team 10: sherpa

Team 10: SHERPAMay 3, 2010

Our Team

Dave Anthony Andrew DannyMoelker Boorsma Hoogendam VanderSpek

Outline• Project Selection• Our Project• Design Choices• Obstacles• Our Prototype• Future Additions• What We Learned• Acknowledgements• Questions

Project Selection• Idea from Todd Burghgraef at

Dornerworks

• Good combination of hardware and software design

• Funded by Dornerworks

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Our Project

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Current GPS Technology Software

Advanced Sensor

Technology

Inertial Measurement Unit

Microcontroller

SPI I2C ADCSPI

UART GPS

Buttons/SwitchesBattery

Regulator

LCD ScreenTouch Panel

Flash Memory

Triaxial MEMS Accelerometer

MEMS Gyro 1

MEMS Gyro 2

x,y,z

USB

x y z

Li-Ion Charger

Triaxial Magnetometer

x,y,z

Design Choices

• Hardware• Electronic components• Battery• Display

• Software• Algorithms

• Kalman Filter• Integration Method

• Operating System

Obstacles• Sensor bias• Sensor accuracy• Complex algorithms• Acquisition platform

performance

Our Prototype• Designed schematic and printed

circuit board (PCB)• Populate PCB with components• Software implementation

• Sensors• LCD and touch panel• Algorithms

Future Additions• Better algorithms

• Full User Interface

• Re-fabricate the PCB

• Design and prototype an enclosure

What We Learned• System Design

• Embedded Programming

• Scheduling

• Modularizing a Problem

Acknowledgements

• Industrial Consulting: Tim Theriault• Financial Support: DornerWorks• Idea: Todd Burghgraef • Advice and Encouragement:

• Professor VanderLeest, Advisor• Bizplan Judges

Questions