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P11210 – WOCCS: RF Test Bench
Fall / Winter
2010-11
Team Members (from left to right)
Michael DeFrancis – Computer Engineering
Shaheer Khan – Electrical Engineering
Andrew Nosal – Electrical Engineering
Demetrios Koukouves – Mechanical Engineering
Faculty Guide
Philip Bryan
Project Family
Wireless Open Source Open Architecture Command and Control
System
Software
Project Background
This project is part of the Wireless Open Source / Open
Architecture Command and Control System. The project
family aims to create a modular system that transmits and
receives basic data from a base unit to a remote unit.
Power Meter
• Arduino software streams power calculations over USB
• GUI Reads incoming voltage, current, and power data over
the USB serial port and graphs data in real-time
• Toggles between different test modes such as voltage,
current and power
Objectives
WOCCS Test Bench
Control Station
• GUI automatically
detects devices
and allows for
manual
configuration
• GUI allows for
monitoring of
data transmitted
and received
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Creation of a test bench to
test system level
functionality
Provide a test procedure
for users who wish to test
the WOCCS system
Capability to interface with
each WOCCS subsystem
Capabilities
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Range testing
Data loss testing
Latency testing
Bandwidth testing
Operating time testing
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Electrical
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Measures WOCCS system
battery voltage and current
draw
Calculates instantaneous
system power consumption
Arduino Uno performs
Analog to Digital
Conversion, power
consumption calculation
and USB communication to
the PC
Provides interface for testing the WOCCS system
Allows the user to upload / download files and perform
bandwidth, data loss, and latency tests
Communicates with WOCCS according to a serial protocol
developed by members of each team
Test Results
• Validated that the test bench
can successfully test
bandwidth, data loss,
latency, and range
• The test bench successfully
interfaces with the mid range
1 and the long range module
• The operating time test for
voltage, current, and power
is not fully functional due to
a complex grounding issue
Conclusion
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Team has accomplished overall scope of project and
majority of primary customer requirements
Future Work
• Expand on testing capabilities for multiple modules
being used simultaneously
• Implement code to microcontroller of RF modules for
easy integration with test bench
• Develop subsystem test plan that can be verified
without reliance on WOCCS modules
Special thanks to our sponsor
Customer
Acknowledgements
Dr. Edward Hensel
Leo Farnand Dr. Andreas Savakis
Vince Burolla Dr. Edward Hensel
Dr. Dorin Patru
Robert Kraynik