Team 18: Humble Hubble The proposed project is a self-aiming telescope. This telescope will interface with a host device to populate a list of celestial targets, will allow the user to select a target, and then will automatically orient itself to point at the target using a variety of onboard sensors.

Micro (3.3V) Bluetooth (3.3V) Accelerometer (3.3V) Motors (7.2V) Encoders (5V) UART (4 traces) GPS (3.3V) Compass (3.3V) I2C Bus (2 traces) Gyroscope (3.3V) 3.3V to 5V Conversion 3.3V to 7.2V Conversion Opto- isolators 50 ohm Antenna (3.3V) 50 ohm Antenna (3.3V) Power MOSFETs PWM (2 traces)

Project-Specific Success Criteria: An ability to determine the telescope’s absolute global position and orientation via a GPS sensor, accelerometer, and electronic compass. An ability to determine the telescope’s absolute global position and orientation via a GPS sensor, accelerometer, and electronic compass. An ability to retrieve celestial coordinates via Bluetooth from an external host. An ability to retrieve celestial coordinates via Bluetooth from an external host. An ability to automatically move and point the telescope at the designated position. An ability to automatically move and point the telescope at the designated position. An ability to power the device using an onboard rechargeable battery pack. An ability to power the device using an onboard rechargeable battery pack. An ability to allow the user to manually override the telescope’s target heading using onboard electronic control devices. An ability to allow the user to manually override the telescope’s target heading using onboard electronic control devices.