ME461-Vehicular-Lab-Automation-Device

Boston University ENG 2023: Senior Capstone

Team VLAD Members:

• Adam Bahlous-Boldi
• Miguel Ianus-Valdivia
• Kyle Fieleke
• Vlad Pyltsov
• Abin Binoy George

Table of Contents

1. Motivation and Goals
2. Peripherals
3. Folder Description
4. Final Report
5. Video Demo
6. Software Documentation
7. Next Steps

Motivation and Goals

This was our senior design project at Boston University, with the main objective of showcasing our skills as an engineer. This project was proposed by Dr. Keith Brown.

Huge thanks to Dr. Brown and Professor Anthony Linn for their support.

Peripherals

Microcontroller: ESP32 Peripheral used:

• DC Motor
• Infrared Sensor
• Encoder
• Servo Motor
• IMU

Folder Description

• Assets: Images
• CAD Files: All the CAD files.
• Documents: Final report and instruction report.
• Individual Peripheral Testing: Test scripts for each peripheral.
• Main Scripts: Main build scripts for the microcontroller and the PC sending instructions to the controller.
• Datasheet: Datasheet for some of the peripherals.

Final Report

More information on the project details and our solution can be found in our final report.

Video Demo

Video demo can be found on Google Drive.

Software Documentation

Information on how to build and run the software scripts can be found in this document. Following is just a brief overview of this document.

Espressif Installation

Espressif IDE can be installed here.

Build Project

idf.py set-target esp32
idf.py menuconfig
idf.py build

Flash onto Microcontroller

idf.py -p <port> flash

Monitor output from Microcontroller

idf.py -p <port> monitor

Next Steps

While we have provided a good starting point for any laboratory to begin automating its experiments, there are still a few tasks that can be done to further advance this project.

If you face any bugs, please create an issue on this GitHub repository.