ECE 477: Digital Systems Senior Design
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Final Project Proposal
Year: 2014 Semester: Fall Team: 1 Project: Extreme Sports UAV
Creation Date: 8/26/2014
Last Modified: 9/6/2014
Team Members:
Member 1:
Member 2:
Member 3:
Member 4:
Yuhao Chen
Xianzhe Zhou
Yuchen Cui
Enpei Xi
Email: chen902@purdue.edu
Email: zhou196@purdue.edu
Email: cui27@purdue.edu
Email: exi@purdue.edu
1.0 Project Description:
Our team proposes to design a UAV that will follow a extreme sports player and
video record his or her activities. The user is assumed to carry an Android device
with Bluetooth capability and wear recognizable clothing. The UAV will have it’s
own computer vision module to track the user while carrying a GoPro camera
recording the activities. A commercial UAV, including the controlling module,
will be purchased to serve as the intelligent carrier of the video recorder. We will
add a customized interface to interact with the UAV’s controlling module and
achieve auto following and recording. The Android device will be utilized to send
commands to the UAV and switch between manual and auto mode.
2.0 Roles and Responsibilities:
Yuhao Chen has a personal hobby in UAV and has experience in computer
vision algorithms. He will be our team leader and responsible for the overall design
of the project. He will also be collaborating with Yuchen Cui on system level
design and embedded software design.
Yuchen Cui is experienced in algorithms and software design. She will be
responsible for both system level design and embedded software implementation
with a focus on utilizing peripherals to optimize the UAV’s detecting algorithms.
Xianzhe Zhou has an expertise with Android application programming. He will
be designing an Android application, which sends commands to the UAV via
Bluetooth. He will also assist fellow team members if needed.
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ECE 477: Digital Systems Senior Design
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Enpei Xi is an Electrical Engineering student. He will be in charge of hardware
design and the printed circuit board layout design. He will also collaborate with
fellow team members if assistance is needed.
2.1 Homework Assignment Responsibilities
Design Component Homework
3-Electrical Overview
Xi
4-Software Overview
Chen
7-Mechanical Overview
Cui
8-Software Formalization Zhou
Professional Component Homework
9-Legal Analysis
Zhou
10-Reliability and Safety Analysis Cui
11-Ethical/Environmental Analysis Xi
12-User Manual
Chen
3.0 Estimated Budget
Item
Carbon Fiber Octocopter Frame
& Plastic Quadcopter Frame
Motors, ESC, Flight Controller
Other Packaging Materials
Electrical Components
Shipping
Total
Price
$1000
$1000
$100
$300
$100
$2500
4.0 Project Specific Success Criteria
1. An ability to command the UAV to takeoff and land autonomously and safely.
2. An ability to establish valid communications between the microcontroller and
an Android mobile device via Bluetooth interface so that the user can send
commands to the UAV using the Bluetooth enabled Android device.
3. An ability to use the Android device to compute the user’s movement,
perpendicular to the computer vision camera frame, so to send data to
command the UAV to move forward or backward.
4. An ability to use the microcontroller to compute the user’s movement, parallel
to the computer vision camera frame, using data from the computer vision
module so to command the UAV to move up, down, left or right.
5. An ability to monitor the battery power level and force the UAV to land when
the power level is below assigned value.
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