I. A.C.M.E. Block Diagram
II. Project financing
Our project budget, will be primarily be funded by
all four group members sharing equal responsibility for project cost. We plan
to keep cost below $500. We also hope to receive free or donated samples but do
not expect such. If project expenditures prove to be to
much burden we may seek sponsorship or alter project design.
Cost to date:
·
OOBOT40 $88.00 New
·
Remote control
car $50.00 Used
·
Serial to USB
cable $13.00 New
·
RF PIC
development kit 1 $135.00 New
·
Hall Effect
Integrated Chips Freebie New
·
Total $286.00
Parts Needed:
·
Batteries
·
Power supply
cable
·
Magnets
·
LEDs, resistors,
capacitors…etc
·
Highway model
materials
·
Keypad
·
LCD
III. Milestone
Timeline
Project milestone for both
semesters.
The project milestones set for the first semester
were to come up with all the pieces needed and a specific design. In the first
proposal it was hoped that implementation of the design would begin before the
end of the first semester, but a few shortcomings such as evaluating methods,
choosing hardware, late arrival of parts, and workload external to the project
proved to consume much more time that anticipated. However, much has been accomplished;
the pieces have been set and a detailed design has been created. Construction
of the project is ready to commence. The following list shows in sequential
order the milestones set in the first semester.
Milestones for First Semester:
- 2/08/04 Outline
of general design
- 2/16/04 selection
of microcontroller
- 3/08/04 selection
of RF system
- 3/16/04 selection
of Tracking method
- 3/19/04 selection
of RC car to be used
- 4/15/04 Outline
of a specific design
Milestone for the second semester are to basically
assemble the design laid out from the first semester. There will most
definitely be unforeseen and unexpected difficulties dealing with the project,
the design outline made, tries to counter act some of these difficulties with
alternative designs, but this is not expected to be fool proof, so a good deal
of time is expected to work out the bugs of the design. The order in which the
design is to be implemented is in the following list, in sequential order.
Milestones for Second Semester:
- 5/24/04 Integrate
the RC car and microcontroller
to perform simple actions such as turning, driving,
braking…etc.
- 6/14/04 Integrate
the magnetic sensors to the RC car
and tying into the microcontroller. The RC car should
follow a magnetic path.
- 6/28/04 Implementing
a exiting routine. The vehicle
should be able to exit form the main road
- 7/12/04 Integrating
the RF communication system, the
vehicle should be able to receive a signal and respond
accordingly
- 7/16/04 Implement
the user interface (Keypad, LCD)
- 7/16/04 Completion
of a model highway
- 7/20/04 Completion
of the design