Documente Academic
Documente Profesional
Documente Cultură
(AMDV)
Jared Speer Fall 2011
Lamar Williams Jr.
Nathan Stephan
University of Central
Oklahoma
Department of
Engineering and Physics
Design Outline
• Brainstorm
• Research
• Feasibility assessment
• Conceptualization
• Establishing the design requirements
• Preliminary design
• Detailed design
• Production planning and tool design
• Production
Brainstorm
• As an team deciding the actual project was an
project of itself
• Other ideas included:
– War Robot
– Remote controlled car
– Underwater boat (Submarine)
– LCD display
– Autonomous Metal Detector
Brainstorm
• As a team we decided that the AMDV sounded
the most interesting and rewarding project,
but it also sounded the most intimidating
project
If we proceed in
this design, it
would not be
autonomous
Conceptualization
• That design was our final design that was in
line with our feasibility requirement.
• We needed to make sure that it met the
design requirements of the professor outlined
in his project requirement list.
Establishing the design requirements
• Dr. Baha and Mr. Richard gave us specific
requirements for us to abide by
If we proceed
in this design,
it would not be
autonomous
Preliminary design
• Due to time constraints, we realized that
building a chassis, suspension system for
various terrain, and space for the circuits we
had to outsource the body
• We reversed engineered a RC car from New
Bright.
Preliminary design
http://thomasscarborough.blogspot.com/2011/10/bfo-metal-detector.html
Preliminary Design
(Testing and Debugging)
Preliminary Design
(Testing and Debugging)
Preliminary Design
(Testing and Debugging)
Preliminary Design
(Testing and Debugging)
• Our team actually
burned the motor
driver L293D due to
insufficient knowledge
of how much voltage
was needed to go in.
Preliminary Design
(Testing and Debugging)
• So we built an voltage
regulator. This was
the schematic of the
voltage regulator. It
regulates the voltage
that goes into the
motor driver (L293D).
http://freedatasheets.com/datasheetblog/tag/voltage-regulator/
Preliminary Design
(Testing and Debugging)
• Our team was obtaining
inconsistent readings
from our metal
detector.
• We realized that our
speaker was very close
to the circuitry and
metal detector.
Preliminary Design
(Testing and Debugging)
• Since the magnet within
the speaker produces
an magnetic field, it was
causing interference in
the reading we
obtained.
• We rectified this
problem by moving the
speaker away from the
circuitry.
Preliminary Design
(Components)
• We used the Parallax
Servo Motor to steer
the AMDV either left or
right
• The Parallax sensor
worked great in this
project
Preliminary Design
(Components)
• We used the Parallax
Ultrasonic Distance sensor
for the AMDV to avoid
collisions
• It used short ultrasonic
burst to and provides an
output pulse that
corresponds to the time
required for the burst echo
to return to the sensor
• By measuring the echo
pulse width, the distance to
target can easily be
calculated
Preliminary Design
(Components)
• This is the DC motor
that provides the rear
wheel drive
acceleration to the
motor
• We switched motors
due to the first motor
we used was
malfunctioning
Preliminary Design
(Components)
• We went through the
trouble of trying to
figure out exactly the
best coil possible.
• 24 gauge copper wire
and wrapped it 70 times
with an inner diameter
with an inductance 1.25
mH.
Preliminary Design
(Components)
• The LCD is integrated
into the AMDV to
communicate to the
user what it sees.
• It tells you the intensity
of the magnetic field
and to reset it to find
metal.
Final Design
(Pictures)
Final Design
(Schematic)
Final Design
(Flowchart)
Final Design
(Pictures)
Estimated Cost
• Output Display
– Parallax Serial LCD = $ 40
• Audio Output Device
– Speaker with 5ohm 4watt specs = $25
• Manual Data Input
– On/ Off Switch = $2
• Automatic Sensor Input
– Parallax PING Ultrasonic sensor = $20
– Metal detecting sensor = $20
• Actuators, Mechanisms, and Hardware
– DC motor = $20
– Suspension System = Donation
– RC servo motor = $40
• Logic, Processing, and Control
– Basic Stamp 2SX = $60
•
• Total Cost = $ 227.00