Robots and Radio KJ4EZA- Carissa Ferguson 1 Bio 2 Amateur Radio - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

“Robots and Radio” KJ4EZA- Carissa Ferguson 1

Bio 2

Amateur Radio Robotics 3

FIRST FIRST Robotics Robotics F or I nspiration and R ecognition of S cience and T echnology 4

Tasks / Scoring The Challenge Autonomous Period Alliance-specific Jewel remaining on platform 30 points Glyph scored in Cryptobox 15 points/Glyph Glyph bonus for Cryptobox Key column 30 points Robot Parked in Safe Zone 10 points 2017 FTC Challenge: Relic Recovery Driver Controlled Period Glyph scored in Cryptobox 2 points Completed Row of 3 in Cryptobox 10 points Completed Column of 4 in Cryptobox 20 points Completed Cipher 30 points End Game Period Relic in Recovery Zone #1 10 points Relic in Recovery Zone #2 20 points Relic in Recovery Zone #3 40 points Bonus for keeping Relic Upright 15 points Robot balanced on Balancing Stone 20 points 5

Groups Mechanical Electrical Software 6

The Competition 7

How does this apply to amateur radio? Communication Electronic Battery Microprocessors Link Circuitry Life 8

FIRST CI-V Sniffer Project CI-V Sniffer Robotics Project 9

CI-V Background CODE 0 $00 Set frequency CODE 3 $03 Set frequency CODE 5 $05 Set 10 frequency

Required Used Input 11

Flowchart CI-V Bus Data Input to CI-V Sniffer Input to Level TTL to microprocessor RS 232 12 Process, choose data state

Starting the Design 13

Early Schematic 14

Bill of Materials-Part 1 Larger Board 15

Bill of Materials-Part 2 Smaller Board 16

First Prototype 17

Simplified Prototype 18

Finalized Schematics 19

Finalized Board Layouts 20

Assembly 21

Success!!! 22

Implementations of the CI-V Sniffer Automatic bandpass filter switchin g Solid-state amplifier tracking the radio automatically Presets to antenna tuner Presets to tube RF amplifier 23

Automatic Bandpass Filter Switching 24

Solid-State Amplifier Control 25

Antenna Tuner Presets 26

RF Tube Amplifier Presets 27

Where to do we go from here? 28