Preliminary Design Review30 January 2007.ppt

Preliminary Design Review30 January 2007 Black Box Car System (BBCS) ctrl + z: Benjamin Baker, Lisa Furnish, Chris Klepac, Benjamin Mauser, Zachary Miers Motivation Car accidents Provide proof of who was at fault Provide information about force of crash Other traffic incidents Capture information about what really occurred if ticketed for speeding, following, etc. Concept of Operations:Goals Provide visual information of car’s surroundings for period of time before accident Use accelerometer to determine if accident has occurred If programmed acceleration level occurs, BBCS knows a crash has occurred Force reading will be saved in conjunction with visual data Removable storage Crash video can be viewed on home computer Autonomous In event of accident, data automatically saved Powered by vehicle CONOPS:Requirements Performance Requirements Block Diagram: Main Block Diagram:Black Box Implementation: Microcontroller Flash-based, 16/32-bit ARM Microchip PIC MSP430 Re-programmable On-board ADC, UART, I2C, Timer/counter Interface to sensors, Flash data log USB 1.0/2.0 capable Implementation:Microcontroller One main processor to act as a central processor to control all coprocessors Video processors, memory, accelerometer, etc. Our design will use one processor for each camera module This will allow us to more easily implement several video sources if extended Implementation:Video We’re looking to use either a CCD or CMOS camera as our video sensor. Ideally we would like to use a camera with USB output and onboard compression. Using a webcam oriented device, we’re hoping to eliminate any need to program USB drivers. With a corresponding USB microcontroller, this might be possible. Implementation:Video Camera – STVS6522 Advantages Only needs a 5V supply Large range on input voltage (4.1-5.6) Adjustable Frame Rate Black and White or Color images USB 2.0 compliant Field of depth is infinite with a fixed focus Implementation:Video Disadvantages Operating rang