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Sensor-Aided Smart Vehicle Management System. Midterm Presentation. Senior Design – May 2010 – Group 18 Dr. Daji Qiao, Advisor Pasha Kazatsker, Eric Klaus, Eric Mader, Brett Thompson. Problem Statement. Residents of a gated community must act. Extra actions lead to apathy.
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Sensor-Aided Smart Vehicle Management System Midterm Presentation Senior Design – May 2010 – Group 18 Dr. Daji Qiao, Advisor Pasha Kazatsker, Eric Klaus, Eric Mader, Brett Thompson
Problem Statement • Residents of a gated community must act. • Extra actions lead to apathy. • Apathy leads to poor security. • Poor security on vehicles is undesirable!
General Solution • No added effort required. • Sensors provided for identification. • Users are paired with vehicles. • Only authorized pairs are allowed in or out.
Project Plan • Plan and Design Documents (1st Semester) • Implementation (January/February 2010) • 2 group members: TelosB Mote programming • 2 group members: database and web management console development • Testing (March/April 2010) – start March 1! • Non-Vehicle Testing (first 2 weeks) • Vehicle Testing
Implementation: Work Sessions • Group Work Sessions every Thursday for 2-3 hours • Review project progress • Demo new working components • Assign new tasks • Troubleshoot code and hardware • Guaranteed, collaborative work time • Bulk of work done individually, outside of scheduled work sessions
Implementation: Component Status • Database/Management Web Console • Complete! Needs aesthetic work. • Database modified as needed. • Control Software/Vehicle Sensor • Able to send and receive data via the mesh sensor through serial device. • Reads and writes MySQL database through MySQL C API. • Still needs to handle unpaired messages and gate relay controller.
Implementation: Component Status • Vehicle Sensor • Sends and receives data from user sensor. • Forwards paired messages to gate sensor. • Power and signal management still in progress. • User Sensor • Functionality complete! • Power and signal management still in progress. • Mesh Node • Half complete: forwards data to gate sensor, but does not receive data from vehicle sensors.
Implementation: Issues Encountered • Power management • Not clearly defined in TinyOS documentation • Signal strength • Control Software/Database Communication • API requires gcc flags not clearly defined • Took some time to figure out • Gate Sensor • Required multithreading, only provided in BaseStation sample code
Rest of Semester • Implementation continues through February • Non-Vehicle/Functionality Testing starts March 1 • In-Vehicle Testing starts March 15 • Poster Design starts during In-Vehicle Testing