1. Status Report #2 GPS-Navigated Autonomous Vehicle February fif, 2007 Purpose: To implement a fastest route algorithm in a GPS enabled vehicle. Prepared by Design Group 8: Brendon Balouch Vernal Garcia Brian Gonzalez Kim Pham Prepared for: August Allo Department of Electrical Engineering University of Texas at San Antonio

2.  Overall Need: To design and assemble control hardware that is able to implement a given GPS coordinate pathway.  Project Milestones:  Establish communication between GPS and microprocessor  Build a steering control circuit  Build a drive train control circuit  Write our fastest route algorithm.  Integrate all pieces into a single package

3. Task Completions  Communication established between GPS and microprocessor  GPS NMEA data sentences successfully decoded and converted to calculable integers.  PWM embedded module successfully programmed for speed control.

4. Task Completion Dates  PWM Motor Driver Schematic  February 9 th, 2007  H-Bridge Steering Controller Schematic  February 9 th, 2007  Preliminary Fastest Route Algorithm  February 23th, 2007  Project Synergy  March 16 th, 2007

5. Upcoming Tasks  PWM motor control circuit  H-bridge steering control circuit  Fastest route algorithm  Programming of processor to support peripheral devices  Interface the magnetometer to the processor to help find direction.

6. Recently Completed Tasks  Vehicle Purchased  December 29 th, 2006  Processor Obtained  October 10 th, 2006  GPS Purchased  November 18 th, 2006  PWM Module Programmed  February 4 th, 2007