Tim Southerton Brian Grosso

Matthew Morris Lalit Tanwar

Kevin Meehan Alex Reid

Team Information Problem Definition

Background Information Application to RIT Customer Use Scenario Stakeholders

Engineering Plans Customer Requirements Engineering Requirements Project Constraints Requirement Mapping

Project Schedule Moving Forward

Member Major Technical Role Team Role

Tim Southerton ME Lead Engineer Initiator / General Contact

Brian Grosso ME Chassis / Modeling Process Expert

Matthew Morris EE Circuit Board Design Project Manager

Lalit Tanwar EE Image Processing Team Facilitator

Alex Reid CE Programming Team Communicator

Kevin Meehan CE Programming Record Keeper

Project Goal: Build a RC car platform controlled remotely with intuitive controls and

visual feedback that can be expanded to demonstrate Controls to college students. The project needs to be captivating and able to demonstrate multidisciplinary engineering innovation at various RIT events this year and into the future.

Deliverables: 1. RC Car Platform with Cameras and Sensors

2. Driving Station with Control

3. Equation of Motion of the System

4. Characterizing Parameters of the System

5. Source Code for Low Level Processing

6. Interface for Student Coding

7. Preliminary Differential Drive Code

8. Supporting Documentation

Student-initiated project idea from DPM

Strong need for RIT engineering projects to be enticing to wide audience

Project generated as a platform for future project applications: a simple, fun, and highly-modifiable project

http://makezine.com/2010/08/07/real-rc-cars-meet-racing-arcade-act/

Currently difficult to demonstrate need for feedback in Controls coursework

Simulation could be assisted with tangible project work for students

Project platform to be developed to meet this need and be further modified in the future to expand coursework to new areas

http://www.mbandf.com/medias/parallel-world/2012/Bondcars/5_Ford%20Mustang%20Mach%201_AMC_hornet_b.jpg

Customer: Dr. Juan Cockburn Controls Professor, RIT, Computer Engineering (CE)

Sponsors: RIT CE Department, Multidisciplinary Senior Design (MSD) Freescale Semiconductor, ARM

Event Attendees: Imagine RIT Freescale Cup Various Campus Symposiums and Workshops

MSD Team Future RIT Researchers Future RIT MSD Teams / Prospective Students

Additional New

Priorities

Customer / Engineering Req. Mapping Notes:

All customer needs addressed with metrics

Redundant customer needs removed

Engineering Requirements Mapping Notes:

Fun aspect of car performance needs to be balanced with user ability and technological limitations

Major cost drivers will be control distance and camera characteristics

Higher quality components will directly increase how users like the product and where else it can be used

Benchmarking Notes: Project unlike many benchmarks due to novel idea

Off-road components are more robust & higher cost

Chassis can be modified to increase robustness

Battery life to be increased to handle electronics

Relative Weighting Notes: Measurement sensitivity is very important

Learning curve time matters for demonstrations

Budget and speed are concerns controlled by constraints

Preliminary schedule drafted for project 61 Items Identified for Project, which will

probably be reduced to increase usefulness More information will be available for

scheduling following Sponsor meeting (Oct 2-3) and further analysis

Lack of ISE on team leads to no familiarity with scheduling or Microsoft Project, but we are getting team members up to speed

Focus on System and Subsystem Evaluation

Establish basic understanding of controls from Faculty

Establish Freescale component availability

Test and document available components

Feedback on the project idea and how we can make it better is always welcome!

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