Team 10: SHERPA May 3, 2010
Our Team
Outline Project Selection Our Project Design Choices Obstacles Our Prototype Future Additions What We Learned Acknowledgements Questions
Project Selection Idea from Todd Burghgraef at Dornerworks Good combination of hardware and software design Funded by Dornerworks
+ Our Project + Current GPS Technology Software Advanced Sensor Technology
Design Choices Hardware Electronic components Battery Display Software Algorithms Kalman Filter Integration Method Operating System
Obstacles Sensor bias Sensor accuracy Complex algorithms Acquisition platform performance
Our Prototype Designed schematic and printed circuit board (PCB) Populate PCB with components Software implementation Sensors LCD and touch panel Algorithms
Future Additions Better algorithms Full User Interface Re-fabricate the PCB Design and prototype an enclosure
What We Learned System Design Embedded Programming Scheduling Modularizing a Problem
Acknowledgements Industrial Consulting: Tim Theriault Financial Support: DornerWorks Idea: Todd Burghgraef Advice and Encouragement: Professor VanderLeest, Advisor Bizplan Judges
Questions