WATER: Wave powered Autonomous Tethered Examining Robot
Repository for the software, CAD, and EAGLE files used/created by the ECE-4873-D1A team Scientific Shark
Website: http://ece4873y202008.ece.gatech.edu/sd20f27/index.html
In 1989, an Exxon oil tanker hit a reef, spilling more than 11 million gallons of oil into Prince William Sound, devastating the ecosystem. A moored profiler was placed in the sound to monitor the health of the ecosystem. Currently, the scientists must go out weekly to charge the profiler and download data. Our project is to design a prototype of a new profiler that includes an innovative way to charge the profiler and communicate the system over longer distances.
We have code for three separate systems in this repository
- profiler: contains code running on the Raspberry Pi that is the processing unit for the moored profiler, including running the sending radio, collecting data, and running the winch
- base_station: contains the code running on the base station Raspberry Pi, including the receiving radio and user interface
- diyBMSv4Code @ cd5c401: a submodule containing the diyBMS code created by Stuart Pittaway and modified slightly to send the battery information through the debug pins
First clone the whole repository:
git clone https://github.com/csmith608/ScientificShark.git
Switch into the ScientificShark directory and initialize the submodule:
git submodule init
git submodule update
The WEMOS on the diyBMS controller board needs to be flashed with the code in the diyBMSv4Code @ cd5c401 -> ESPController as instructed in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTqDMg_Ql98
Each ATTiny on each diyBMS cell module board also needs to be flash with the code in diyBMSv4Code @ cd5c401 -> ATTINYCellModule as instructed at the end of the above video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTqDMg_Ql98)
The Raspberry Pi acting as the profiler will need to be connected as shown in the Pinouts section and the Python file in the profiler directory is run
The Raspberry Pi acting as the base station only has the LoRa Radio bonnet attached and the two Python files in the base_station directory are run
The following python libraries are required:
- PySerial
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pip3 install pyserial - matplotlib
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pip3 install matplotlib - RPi.GPIO
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pip3 install RPi.GPIO
To run the python files that include radio sending/receiving the Adafruit CircuitPython libraries must be installed, the directions and wiring are included here https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-radio-bonnets/rfm9x-raspberry-pi-setup
For working with the diyBMS code, created by Stuart Pittaway, please see the source repository https://github.com/stuartpittaway/diyBMSv4
Adam Welch has informative videos for working with the diyBMS components: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFUMxgrz-yo
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