GE 423 - Laboratory Handouts,
Notes, & Support Files

Last updated 04/22/2009 04:24 PM
Your Mechatronic assistants:
Dan Block, Todd Baxter, Aaron Becker

Current lab handouts / Lab Due Dates

Lab1: Introduction to DSP Programming (Week of January 19th)

• 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 February 2nd)

• 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 9th)

• 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 16th)

• Laboratory Exercise Handout
• Lab 4 (Word Format), ( pdf)
• 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, Eagle CAD Tutorial  Another Eagle CAD Tutorial
• Link to download Eagle CAD software

Lab5: Motor Control and Straight-Line Robot Driving (Week of March 2nd)

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

Lab6: Robot Sensors and Wall-Following (Week of March 9th)

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

Lab7: Robot Actuators and RC Servos (Week of March 16th)

• 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 
• Using the 3D printer

Lab8: Robot Vision (Week of April 6th)

• Laboratory Exercise Handout
• Lab 8 (Word Format), ( pdf)
• Matlab Code to Help Find HSV thresholds, Matlab Code and Sample Pictures 
• 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 20th 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.
• Using the 3D printer

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