Distance Measurer Land Rover

Zeist for the part completed till now

The ‘4 Channel Digital Communication system using FSK’ is
developed for transmitting four channels through one single medium. It is
a reliable and cheapest way to transmit the data through a single
channel.

It is currently used for transmission in many RF systems.

The type of modulation being used is FSK (frequency shift keying). An
ADC used prior to an FM transmitter, yields the purpose of attaining
FSK. We will be multiplexing the inputs for having 4 channels of the
digital data and finally get the DE multiplexed data at the output.

In the prime section the development of the transmitter system or

component is to be defined as the main functioning starts fro here the
system is capable of transmitting the different data with the help of the
FSK (Frequency Shift Keying) technique which allows varying the
frequency of the carrier wave and hence the first plan should be
developed to maintain the frequency shift keying at the transmitter end.

The system developed is very efficient and the output is noticeable only
at the practical area and after implementation of the design.
The project is developed in such a way that enables modules of the
system to interact with each other in a convenient way which makes the
system to increase its functionality.
The developed system is flexible in design and compatible with specific
applications, thus the scope of improvements is always there with
practical implementation.
The system is based on wireless functions and hence enable user or
client to perform operations from a distance location, a large part of
system is based on digital process and hence the digital input and output
can be modified as per the requirements of the user or applications.
This system can be used for the digital data transmission and is secure
from the outer noise as the transmission and reception of data is valid
only on available frequency.

Goals and Guidelines

The main goal of developing this type of system is to derive a condition

of the multiple channel availability for transmission and reception of data.

 The availability of the multiple adaptation channels entirely depends

upon the provided frequency and other parameters.
 The development and the design allow it to be modified later on
requirement basis.

As the completion requires different stages, the modification is done to

meet the condition of the up gradation and to provide flexibility to the
product.
The system is entirely based on the wireless communication design, and
hence must be capable of different type of data transmission over the
multiple channels.

Future prospective

Our future plan is to design an elementary robotic land rover that can be
controlled remotely using primarily the RF mode. The RF remote control
has the advantage of adequate range (up to 200 meters with proper
antennae) besides being omnidirectional. On the other hand, an IR
remote would function over a limited range of about 5 meters and the
remote transmitter has to be oriented towards the receiver module quite
precisely. However, the cost involved in using RF modules is much
higher than of IR components and as such

The proposed land rover can move in forward and reverse directions.
While being turned to left or right, the corresponding blinking LEDs
would blink to indicate the direction of its turning. Similarly, during
reverse movement, reversing LEDs would be lit.

The decoder being used for the project has latched outputs and as such
you do not have to keep the buttons on remote control pressed for more
than a few milliseconds. This helps prolong the battery life for remote.

Addition to the robot

We want to build a robot which can calculate the distance travelled by it

without using an additional micro controller. It used JK and D flip-flops,
decade counters and 555 timers for the logic and control. We want to
use LCD or Seven segment decoders and displays to display the
measured distance.

The elaborate arrangement with ripple counters was necessary to drive

the stepper motors. DC motors just need a supply to work but driving a
stepper motor is a lot more complicated. The coils are needed to be
excited in a certain order to get the rotor spinning. Reversing the
sequence reverses the direction of rotor spin. The advantage of stepper
motors over DC motors is that one can tightly control the rotor spin. For
instance, one complete rotation of the rotor in my case needed 48 steps.
The number of steps per rotation is a measure of the resolution with
which one can control the rotor position.

The principle in my robot would be: - One should place the robot at the
point from which he wishes to start measuring the distance. When he
presses a button in the remote control, the clock starts functioning. The
ripple counters present the sequence train to the ULN driver to drive the
stepper motors. At the same time, a decade counter is also driven by the
clock. The BCD output of this counter is fed to a LCD or a seven
segment decoder, which drives a display in turn. Two displays may be
used for the final demo allowing count up to 99 to be displayed. When
the robot reaches the point till which the distance should be measured,
the transmitter key is pressed again and this halts the clock.