ECE497 Project RoverGUI - Revision history

Yoder: Removed grade. Moved to Fall2012

2013-05-18T16:19:52Z

Removed grade. Moved to Fall2012

Yoder: /* Grading Template */

2012-11-14T21:27:11Z

‎Grading Template

Yoder: /* Grading Template */

2012-11-14T21:26:29Z

‎Grading Template

Yoder: /* Theory of Operation */

2012-11-14T21:24:06Z

‎Theory of Operation

Chris.good: /* Installation Instructions */ fixing git link, again.

2012-11-14T07:22:00Z

‎Installation Instructions: fixing git link, again.

Chris.good: git update again

2012-11-14T07:19:29Z

git update again

Chris.good: github link changed

2012-11-14T07:09:47Z

github link changed

Chris.good: highlights, theory of operation, work breakdown, future work, and conclusion

2012-11-14T06:44:21Z

highlights, theory of operation, work breakdown, future work, and conclusion

Chris.good: additional user use information

2012-11-14T05:35:26Z

additional user use information

Chris.good: more content updates

2012-11-14T03:41:09Z

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-[[Category:ECE497 |Project]]
+[[Category:ECE497Fall2012 |Project]]
 {{YoderHead}}
 Team member: [[user:chris.good|Chris Good]]
 == Executive Summary ==

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 Demo
 On time
-Comments: I'm looking forward to seeing this.
+Comments: It works.  I would have liked to have seen more details on the Google Maps interface.
 Score:  86/100

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 <pre style="color:red">
-Executive Summary
+Executive Summary (Should state what the project is doing, not what you hope to do.)
-Installation Instructions
+Installation Instructions (Worked fine for me.)
-User Instructions
+User Instructions (It works!)
 Highlights
 Theory of Operation
 Work Breakdown
 Future Work
 Conclusions
 Demo
-Late
+On time
 Comments: I'm looking forward to seeing this.
-Score:  00/100
+Score:  86/100
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	The server on the BeagleBone is running using node.js. With between the BeagleBone and the browser is handled by node.js and socket.io. The GUI will then use either basic socket.io buttons or the Google Maps API to send instructions to the BeagleBone. The instructions are then saved to a file on the BeagleBone.		The server on the BeagleBone is running using node.js. With between the BeagleBone and the browser is handled by node.js and socket.io. The GUI will then use either basic socket.io buttons or the Google Maps API to send instructions to the BeagleBone. The instructions are then saved to a file on the BeagleBone.
		+
		+	<span style="color:red">More details would help. How do you interact with Google Maps? What messages are being sent back and forth between the server and the browser, etc.</span>

	== Work Breakdown ==		== Work Breakdown ==

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   beagle$ '''opkg install nodejs'''
-Next, the GUI can be downloaded from [ https://github.com/goodca/roverGUI.git  https://github.com/goodca/roverGUI.git]
+Next, the GUI can be downloaded from [[https://github.com/goodca/roverGUI.git https://github.com/goodca/roverGUI.git]]
 No compiling is needed so the GUI is now ready to be used.

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 Clicking on a button will cause create a file in the top directory of the GUI directory called inst.txt that will contain only the text from the button most recently clicked. In this way, the program to be controlled can watch this file and carry out the instruction currently in the file. With some easy modification to the source code more buttons can be created that will add any additional functionality.
   '''(39.4824644923698, -87.32401371002197)
   '''(41.88592102814744, -87.626953125)
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   '''(38.27268853598097, -85.75927734375)
   '''(39.48246138709902, -87.32401169836521)'''
 == Highlights ==
-The user will be able to go to the location they would like the rover to travel and click on positions. The rover will then travel to these locations in order.
+This GUI is designed to be extremely easy to interface to other programs. If the other program can be created to read a text file of either instructions or coordinates it can likely be made to use this GUI.
-More to come.
+The Google Maps GUI makes it very simple to create a list of GPS coordinates. This would make creating tests much simpler for any testing that makes use of GPS coordinates.
 == Theory of Operation ==
-The server on the BeagleBone is running using socket.io with node.js. The GUI will then use either basic buttons or the Google Maps API to send instructions to the rover. The instructions are then saved to a file that can be read by the BeagleBone.
+The server on the BeagleBone is running using node.js. With between the BeagleBone and the browser is handled by node.js and socket.io. The GUI will then use either basic socket.io buttons or the Google Maps API to send instructions to the BeagleBone. The instructions are then saved to a file on the BeagleBone.
 == Work Breakdown ==
-All work is done by Chris Good
+All work was done by Chris Good
-Future work:
-Implement basic control
-Implement files to save instructions to
-Parse clicks from Google Maps API
 == Future Work ==
-Since the instructions will be saved in a very simple text format file, any number of devices that could make use of simple controls or waypoint data would be potentially able to use this data. Furthermore, it could be modified to send the instructions in another method in order to comply to a device that already exists.
+Extra buttons can be easily added to the simple GUI through modifying the source code. These buttons could carry any actions the user intends to have.
-== Conclusions ==
+Currently the Maps GUI only reports latitude and longitude coordinates. While this is fine for ground based objects such as the Rover this project was designed to work with, it could be expanded to allow a height coordinate in order to accommodate aerial objects. Further parameters such as travel velocity or a time to stay at a coordinate could also be added.
-This project will give a more natural feeling to controlling the rover project.
+== Conclusions ==
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 where ''beagle'' is the IP of the BeagleBone.
-The browser will now be pointed to the home screen of the GUI. Either the simple direction GUI or the Google Maps GUI can now be selected.
+The browser will now be pointed to the home screen of the GUI. Either the simple direction GUI or the Google Maps GUI can now be selected by clicking the text of the option you would like to select.
 Selecting the
 == Highlights ==
 The user will be able to go to the location they would like the rover to travel and click on positions. The rover will then travel to these locations in order.

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 == Executive Summary ==
-This project is to create a GUI that could be used to control the rover project found here:[[ECE497_Project_Rover]] The GUI will have two stages. The more simple one can control simple movement such as forward, backwards, turning, etc. The other will be GUI based on the Google Maps API so that users can click waypoints for the rover to travel.
+This project is to create a GUI that could be used to control the rover project found here:[[ECE497_Project_Rover]] The GUI will have two interfaces. The more simple one can control forward, backwards, and turning. The other will be GUI based on the Google Maps API so that users can click waypoints for the rover to travel.
-Currently a computer networked with the BeagleBone can from a browser go to the bone and select the maps option. Selecting this option will bring up a Google Maps page that has very basic functionality. Currently clicking to select waypoints does nothing.
+The curent code will allow the user to place into a file either simple commands or a list of coordinates from the Google Maps API.
 == Installation Instructions ==
-The GUI can be downloaded from [https://github.com/goodca/roverGUI here.]
+First, ensure node.js is installed by running:
-Once downloaded move to the top level directory and run:
-  beagle$ '''node GUI.js'''
+  beagle$ '''opkg install nodejs'''
 Then, from any networked browser point to:
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 where ''beagle'' is the IP of the BeagleBone.
+The browser will now be pointed to the home screen of the GUI. Either the simple direction GUI or the Google Maps GUI can now be selected.
-== User Instructions ==
+Selecting the
-−
-More detailed instructions on use to come.
-−
 == Highlights ==
 The user will be able to go to the location they would like the rover to travel and click on positions. The rover will then travel to these locations in order.