelines and Standards	Complete Complete Complete Complete Complete
2	2/24/19	(1/2 team) Share research of past projects Establish ownership of Administrative and Technical Project Modules Establish weekly team meeting time Establish Team Slack usage Guidelines and Standards Received CAN Transceivers Create a Gantt chart to track project progress (Samir) Create Git directory structure (Tristan) Create a Bill of Materials (Samir) Select and order an RC car (Bharath) Push a file to Git Repository Conduct research of project modules (based on ownership/sub-team) Invite Preet to Gitlab	Complete Complete Complete Complete Complete In Progress In Progress Complete Complete Complete In Progress Complete
3	3/3/19	(2/2 team) Share research of past projects Explore using Splitwise for managing project finances Explore using Taiga.io for project management Sub-teams share research and findings with each other and the team Start planning what parts need to be ordered and update BoM	Not Started Not Started Not Started Not Started Not Started
4	3/10/19
5	3/17/19
6	3/24/19
7	3/31/19
8	4/7/19
9	4/14/19
10	4/21/19
11	4/28/19
12	5/5/19
13	5/12/19

Parts List & Cost

Micro-controllers
PART NAME	PART MODEL	QUANTITY	COST PER UNIT (USD)
Micro-controller	LPC 1758	5	$80.00

RC CAR
PART NAME	PART MODEL	QUANTITY	COST PER UNIT (USD)
RC Car	Traxxas 1/10 Slash 2WD RTR with 2.4GHz Radio	1	$205.99
Lithium-Ion Battery	Traxxas 7600mAh 7.4V 2-Cell 25C LiPo Battery	1	$74.95
Battery Charger	Traxxas 2970 EZ-Peak Plus 4-Amp NiMH/LiPo Fast Charger with iD Auto Battery Identification	1	$47.95

Design & Implementation

The design section can go over your hardware and software design. Organize this section using sub-sections that go over your design and implementation.

Hardware Design

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Hardware Interface

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Software Design

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Implementation

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Testing & Technical Challenges

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<Bug/issue name>

Discuss the issue and resolution.

Conclusion

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Project Video

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Project Source Code

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References

Acknowledgement

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References Used

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Appendix

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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.