GE 423 - Laboratory Handouts,
Notes, & Support Files

Last updated 01/23/2008 09:23:27 AM
Your Mechatronic assistants:
Dan Block, Carlos Montesinos, Chris Valicka

Current lab handouts / Lab Due Dates

Lab1: Introduction to DSP Programming (Week of January 14th)

• Laboratory Exercise Handout
• Lab Rules and Grading Policy Handout
• Lab 1 (Word Format), ( pdf)
• Additional Files
• Library Function Descriptions
• CCS 90 Trial version
• CCS's Help Files If you do not want to install the full demo.

Lab2: Serial Communication (Week of January 28th)

• Laboratory Exercise Handout
  • Lab 2 (Word Format), ( pdf),   In lab we will order samples from Texas Instruments for your final Microcontroller Design tisamples
• Additional Files
• Data Sheet for the 2X20 Character LCD

Lab3: Introduction to I/O with the Daughter Card (Week of February 4th)

• Laboratory Exercise Handout
• Lab 3 (Word Format), ( pdf)
• Additional Files
• Optical Encoder/PWM/UART Board Schematics
• Camera/ADC/DAC/I2C Board Schematics
• C6713DSK Schematics
• C6713DSK Technical Reference

Lab4: External Board Interfacing and Glue Logic Design (Week of February 11th)

• Laboratory Exercise Handout
• Lab 4 (Word Format), ( pdf), VB Help
• Additional Files
• Data Sheets
• DAC7724
• AD7864
• DS17887 Timing
• DS17887
• TMS320C6713 Data Sheet
• TMS320C6713 Peripheral's Guide
• 74F521
• 74F02
• 74F00
• TMS320C6000 CPU and Instruction Set Reference Guide
• Chip Drivers Source Files
• EagleCAD files
• Eagle CAD Tips
• Link to download Eagle CAD software

Lab5: Motor Control and Straight-Line Robot Driving (Week of February 25th)

• Laboratory Exercise Handout
• Lab 5 (Word Format), ( pdf)

Lab6: Robot Sensors and Wall-Following (Week of March 3rd)

• Laboratory Exercise Handout
• Lab 6 (Word Format), ( pdf)
• Additional Files
• I2C Specification
• IR Distance Sensor (Word Format), ( pdf)
• IR Calibration
• Ultrasonic Distance sensor (Word Format), ( pdf)
• Compass

Lab7: Robot Actuators and RC Servos (Week of March 10th)

• Laboratory Exercise Handout
• Lab 7 (Word Format), ( pdf)
• Possible Parts List for Gripper
• Board Schematic for Parallel Port connector of Optical Encoder board.  Its on Page 3
• Code for adding communication to Atmel chip that adds 5 IR sensors and 8 possible RC servos. 

Lab8: Robot Vision (Week of March 24th)

• Laboratory Exercise Handout
• Lab 8 (Word Format), ( pdf)
• Additional Files
• Intro. to Vision Processing
• Camera Spec Sheet
• CMOS Camera Data Sheet
• Camera Board Schematics
• Laser distance measurement

Final Project : The Amazing Recycling Robot Contest (Week of April 8th to the end of the Semester)

• Laboratory Exercise Handout
• Contest (Word Format), ( pdf)
• XY point to point driving code user_xy.c and xy.h.  Description of Given Code
• How You will be Graded for the Contest.

Lab Supplementary Files

• List of All Sensor Projects
• List of All Data Sheets
• List of All Source and Library Files
• Application Note for 6713DSK Daughterboard specifications