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

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

6 Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Pedestrian/Cyclist Module (PCM) CDR Prototype Insert updated image of PCM prototype here

7 Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Helical GPS Module – 50 Channel D2523T

8 Electrical and Computer Engineering Department ATMega328 Microcontroller

9 Electrical and Computer Engineering Department XBee Module

10 Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Xbee Mesh addressing scheme

11 Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Automobile Module (AMM) – MDR Prototype

12 Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Automobile Module (AMM) – CDR Prototype

13 Electrical and Computer Engineering Department BeagleBoard

14 Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Demonstration! Improvements! One more PCM (Pedestrian-Cyclist Module) unit Installation of helical GPS units in the PCM AMM (Automobile Module) unit receiving its coordinates using its GPS receiver AMM parsing its GPS location PCM pre-parsing its GPS location before broadcasting

15 Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Budget  Cost Breakdown BeagleBoardDonated XBee modulesDonated(2)Donated(3) ATMega328 microcontrollerDonated (1)Donated (2) LS20031 GPS module for AMMDonated D2523T Helical GPS module for PCM $79.95 (1)$ (2) Optoma EP-PK lumen pico projector $ ”x11” Clear Rear projection film $20.00 Total Spent Remaining Budget $ $ $ $149.30

16 Electrical and Computer Engineering Department FPR Goals  I. Pedestrian-Cyclist Module (PCM) final prototype GPS, XBee, ATTiny  II. Automobile Module (AMM) final prototype GPS, XBee, BeagleBoard On-windshield user display  III. Chassis and PCB Minimization of PCM footprint Power management PCM mobility issues resolved  IV. Testing/Experimentation

17 Electrical and Computer Engineering Department FPR Deliverables  Two working PCM units Minimized and wearable  AMM unit installed and working in a car (or an approximation of a car) User interface Projector/display on car windshield Video of the test  Demonstration of multiple (two real with several simulated) PCM units joining/leaving the dynamic network  Accuracy statistics

18 Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Questions?