ECE497 Project RoverGUI

Team member: Chris Good

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 00 Executive Summary 00 Installation Instructions 00 User Instructions 00 Highlights 00 Theory of Operation 00 Work Breakdown 00 Future Work 00 Conclusions 00 Demo 00 Late Comments: I'm looking forward to seeing this.

Score: 00/100

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 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.

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.

Although in itself this project would likely not be of much use, it will give certain projects a very useful and easy to integrate user interface.

Installation Instructions
First, ensure node.js is installed by running:

beagle$ opkg install nodejs

Next, the GUI can be downloaded from [git://github.com/goodca/roverGUI.git here.] No compiling is needed so the GUI is now ready to be used.

User Instructions
Move to the top level of the directory GUI directory. To run the GUI server, run:

beagle$ node GUI.js

Then, from any networked browser point to:

beagle$ beagle:8081

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. 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.

More to come.

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.

Work Breakdown
All work is 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.

Conclusions
This project will give a more natural feeling to controlling the rover project.