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Team #1 PICA: Design Decisions and Current Status Report. A. Ball K. Wiersma N. Jen A. Sterk. Outline. Reintroduction of project and problem Major Design Decisions Accomplishments Obstacles Summary. Our Project. Major Design Decisions. Power Supply Solid State Relays
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Team #1 PICA: Design Decisions and Current Status Report A. Ball K. Wiersma N. Jen A. Sterk
Outline • Reintroduction of project and problem • Major Design Decisions • Accomplishments • Obstacles • Summary
Major Design Decisions • Power Supply • Solid State Relays • Microprocessor Selection
Accomplishments • Successful testing of the Solid State Relays • Successful testing of the analog inputs to the ADE7763 chips. • Run code on LEON3 processor • Designed a Power Supply PCB • MSPGCC 4.X compiled so we can now compile (and debug) code for the MSP430 • Demoed capability to read from the ADC in the MSP430 • Got Linux to compile and boot using LEON3
Obstacles • Building the rest of the software needed to complete the base station. • None of the systems have worked together yet. • Integrating surface mount components into DIP breadboards • Toolchain compiles not working well due to very out dated code • Dealing with demo software, which limits the size of compilation
Summary • Many design decisions have been made • Many accomplishments as well as obstacles • Confident that the prototype will be ready by April 29.