1 / 12

ECE 477 Final Presentation Team 10  Spring 2008

ECE 477 Final Presentation Team 10  Spring 2008. Paul Ng Daniel Bixby Matt Ligocki David Collins. Outline. Project overview Block diagram Design challenges Project demonstration Individual contributions Questions / discussion. Project Overview.

paiva
Download Presentation

ECE 477 Final Presentation Team 10  Spring 2008

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. ECE 477 Final Presentation Team 10  Spring 2008 Paul Ng Daniel Bixby Matt Ligocki David Collins

  2. Outline Project overview Block diagram Design challenges Project demonstration Individual contributions Questions / discussion

  3. Project Overview Creation of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) capable of the following: Autonomous flight GPS navigation Ground photography Purpose: Improve aerial photography

  4. Block Diagram

  5. Design Challenges Plane weight and balance Mounting components to plane GPS sensitivity Software control algorithms RF Interference Testing overall functionality

  6. Project Demonstration An ability to fly an R/C plane autonomously once airborne, based on pre-programmed waypoints An ability to decode and display GPS coordinates 3. An ability to control motor speed and control surface position An ability to capture still images An ability to read waypoints from a MicroSD removable storage device Video for PSSC 2 – 5.

  7. Individual Contributions Team Leader – David Collins Team Member 2 – Matt Ligocki Team Member 3 – Daniel Bixby Team Member 4 – Paul Ng

  8. Team Leader – David Collins Designed and developed all software Determined interface requirements for peripheral devices with prototypes Finalized soldering on PCB Final assembly of the plane Cleaned up documenation for archiving

  9. Member 2 – Matt Ligocki Microcontroller selection Maintained master hardware files Schematic: microcontroller, GPS, SD, LCD Designed entire PCB Organized BOM Assembly: checking that components were properly soldered Organizing final report

  10. Member 3 – Daniel Bixby Packaging Research/Design Major Component Research/Selection – brushless motor, gearbox, ESC, LiPo batteries and balance charger Plane Construction Post-flight repairs Patent Infringement Analysis

  11. Member 4 – Paul Ng Power Supply, Thermopile Selection Schematic: Power Supply, Thermopiles, Assembling everything together Populated PCB Environmental and Ethical Analysis Senior Design Report

  12. Questions / Discussion

More Related