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1. ECE 4006 Final Presentation
Group Members – John Sellers
- Doug Messick
- Kelvin Bunn
- Sean James
Group Name: Altera NIOS Robot Group
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology

2. Project Overview
The design of this project uses the Altera
NIOS board as a robot controller. The robot
used in this project is the AmigoBot, which
contains 8 sonar sensors. The main
function of the robot will be to track moving
objects and object avoidance.
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3. Block Diagram
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4. Project Approach
-Design RISC Processor
-Communication with the Nios board
-Interface Nios Board with the AmigoBot
-Establish preliminary Control of AmigoBot
-Finalize AmigoBot functionality
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5. Major Project Milestones
C-program Template
-Established on June 29, 2002
-Initially used to program the UART of
the Nios board
-Continually updated as source code for
the project
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6. Major Project Milestones
Communication with the Nios board
-Established on June 29, 2002
-Pre-defined UART commands were used
to program the Nios Board
-Able to download and communicate
functions
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7. Major Project Milestones
Communication with the AmigoBot
-Established on June 29, 2002
-C-program code used to send
synchronization packets to open
communication
-Packets contained a header, a comand,
and a checksum value
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8. Major Project Milestones
Checksum Calculation
-Established on June 29, 2002
-Initial Code provided did not compute
the proper checksum
-Values included in the checksum are the
command, command type, and
command value
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9. Major Project Milestones
Control of the AmigoBot
-Established on June 29, 2002
-Determined the protocol of the Server
Information Packet (SIP)
-SIP packets controlling synchronization
and motor control were created
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10. Major Project Milestones
Receiving Data from the AmigoBot
-Established on June 29, 2002
-Acquired a serial cable void of a
transmit pin
-Purchased a serial sniffer program to
analyze information returned from the
AmigoBot
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11. Project Progress
-Communication established with the Nios
board and the AmigoBot
-Established Control of the AmigoBot
-Currently processing sonor information and
updating the sonor algorithm
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12. ECE 4006 Project Proposal and
Presentation
Tasks Duration Who 14 21 28 4 11 18 25 2 9 16 23
Obtain Hardware required for the design project 1w group
Run the Altera NIOS Embedded Processor Tutorial (Getting
Started) and verify working board and computer system.
1w group
Run the Altera Tutorial (large tutorial manual) 1w group
Design the RISC processor 1w group
Transmit/receive data from the NIOS serial port 2w
Interface NIOS serial port with the AmigoBot 2w
Preliminary control of AmiboBot by the NIOS board 2w
Final functionality of the AmigoBot - Ready for Demo. 2w
Final Presentation and Report 1w group
May June July

13. Next Steps
-Continue to update the Algorithm that
processes the sonor information
-Provide a working demonstration of the
AmigoBot
-Complete the goals outlined in the
objective of the project
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14. QUESTIONS