1. ECE 477 Digital Systems Senior Design Project  Spring 2006
Team 14 / SPOT DASH
Jason, Nathanael, Wei, David
Project Overview
This project is the driver interface for the Purdue Solar car SPOT. It communicates with the onboard solar power trackers and telemetry system via Controlled Area Network (CAN) bus. It displays speed, battery power, and other crucial information on the LCD. The text menu system is navigated by a rotator (RPG) button.
12 Volt DC Power
Light Sensor
Connects to other components on the CAN network, such as solar power tracker...
LCD Operation Mode
Idle Page
Main Menu
Welcome
Page
Debug Mode
Rotator (RPG)
Digijock(ette)-Strength Digital System DesignTM