1. Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Senior Design Project 2012 Team Xia Geoff Hermann, Ben Bromberg, Rodrigo Bismonte, Patrick Estabrook Simple Awareness of Vehicles and Assorted Night Traffic (SAVANT)

2. 2 Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Problem Statement  We wish to reduce injury and death to pedestrians and bikers caused by lack of visibility.

3. 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

4. 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

5. 5 Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Pedestrian/Cyclist Module (PCM) Prototype

6. 6 Electrical and Computer Engineering Department GPS Module

7. 7 Electrical and Computer Engineering Department ATMega328P Microcontroller

8. 8 Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Xbee Module

9. 9 Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Automobile Module (AMM)

10. 10 Electrical and Computer Engineering Department BeagleBoard

11. 11 Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Demonstration!

12. 12 Electrical and Computer Engineering Department MDR Goals/Progress  I. Learning Phase GPS, XBee, ATTiny, BeagleBoard  II. Communication Phase Getting all the components talking to one another Make connections, send and receive data  III. Software Phase Write the basic transmit/receive software for each part of the system ATTiny, XBee, BeagleBoard  IV. Prototype Get the transmit/receive system working in the proposed fashion

13. 13 Electrical and Computer Engineering Department MDR Goals/Progress  I. Learning Phase Task 1 - (car, ped) learn about GPS modules Task 2 - (car, ped) learn ATTiny programming software, procedure Task 3 - (car, ped) learn about XBee programming, TX and RX Task 4 - (car, ped) learn about BeagleBoard programming  II. Communication Phase Task 5 - (car, ped) interface GPS with ATTiny microprocessor Task 6 - (car) interface GPS with BeagleBoard Task 7 - (ped) interface ATTiny with XBee module Task 8 - (car) interface BeagleBoard with XBee module (TX, RX)  III. Software Phase Task 9 - (ped) write software for ATTiny microprocessor Task 10 - (car) write transmitter software for BeagleBoard Task 11 - (car) write receiver software for BeagleBoard  IV. Prototype Phase Task 12 - (car) prototype car TX/RX Task 13 - (ped) prototype ped TX

14. 14 Electrical and Computer Engineering Department MDR Goals/Progress  Cost Breakdown BeagleBoardDonated XBee modules$45.90 (2)$68.85 (3) ATtiny13A$1.07 (1)$2.14 (2) EM-4061 GPS module for CAR$59.95 GS407 Helical GPS module for PED $89.95 (1)$179.90 (2) Optoma EP-PK-101 10 lumen pico projector $170.80 8”x11” Clear Rear projection film $20.00 Total$387.67$501.64 *donated, not included in final cost estimate

15. 15 Electrical and Computer Engineering Department MDR Goals/Progress  Cost Breakdown BeagleBoardDonated XBee modulesDonated(2)Donated(3) ATtiny13A$1.07 (1)$2.14 (1,1) EM-4061 GPS module for CARDonated GS407 Helical GPS module for PED $89.95 (1)$179.90 (2) Optoma EP-PK-101 10 lumen pico projector $170.80 8”x11” Clear Rear projection film $20.00 Total Spent Remaining Costs $1.07 $280.75 $1.07 $371.77

16. 16 Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Spring Semester Tasks  Extending software for multiple transmitting and receiving devices  Power circuits for car module and pedestrian module Battery considerations Power management in software  Printed circuit board design for pedestrian module  GUI design for car module  Final enclosure designs

17. 17 Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Deliverables  Midterm Design Review Working receiver and transmit circuit on breadboard  Final Design Review 1-2 working bike/pedestrian transmitters (depending on budget) Receiver installed in car On-Windshield Display