System for Engine Location Of a Web Train Paul Wimmer and Adam Weintrop Dr. Irwin and Dr. Schertz 3/27/06

2 Outline Current position on time line Accomplishments of last week Goals for next week

3 Time Line

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5 Last Week All hardware built and pieces soldered –Wire wrap board looks great –Problem with H-bridge Looked into serial communication

6 Serial Communication Instead of light board, could we communicate serially to computer display graphics Serial port 0 / Timer 1 is used for debug Board has 2 more serial ports with external chip, can set own baud rate –Usage in EMAC manual This allows us to try to communicate position with serial characters Wrote sample code – want to experiment tomorrow

7 Outline Current position on time line Accomplishments of last week Goals for next week

8 Goals for Next Week Fix hardware board Test serial code Connect hardware to EMAC and test the functionality