WALL

CSE 476

Presentation 1

Group Members

Robin Battey

Travis Martin

Lindsey Irwin (presenting)

Project Overview

Location tracking system using personal server attached to a cricket listener as a “mouse” to interface with a data projector display in Sieg hall

Design Overview

Usage Scenario

Sieg Hall Data Projector

Many people will have these personal servers. If you are one of those lucky people, you can control the display

Forward and Backward slide show capabilities

Section Selection

Projector Display

CSE Department Announcements

CNN News Headlines

Today’s CSE Events

Slide Show

Colloquia

Slide Show

Message Board

Demos

Traffic/Bus

Information

Major Components

Projector

Projector Server

Personal Server

Cricket Listener and beacons

Major Components~ Projector

The projector will sit in Sieg hall near the 1st floor landing. It will be attached to the Projector Server.

CSE Department Announcements

CNN News Headlines

Today’s CSE Events

Slide Show

Colloquia

Slide Show

Message Board

Demos

Traffic/Bus

Information

Major Components~ Projector Server

Projector Control program

Cricket data to Command Program

Communicates to Personal Server via Bluetooth

Major Components~ Personal Server

Gathers Data from Crickets

Formats data to packets and sends data to Projector Server

Gets cricket data via serial cable to cricket listener

Major Components~ Cricket Listener and Beacons

Uses Ultrasound to measure distance

Beacons Chirp randomly at approximately 3 times per second

Listener gathers data from each beacon and outputs in raw ascii the distance and beacon code

Cricket Listener and Beacon

Beacon Listener

Division of Labor

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Project Issues

Accuracy of the Cricket location devices

Calibration of the Cricket devices

Power Conversion for the serial port

Control privileges over projector

Projector capabilities limited by Information Student Specifications

Goals and Future FeaturesGoals

To control which of the four central squares are highlightedUse buttons to go forward and backward through a Slide presentationX-Y dimensional location tracking

Future FeaturesOpen web linksScroll capabilitiesControl precedence capabilities

Schedule and MilestonesWeek 6

Software Prototype completeCricket accuracy testing complete

Week 7Distance Algorithm CompleteCricket Data transfer complete

Week 8Full integration and debugging

Week 9Construction CompleteRegression testing continues

Week 10Tests completeDocumentation