CSCE 488: Computer Engineering Professional Development Getting Started With Projects Yuyan Xue and Sharad Seth

8/29/2006Getting Started With Projects2 Outline Introduction to Senior Design Project Available Resources Previous Projects Attractive Contests Useful Links

8/29/2006Getting Started With Projects3 Project Requirements Design & implement a combined software/hardware project, too complex for one person Work collaboratively in teams, competitively between teams Follow Industrial standards in documenting and reporting on projects Innovate and utilize the latest technology Full project proposal plus a related mini- project implementation

8/29/2006Getting Started With Projects4 Some Suggestions Form your team asap Brainstorm ideas – do background research Do feasibility analysis Prepare a schedule and budget

8/29/2006Getting Started With Projects5 Available Resources HANDY BOARD - based on the 52-pin Motorola MC68HC11 processor - includes 32K of battery-backed static RAM - four outputs for DC motors - provides connector system for analog sensor inputs - an LCD screen - an integrated, rechargeable battery pack. - one extended board

8/29/2006Getting Started With Projects6 Available Resources eBOX eBox-II Embedded Computer is an embedded system using Vortex86 System-On Chip technology. It has 166MHZ SOC, 128MB RAM, 64MB Disc on Modules (IDE Device), built in Audio, LAN, Video, and also 3 USB ports.

8/29/2006Getting Started With Projects7 Available Resources ALTERA BOARD Altera Stratix Nios Development Board Altera UP2 Development Board

8/29/2006Getting Started With Projects8 Why FPGAs? Handle dense logic and memory elements, offering very high logic capacity Easy to change the logic design Lower cost and shorter development cycle Complete integrated design environment (IDE) that you may have used in previous courses (230, 430,...) Easy to learn about and use

8/29/2006Getting Started With Projects9 Altera Stratix Nios Development Board Stratix EP1S10F780C6 10,570 Logic Elements 920 Kb on-chip memory Provide hardware platform for developing embedded system Comes pre-programmed with a 32-bit Nios processor reference design

8/29/2006Getting Started With Projects10 Altera Stratix Nios Development Board 8 MB of flash Memory,1MB of static RAM, 16MB of SDRAM On-board Ethernet MAC/PHY device Compact Flash connector header Two RS-232 DB9 serial ports 50MHz oscillator and zero-skew clock distribution circuitry Four push-button switches Dual 7-segment LED display

8/29/2006Getting Started With Projects11 Altera UP2 Development Board EPF10K70RC240-4 device EPM7128SLC-7 device One RS-232 serial port Four push-button switches Dual 7-segment LED display MHz oscillator

8/29/2006Getting Started With Projects12 Other Available Resources CMU CAM Track the position and size of a colorful or bright object Measure the RGB or YUV statistics of an image region Automatically acquire and track the first object it sees Physically track using a directly connected servo Dump a complete image over the serial port Dump a bitmap showing the shape of the tracked object

8/29/2006Getting Started With Projects13 LEGO TOOLKITS

8/29/2006Getting Started With Projects14 We also have a small number of motes (sensors+cpu+wireless) that can be used to form autonomous sensor networks. A modest budget is available to each team in 489 to order other components.

Some Previous Projects

8/29/2006Getting Started With Projects16 A walking robot ( Fall) A walking robot, with two full-degree legs, is designed in the semester. The self-made robot has two long legs, two big feet, and many sensors. The robot is controlled by a laptop through the parallel port. The students finished all the mechanical, hardware and software work. A good try!

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8/29/2006Getting Started With Projects18 A computer workstation monitor system ( Fall) Based on Altera board. With a humidity sensor and some middleware, it can monitor live temperature and humidity in the working environment.

8/29/2006Getting Started With Projects19 McTouch - Touch Interface Ordering Device ( Fall) Developed base on E-BOX. It is a wireless client/server system which allows the customer of a typical fast food restaurant to place an order at their own pace using a user friendly touch screen interface. The system uses FLASH interfaces that communicate with the base station through a wireless Bluetooth connection.

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8/29/2006Getting Started With Projects21 Recycle Nation - An Environmental Improvement Program for Incentive Based Recycling ( Spring) Developed based on E-box and RFID technology. The project provides a mobile vehicular system to sort the garbage into recyclable and non-recyclable and further into metallic and nonmetallic items. The system then weighs different kinds of garbage based on address, thus providing proper monetary compensation to the consumer for beneficial recycling habits. All the statistical information is sent to the base station through wireless communication.

8/29/2006Getting Started With Projects22 Happy consumer RFID tagged receptacles RFID Reader Weight Sensor Ebox (Local Storage) and Wireless Bridge Mobile Vehicle Server (Central Storage)

8/29/2006Getting Started With Projects23 Trash Master - System for Separation of Recyclables ( Spring) Developed based on E-Box and RFID Tech. The system can recognize glass, ferrous metal, aluminum, and plastics from recyclable trash and put them into different bins, as they are moving on a conveyor belt. Their system can greatly improve the efficiency of recycling by accurate sorting.

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8/29/2006Getting Started With Projects25 Automated Warehouse Retrieval Robot ( Spring) Developed based on Handy Board and E-Box Automated Retrieval of Warehouse RFID Aided Navigation Wireless Communication with Server - For Dynamic Scheduling - For Traffic Control

8/29/2006Getting Started With Projects26 Hardware Layout for Robot Motors Photo sensors Handy Board Ebox RFID Reader RFID Tags Wireless Communication

8/29/2006Getting Started With Projects27 Contests Imagine Cup Embedded Development “ Devices are becoming smaller, more portable and are having a greater impact on our everyday lives. Here is your opportunity to unleash your creativity and to change the world by developing your own embedded device.” See:

8/29/2006Getting Started With Projects28 Contests CSIDC 2008? If funding becomes available (Computer Society International Design Competition) encouraging teams of CSE undergraduate students to design and implement computer-based solutions to real-world problems. In particular, the system you develop should be of benefit to society Team Prize 1 st $20,000 2 nd $12,000 3 rd $8,000 Honorable $4,000

8/29/2006Getting Started With Projects29 Our History CSIDC ’ 04 Double Check Acoustic Scan Wireless Patient Management System (Final Round) Windows ChallengE ’ 05 DRIIVE Network: Dynamic Road and Intra/Inter- Vehicle Exchange Network (Final Round)

8/29/2006Getting Started With Projects30 Useful Link For finding various sensors and motors For finding various datasheets Chip Directory