Dual Axis Target Tracking Camera

Automotive Mechatronics Term Project. The camera tracks a red light target moving in two dimensions.

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Education

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• real time workshop

[spellboundthoughts]

You used a dsPIC development board right ?

Is is n ecessary to use a development board or can we just use a normal microcontroller ??

[bsababha]

@spellboundthoughts

i used the dsPIC because it was available, and because i had the RTW (Teal Time Workshop) for the controller in simulink. and i didnt want to write c or assembly, i wanted to use simulink. but any microcontroller with serial input and two output compares or two pwm modules should do it.

[sababha2]

Good Job, Wish you best of luck

 raise sababha's reputation there :P

[bsababha]

@sababha2

thanks

[yazansababha]

gr8 job ibn 3amy .....all the best

[bsababha]

@yazansababha

thanks yazan

[spellboundthoughts]

@bsababha Thanks man. That was very useful info. What if I use an AVR controller instead of a dsPIC here, whats so special about the dsPIC controller

[bsababha]

1 CCD Camera, 2 servo motors, a dsPIC microcontroller, a Matlab program to read and process the video coming from the camera. and send the pixel error to the dsPIC through a serial link.

the dsPIC was programed with Matlab simulink Real time workshop.

two PID controllers were implemented on the dsPIC to control the two servos, one for each axis. and a digital filter to smooth the servos motion.

[spellboundthoughts]

What all did you use to do that dude ?

[ridw99]

J'adore