Friday, April 16, 2010

More Progress!

I was able to accomplish a number of tasks in the lab last night.
Here are some photos and descriptions:
The lab-setup from afar. Was measuring a few values before removing the out-of-box RC-Car controller.


-The H-Bridge is fully assembled, and tested with true 5v logic values, and an actual DC motor.



-All parts not necessary have been stripped from the RC Car

In the above photo, you can see parts from the front steering mechanism. The gear box, plastic arms, dc-motor. Additionally to the left, you can see the transmitter and receiver (which I might consider using as a wireless kill-switch -- but likely won't due to time constraints.)

-The servo for controlling steering has been retrofitted

-Full mock-up of the entire system has been completed

Below are photos of all parts on the physical platform (rc-car) and below the parts are laid out for show. The second photo shows all parts required to drive/steer the rc-car. GPS module, servo, motor, motor driver, micro-controller.





Todo:
1) Get basic routing algorithm working
--Grab latitude / longitude and perform logic
2) Assemble all physical components on the RC-Car body
3) Field Testing!

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