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Project Status

Work Completed

• IR communication(Protocol, software, and hardware)

• RF communication(Software and Hardware)• Hardware(PCBs)– Pack– Tagger– Pylon– Central Computer

• Script interpreter

Work Completed (cont.)

• High level scripting language• Parser/compiler/linker• Remote procedural call• LCD interface• Communication between PC and devices• Ability to flash compiled script

Work Remaining

• System integration– IR and timer code

• Power circuit• Program Gametypes• Gui for admin and scripting front end

Problems Encountered

• BDM Programmer

• PCB Problems– Vdd and Vss– Foot prints– Power Circuit– Via sizes

Test and Evaluation

Difficulty Testing

• System testing– Incomplete hardware

• Module testing– Pack, Tagger…

• Component testing– ICs and passives

Demo Milestone

• Protoboard Demo– Tagger– Pack– Central Computer

Compiler Testing

• Test Bench

Time and Cost

Magnitude

• Project was huge– 12 hours per week to start – 25 hours per day at the end

Past CostsItem Cost

LCD, 10 IR Leds, 4 IR recievers $25.80

RF Parts $12.59

PCBs over the summer $85.00

Breakout Board $12.49

PVC $12.24

USB controller $18.00

IR mounting $88.95

Crystals for IR $13.00

Shipping costs $17.14

TOTAL $285.21

New CostsItem Cost

Final order from Digikey $112.00

Wires and connectors from pololu.com $141.47

Jameco - IR circuit & various parts $30.62

Final ordered PCBs $121.70

Final order from Mouser $109.21

Final order of LCDs $39.42

RadioShack Purchases $40.78

TOTAL $595.20

Cost to Others

• Scopes • Power Supplies• Countless parts checked out– Resisters– Caps– Programmer– Soldering Iron

• Breakout Boards

Safety and Ethical Considerations

Safety and Ethics

• IR safety• RF safety– Low power

• System failure means little

• Patent research from 364