LOSAT’s Sensors Line of Sight Audio Transmission Brandon Patton Mechanical Engineering Student University of Florida April 18, 2013
LOSAT
Sensors IR - Sharp GP2Y0A21 distance sensor (4”-32”) Sonar - Maxbotix LV-MaxSonar-EZ2 (6”-254”) Camera - PS3 Eye set @ 75Hz Photovoltaic cell
Hardware 2x National Instruments USB 6009 DAQ’s Dell Inspiron mini 532nm laser pointer (transmitter) 2x DeviceCraft H-Bridge DC Motor Speed Controller Pololu TReX Jr Dual Motor Controller DMC02 2x Servos modified for continuous rotation driven by Pololu Trex Jr 2x Polou 298:1 Micro Metal Gearmotor HP Finger tech pulleys and belts
PS3 eye Turret
PS3 eye Camera and Turret Control Uses LabVIEW vision processing Set to a resolution of 640x480 @ 75Hz Color threshold and centroid finding Calculates error and outputs analog voltage to the DeviceCraft H-Bridge