Topics from meeting (October 18)
Attendees: Jason Holmes, Kin Chin Chua, Chris Romanoff, Scott Stack, Matthew Guenette
Vehicle Platform:
http://www.hobbytron.com/AirsoftRCElectricPanzerGiantBattleTank.html
- Rotating turret (290 degrees) to mount camera
- Shoots air soft pellets up to 28 yards
- 2.5ft x 1ft
- Rechargeable battery and charger included
Wireless Module:
http://www.sparkfun.com/products/10505
- 2 UART, 1 I2C, 2 SPI, 2 ADC, 1 PWM, and 32 GPIO
- IEEE 802.3b/g compatable
- 200-300M range outdoors
Camera:
http://www.sparkfun.com/products/8667
- I2C interface - still unsure of the speed
- 30fps
- 640x480 pixels
- distance measuring range: 20 cm to 150 cm (8" to 60")
- output type: analog voltage
- output voltage differential over distance range: 2.0 V (typical)
Pushbuttons:
http://www.sparkfun.com/products/9190
Project Development Areas:
1. Wireless Transceiver interfacing
Tasks:
- Acquire the wireless transceiver
- Successfully configure it to interface it with a development board to send/receive data to some source.
Team Members: Scott Stack, Kin Chin Chua
2. Camera interfacing
Tasks:
- Acquire the camera and materials to create a breakout board
- Solder a breakout board
- Figure out how read the image data coming from the camera
- Interface to it with a development board and use the LCD on the development board to display the camera image.
Team Members: Jason Holmes, Chris Romanoff
3. Peripheral interfacing and Website Development
Tasks1:
- Write code to initialize the I/O ports to make use of the IR voltages and pushbutton signals.
- Interface to the motors on the tank and write code to control them
- Begin development of a website that will be able to communicate with the vehicle.
Team Members: Michael Piercy, Matthew Guenette
Sample Program Output:
