ECE434 Project - LED Matrix
Team members: Brock Grinstead and Blake Emmert
Contents
Grading Template
I'm using the following template to grade. Each slot is 10 points. 0 = Missing, 5=OK, 10=Wow!
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: 10/100
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Executive Summary
Our project involves interfacing with an array of LED matrices, audio input, and a touch screen. The goal is to implement two separate functions on the LED matrices. This first function is an audio spectrometer display based on audio input. The second is controlling the LED matrices using a touch screen interface.
Give two sentences telling what works.
Give two sentences telling what isn't working.
End with a two sentence conclusion.
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Packaging
If you have hardware, consider Small Build, Big Execuition for ideas on the final packaging.
Installation Instructions
GitHub
The project is located on GitHub here: https://github.com/grinstba/LEDMatrix
Hardware
Here are the links for the specific hardware we used for this project.
We borrowed a six panel LED Matrix, power supply, pocket beagle, and pocket scroller cape from Dr. Yoder.
LED Matrix - https://www.adafruit.com/product/2277
Pocket Beagle - https://www.amazon.com/BeagleBone-Beagleboard-PocketBeagle/dp/B07663NS35
Pocket ScrollerV2 Cap - https://kulplights.com/product/pocketscroller/
Power Supply -
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User Instructions
Once everything is installed, how do you use the program? Give details here, so if you have a long user manual, link to it here.
Highlights
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Include a YouTube demo the audio description.
Theory of Operation
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Work Breakdown
Date | Milestone | Notes |
---|---|---|
10/26/2019 | Controll LED matrix with Falcon Player | Brock primarily downloaded and installed Falcon Player to the pocket beagle. Blake primarily setup the LED matrix with the power supply and configured Falcon Player to control the LEDs. |
10/29/2019 | Gain root access to the Falcon Player | Brock primarily gained root access to the pocket beagle and allowed the pocket beagle to connect to the internet through a host computer |
11/4/2019 | Control the LED matrix via a script running on the pocket beagle | |
11/9/2019 | Have the audio spectrometer fully working | |
11/12/2019 | Read touch screen input | |
11/16/2019 | Control LED matrix via touch screen | |
11/18/2019 | Final documentation |
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Also list here what doesn't work yet and when you think it will be finished and who is finishing it.
Future Work
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Conclusions
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