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Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Senior Design Project 2012 Team Xia Ben Bromberg, Rodrigo Bismonte, Patrick Estabrook Simple Awareness of Vehicles and Assorted Night Traffic (SAVANT)
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2 Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Problem Statement We wish to reduce injury and death to pedestrians and bikers caused by lack of visibility.
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3 Electrical and Computer Engineering Department System Overview Users of the road wear GPS devices transmitting their location Motor vehicles have receivers and transmitters Displays the location of received GPS information on the windshield (Heads Up Display) S imple A wareness of V ehicles and A ssorted N ight T raffic
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4 Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Block Diagram The RF “ Æ ther” Helical GPS Xbee RF Transmitter Microcontroller Helical GPS Xbee RF Transmitter Microcontroller Car SystemPedestrian/Cyclist System Xbee RF Transciever GPS BeagleBoard on-board Computer Display System
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5 Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Pedestrian/Cyclist Module (PCM) MDR Prototype
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6 Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Pedestrian/Cyclist Module (PCM) CDR Prototype Insert updated image of PCM prototype here
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7 Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Helical GPS Module – 50 Channel D2523T
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8 Electrical and Computer Engineering Department ATMega328 Microcontroller
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9 Electrical and Computer Engineering Department XBee Module
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10 Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Xbee Mesh addressing scheme
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11 Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Automobile Module (AMM) – MDR Prototype
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12 Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Automobile Module (AMM) – CDR Prototype
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13 Electrical and Computer Engineering Department BeagleBoard
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14 Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Demonstration! Improvements! One more PCM (Pedestrian-Cyclist Module) unit Installation of helical GPS units in the PCM AMM (Automobile Module) unit receiving its coordinates using its GPS receiver AMM parsing its GPS location PCM pre-parsing its GPS location before broadcasting
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15 Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Budget Cost Breakdown BeagleBoardDonated XBee modulesDonated(2)Donated(3) ATMega328 microcontrollerDonated (1)Donated (2) LS20031 GPS module for AMMDonated D2523T Helical GPS module for PCM $79.95 (1)$159.90 (2) Optoma EP-PK-101 10 lumen pico projector $170.80 8”x11” Clear Rear projection film $20.00 Total Spent Remaining Budget $270.75 $229.25 $350.70 $149.30
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16 Electrical and Computer Engineering Department FPR Goals I. Pedestrian-Cyclist Module (PCM) final prototype GPS, XBee, ATTiny II. Automobile Module (AMM) final prototype GPS, XBee, BeagleBoard On-windshield user display III. Chassis and PCB Minimization of PCM footprint Power management PCM mobility issues resolved IV. Testing/Experimentation
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17 Electrical and Computer Engineering Department FPR Deliverables Two working PCM units Minimized and wearable AMM unit installed and working in a car (or an approximation of a car) User interface Projector/display on car windshield Video of the test Demonstration of multiple (two real with several simulated) PCM units joining/leaving the dynamic network Accuracy statistics
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18 Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Questions?
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