Meeting 10 – 3/27/2008

FPGA: Field programmable gate array I/O: Input/Output cRIO: Compact Reconfigurable I/O LabVIEW: Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation

Engineering Workbench FTP: File transfer protocol USB: Universal serial bus VR: Voltage Regulator RC: Resistor*Capacitor VU Motorsports: Vanderbilt University

Motorsports NCAA: National Collegiate Athletic Association FR: Front-Right

Steering position sensor onlineWheel speed sensors received

FR wheel mount Continuing tachometer LabVIEW

developmentBrake pressure transducer receivedWiring harness components ordered“Stage 2” testing of wireless rangeOrdered enclosures

FR Wheel Speed

Proximity sensorVoltage channel

is online in LabVIEW

Converting data to numeric RPM in progress

Steering position sensor

Rotary potentiometer

Functioning in LabVIEW (see next)

Steering angle added to front panel

Brake pressure transducer

Wiring harness connectors

# connectors Mouser Part # $ each $ total type # pins1 654-MS3112E16-26S 30.71 30.71 receptacle 261 654-MS3116F16-26P 36.56 36.56 male plug 261 654-MS3112E14-18S 27.53 27.53 receptacle 181 654-MS3116F14-18P 29.56 29.56 male plug 182 654-MS3112E14-15S 22.5 45 receptacle 14+12 654-MS3116F14-15P 32.33 64.66 male plug 14+1

11 523-T3274-501 4.18 45.98 male 311 523-T3278-501 5 55 female 330 TOTAL= 335

Mount 3 more potentiometersLabVIEW coding (FPGA & real-time)

Tachometer/RPM mathMount 3 more wheel speed sensorsMount Brake pressure sensor