this is about robotics

1. ADVANCED ROBOTICS & EMBEDDED C (AREC)
LEARN HOW TO:
 Control robots using mobile phones
 Control robots using RF
 Control robots using Acceleration sensor
 Interface your TV remote control with your robot
 Wireless data communication using IR
 Inter robot communication using RF
 Control robots using PC
 Coding matrix LED display
 Interfacing Analog and Digital sensors
 Interface Touch screen
 Control speed of DC motor using PWM
 Control servo motor
 Ball follower robot using Image Processing
 Sensor-less Line follower Robot using Image Processing
 Color detection robot using Image Processing
 Wireless multi robot coordination using Image Processing
 Interfacing SD/MMC card with microcontroller
 PCB design
PROTOCOLS TO BE MASTERED:
 UART
 SPI
 I2C
 RC-5
HANDS-ON LIVE PROJECTS:
 Mobile controlled robot based on frequency synthesizing
 PC controlled Robot wired and wireless
 RF wireless controlled Robot
 IR wireless controlled Robot
 Hand gesture based robotic control using Acceleration sensor
 Remote Data Acquisition System using IR/RF
 Inter robot Coordination using RF/ IR
 Programmable keypad using Touch screen
 Digital Writing pad for PC
 and many more...

2. COURSE OVERVIEW: AVR Family of Microcontrollers
 Why AVR?
 Design space and considerations
 AVR internals and functioning
 Embedded C Programming
 Basics of programming
 Use of the Win AVR compiler
 Head start to various programs on WINAVR
Interfacing Peripherals
 LEDs and LCD
 Key pad
 DC motor
 Servo motor
 Analog and digital sensors
 PC
 Wireless RF modules
 Touch screen
 DTMF modules
 Infra-Red
 Matrix LED display
Sensors
 Bump sensor
 Line sensor
 Light sensor using LDR, photo transistor and photo diode.
 Infrared sensor using IR diode, and IR detectors
 Obstacle detectors
 Temperature sensor
 Shaft Encoder
Actuators
 Types of actuators used in robotics
 DC motors
 Stepper Motor
 Servo motors
 Linear Actuators
Motor Drivers
 Motor driver using relay
 Motor driver using transistor

3.  Solid-state drivers: H-bridge, IC drivers
Wireless Technology
 Techniques and Applications
 Concept of data management and processing
 RF Transmission and Reception concepts
 Interfacing CC2500 RF Trans- receiver Modules
 IR transmission and reception concept
 Interfacing 38Khz IR Transmitter and receiver
Acceleration Sensor: Concepts and Activities
 What is an acceleration sensor?
 Working principle of an acceleration sensor
 Types of acceleration sensors available in market
 Different interfacing technologies used with acceleration sensor
 Hardwire interfacing circuitry of a 3 axis acceleration sensor
 Register configuration of an acceleration sensor
 Reading x, y, z and tilt parameters
 Configuring the acceleration sensor for shake detection
 Configuring the acceleration sensor for tap detection
 Configuring the Acceleration sensor for orientation detection
 Mapping the hand gesture through acceleration sensor and controlling a robotic vehicle
 Interfacing acceleration sensor with PC for computer graphics manipulation
Software Support
 Necessity and Applications
 AVR Development IDE Win AVR and AVR Studio
 Tech flash
 HID Boot flash
 Tech draw
 Tech terminal
Introduction to Machine vision
 Sensors & its classification
 Sensors used in machine vision
 Camera vision
 Different types of cameras used in robotics
 Basic construction and working principle of a camera
 Different types of interface used for camera
 Advantage of camera vision
Exploring MATLAB

4.  Introduction to Matlab
 Introduction to Commands and functions
 Conditional statements and looping
 Mathematical operations
 Logical Operations & Conditional Operations
 Signal representation
 Array operation
 String operation
 Matrix operation
 .m-files & functions
Familiarization with Image processing terminologies
 Types of image
 Different parameters of an image
 Concepts like Luminance, Chrominance, Hue, and Intensity
 Different colour Spaces
 Texture, Resolution and Pixel
Handling Images in MATLAB
 Importing image
 Image representation
 Finding pixel value
 Operations using pixel value
 Image matrix
 Image Processing Approaches
 Functions to Enhance Images
 Thresholding
 Image arithmetic
 Noise & noise reduction
 Edge Detection
SD/MMC card
 SD/MMC card Pin outs
 SPI
 SD/MMC protocol concept
 SD/MMC bus architecture
 SD/MMC bus protocol
 Basic SD/MMC commands
 Interface software design
PCB Layout and Circuit Designing
 Introduction to different electronic CAD tools

5.  Types of PCB
 Understanding electronics components package type, foot print, grid etc.
 Basics of different PCB manufacturing process
 Designing Single layer PCB
 Designing Double layer PCB
 Use of through hole and SMD components
 Familiarization with Software
 Drawing schematic
 Electronic rule check
 Transfer schematic to board
 Placing parts
 Manual Routing
 Auto routing
 Creating layout
 Optimizing Layout
 Copper pouring
 Design rule check
 Exporting design
 CAM process
 Creating component Library
AREC Training kit content:
 Micro controller development board with the following features:
o Built with popular Atmel’s AVR Microcontroller
o On-board LCD interface option (it can also be used for any other general purpose
application)
o On-board Motor Driver for connecting 4 DC motors or 2 Stepper motors
o On board Servo interface
o On-board regulated power supply
o RS232 interface
o On-board Buzzer
o Provision for external crystal connection
o Exposed I/O pins
o Exposed I/O pins for ADC and sensors with 5V/1A power supply
o Exposed I/O pins for servo motors and sensors with dual power supply
o Five tact switches for external input and reset
o Four test surface mounted LEDs for status and debugging purpose
o Two supply indicator LEDs
o Dual power supply through DC source (6V to 16V) or USB powered
o On board USB programmer
o Dual or single power supply option
o Exposed ISP pins for programming
 Digital Optical sensors
 Analog Optical sensor
 Acceleration sensor

6.  Character LCD
 Touch screen
 Serial cable
 USB cable
 A set of robotic chassis
 Geared DC motors
 Moulded plastic Wheels with rubber grip
 Ball caster with 360 degree freedom
 Batteries for power supply
 IR Trans-Receiver module
 Servo motor (Non take away)
 Matrix LED display (Non take away)
 CC2500 RF trans-receiver module (Non take away)
 DTMF module
 PC Camera
 CC2500 RF transceiver module
 SD/MMC card holder