1. ECE 477 Senior Design Group 3  Spring 2011

2. Project Overview Autonomous Wheeled Vehicle Two main functions:
Navigate to user designated waypoints while avoiding obstacles
Visually track and follow user designated targets
Uses combination of GPS and other sensors to determine current location and trajectory
User Interface:
Atom board with Wi-Fi, connection via remote desktop using PC
Navigation
GUI to enter waypoints by clicking on map
Also displays current position and obstacles
Webcam Target Tracking
GUI allows user to click on Target, which will then be tracked and followed by the camera

3. Design Challenges Faced
Interface microcontrollers with Atom board
Synchronization of 3 independent devices
Interface microcontrollers with sensors
Maintaining low latency
Choosing adequate components

4. Knowledge Used ECE 270: Gate level logic, noise reduction
Timing characteristics
ECE 362:
Reading / understanding data sheets
Microcontroller Modules
PWM, SCI, ATD, TIM, GPIO
Interrupt routines
Communication Protocols

5. Project Demo
Video Presentation
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