Frosted Flakes Design Review March 5 2005

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Frosted FlakesDesign ReviewMarch 5 2005

• Charles Alombro
• EE296
• Rolly Guerrero
• EE296
• Roger Horikoshi
• EE396
• Jennifer Takaki
• EE196

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Project Overview

• Chassis
• Angle bracket connectors
• Timing pulleys
• Fabrication
• Movement
• Sensors
• Programming
• Tracking
• Mapping

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Design Fabrication

• Parts needed
• Sensors
• QRD1114
• 20 sensors
• LED
• 29 LEDS
• Motors
• Stepping motor
• Microprocessor (rabbit)
• Power supply
• Mosfet(s)
• (10) 1.2V rechargeable AA batteries
• Battery clips
• (1) 6 battery clip
• (1) 4 battery clip
• Wheels castors
• Timing pulleys w/out flanges
• Belt w/ teeth
• Chips

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Design Fabrication

• Movement
• Forward drive only
• Turning
• 90 and 180 turns
• Forward and reverse wheel movement for turns
• Stepper motors
• Sensors
• Top-down sensors
• Located on front and sides

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Block Module
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Detailed Description of Modules

• Chassis
• Aluminum Angle Brackets
• length 12.7 cm, width 7.6 cm, height 4.3 cm
• Anchored to each other with straps
• Circuit
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• CPU-Software
• Decision Algorithm

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What Remains to be done

• Hardware
• Complete the Chassis construction
• Complete the sensor circuit board
• Install the wheel to the chassis
• Install the motor to the chassis
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• Software
• Need to research navigational algorithms
• Develop Decision algorithm
• Use Visual C Program

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Goals Timeline

• Designing a working circuit (by March 5)
• Basic Circuits work thus far
  
• Build a working mouse (by March 19)
• Moving forward
• Turning
• Programming (by March 26)
• Interpreting sensor signals
• Basic navigation
• Mapping
• Finding the center