1. Dec09-11 Embedded Systems Design Though Curriculum Jacqueline Bannister Luke Harvey Jacob Holen Jordan Petersen

2. System Design - Requirements Projects must effectively integrate knowledge expected of students for that given year The courses will define checkpoints and milestones for students while still allowing for a design experience The proposed modules must engage student interest Should accommodate for various levels of skill sets and learning styles Should demonstrate area of embedded systems using robotics application 2

3. Robotics Platform - Deliverables Custom Power System Custom PCB 24v, 12v, 5v supplies Student-friendly configuration 3

4. Robotics Platform - Deliverables FPGA control module Top level control VI Controls sensors, motors Links FPGA to c module 4

5. Vision Recognition - Deliverables Created VR for first competition Created interface for C code to interact with vision data 5 Data structure for a robot’s location Data structure for which robot is winning a given square location *Bit 7 denotes which robot is winning that square (1 = Black, 0 = Green) Smart Camera

6. Vision Recognition - VB Screen Shots 6 Original Picture from Smart Camera Screen Shot of Running Inspection

7. Dry-Erase Bot Competition - Deliverables 7 Completed course construction Created prototype robot Competition rules and requirements Completed Whiteboard Grid -Two 4x8 sheets of melamine

8. ADEPT Planning - Deliverables Learning modules Technical documentation for future students Platform recommendation Learned from difficulties with platform Recommend changes to current platform and recommend an alternative 8 Initial Robot Prototype

9. Platform Complications Software complications cRIO platform does not allow direct access to VxWorks – No operating systems concepts cRIO only allows for c modules to be placed into LabVIEW – Limited algorithm control in c – No interrupts, low level programming – Thread concept only available in LabVIEW blocks 9

10. Test Plan Completion of a prototype robot in one semester Department offering 286x Feedback surveys from students taking 286x 10