Status Report #1 Autonomous GPS Vehicle Brendon Balouch Vernal Garcia Brian Gonzalez Kim Pham January 29, 2006 Purpose: To implement a fastest route algorithm in a GPS enabled vehicle

 Overall Need:  Project Milestones:  Establish communication between GPS and microprocessor  Build a steering control circuit  Build a drive train control circuit  Write our fastest route algorithm.  Integrate all pieces into a single package

Task Completions  Communication established between GPS and microprocessor  RS-232 8N1 protocol successfully programmed for the ATMEL AT91 processor  GPS NMEA data sentences successfully decoded and converted to calculable integers.

Task Completion Dates  PWM Motor Driver Schematic  February 9 th, 2007  H-Bridge Steering Controller Schematic  February 9 th, 2007  Preliminary Fastest Route Algorithm  February 23th, 2007  Project Synergy  March 16 th, 2007

Projects Which Will Begin  PWM Motor Control Circuit  H-Bridge Steering Control Circuit  Fastest Route Algorithm  Programming of Processor to Support Peripheral Devices

Recently Completed Tasks  Vehicle Purchased  December 29 th, 2006  Processor Obtained  October 10 th, 2006  GPS Purchased  November 18 th, 2006