IGVC

From Princeton Autonomous Vehicle Engineering

Contents 1 Internal Links 2 Team Structure 3 Hardware 3.1 Speakers 3.2 Sensors 3.3 Refill Tires 3.4 Tension Chain 3.5 Dampen Tower Oscillations 3.6 New Paneling 3.7 Packaging Neatness 3.7.1 reduce computer size 3.7.2 location of components 3.8 Touch Screen Interface 4 Software 5 Testing

Internal Links

• Team Structure
• Computer Systems
• Motor controllers
• Electrical & Power Systems
• DAQ outputs
• GUI
• Budget

• Progress

Team Structure

Goal: Win $10,000 (first place in everything, no pothole collisions)

Project Managers: Tony Zhu '11 (hanz@) and Brenton Partridge '12 (bpartrid@)

Team responsibilities are described in Team Structure.

Hardware

Google Wave version:

Speakers

Research: Derrick

Sensors

Camera Camera Housing

• CAD: Arul

New Camera Evaluation

• Research: Josh

New digital compass

Refill Tires

Tension Chain

Dampen Tower Oscillations

Research: George

New Paneling

Requirements

• Response to serviceability, style
• Fewer bolts to remove
• Reduce thermal expansion
• Waterproof

Hingeable top panels

Packaging Neatness

reduce computer size

Motherboard: MSI X58M (research by Laszlo)

• micro ATX
• ~$170

Case: micro ATX ~$30-50

location of components

tray mounts Champher corners

Touch Screen Interface

Research: Derrick iPod Touch Requirements

• Remote Desktop client? ($25)
• VNC client? ($6)

Software

(Coming Soon)

Testing

• Cones, Barricades
• Painted Lines
• Fence
• Sand/light beige tarp
• various color trash bins
• Potholes (2ft diameter, two inches depth or 2ft diameter white circles to simulate) If we hit a pothole we can't win the prize $$$
• 15% grade
• Facilities--Permission for testing locations
• Buy small generator for re-charging.