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== Abstract ==
 
== Abstract ==
This section should be a couple lines to describe what your project does.
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The purpose of this project is to build a multifunctional parking assistant. The parking assistant will
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simplify the driver’s task of parking a car in a garage. The parking assistant will automatically open the
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garage door when the vehicle approaches the garage. As the vehicle approaches the garage, the parking
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assistant will notify the driver of the vehicles position relative to a predetermined stop point. When the
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vehicle reaches the stop point, the parking assistant will alert the driver with audible and visual cues.
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The project will consist of two separate modules which will communicate with each other wirelessly.
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One module will be located in the garage while the other will be located in the vehicle with the driver.
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Each module will be designed around a SJSU One board with LPC1758 microcontroller.
  
 
== Objectives & Introduction ==
 
== Objectives & Introduction ==

Revision as of 08:07, 29 October 2013

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

Abstract

The purpose of this project is to build a multifunctional parking assistant. The parking assistant will simplify the driver’s task of parking a car in a garage. The parking assistant will automatically open the garage door when the vehicle approaches the garage. As the vehicle approaches the garage, the parking assistant will notify the driver of the vehicles position relative to a predetermined stop point. When the vehicle reaches the stop point, the parking assistant will alert the driver with audible and visual cues.

The project will consist of two separate modules which will communicate with each other wirelessly. One module will be located in the garage while the other will be located in the vehicle with the driver. Each module will be designed around a SJSU One board with LPC1758 microcontroller.

Objectives & Introduction

Show list of your objectives. This section includes the high level details of your project. You can write about the various sensors or peripherals you used to get your project completed.

Team Members & Responsibilities

  • Kathryn
    • Vehicle microcontroller
    • LED display
    • Piezo Buzzer
  • Eric
    • Garage microcontroller
    • Range Finder
    • LED strip

Schedule

Week# Date Task
1 10/08/13 Proposal due. Order parts.
2 10/15/13 All parts arrive. Write code to open garage door.
3 10/22/13 Establish board-to-board wireless connection
4 10/29/13 Start working on tasks listed on 11/5 and 11/12.
5 11/05/13 Garage microcontroller: Range finder. Vehicle microcontroller: LED display
6 11/12/13 Garage microcontroller: LED strip functional. Vehicle microcontroller: Piezo functional
7 11/19/13 Complete garage/vehicle module integration. Start system testing.
8 11/26/13 Complete system testing. Practice Demo.
9 12/03/13 Complete demonstration and report.

Parts List & Cost

Give a simple list of the cost of your project broken down by components. Do not write long stories here.

Qty Part Cost Purchase from
2 SJSU Board with LPC1758 microcontroller $75 SJSU CmpE
2 Antennas Provided by instructor
1 Addressable RGB LED Light Strip $29.95 Adafruit.com
1 Ultrasonic Rangefinder Provided by instructor ($25.95) Sparkfun.com
1 N-Channel MOSFET $0.95 Sparkfun.com
1 Universal Garage Door Remote $34.97 Home Depot / Walmart
1 Piezo Buzzer Provided by instructor
2 Connectors for LED strip lights (JST plug and receptacle) $1.50 Adafruit.com

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

Discuss your hardware design here. Show detailed schematics, and the interface here.

Hardware Interface

In this section, you can describe how your hardware communicates, such as which BUSes used. You can discuss your driver implementation here, such that the Software Design section is isolated to talk about high level workings rather than inner working of your project.

Software Design

Show your software design. For example, if you are designing an MP3 Player, show the tasks that you are using, and what they are doing at a high level. Do not show the details of the code. For example, do not show exact code, but you may show psuedocode and fragments of code. Keep in mind that you are showing DESIGN of your software, not the inner workings of it.

Implementation

This section includes implementation, but again, not the details, just the high level. For example, you can list the steps it takes to communicate over a sensor, or the steps needed to write a page of memory onto SPI Flash. You can include sub-sections for each of your component implementation.

Testing & Technical Challenges

Describe the challenges of your project. What advise would you give yourself or someone else if your project can be started from scratch again? Make a smooth transition to testing section and described what it took to test your project.

Include sub-sections that list out a problem and solution, such as:

My Issue #1

Discuss the issue and resolution.

Conclusion

Conclude your project here. You can recap your testing and problems. You should address the "so what" part here to indicate what you ultimately learnt from this project. How has this project increased your knowledge?

Project Video

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Project Source Code

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References

Acknowledgement

Any acknowledgement that you may wish to provide can be included here.

References Used

List any references used in project.

Appendix

You can list the references you used.