making of micromouse

MAKING OF MICROMOUSE

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Amit Raj2nd Yr ECESASTRA University


INTRODUCTION

Micromouse is an autonomous robot designed to reach the center of an unknown maze in shortest possible time and distance .

MICRO

CONTROLLER

SESNSORS

SENSORELECTRONI

CSMOTORDRIVER

LEFTMOTOR

RIGHTMOTOR



Basic components of Micromouse:

Sensors

Motors

Microcontroller

Batteries


SENSORS

Your mouse is going to need sensors to tell it about itself and its environment.

These are used to detect the presence or absence of walls and to verify your position in the maze.

They will also be important in ensuring that the mouse maintains an appropriate path without hitting any walls


Sensors

Commonly used sensors in the field of robotics IR Digital sensors

IR analog sensors


IR Digital sensors

Transmitter IR led connected to 38KHz oscillator

Receiver TSOP1738

Advantages Detects an obstacle at a distance more than 1meter if tuned perfectly. No ambient light effect. Easy to use.


Designing a transmitter :

Use IC 555 in Astable mode

For approximate 50% duty cycle take Ra = 1 k ohm


Receiver :


IR Analog sensors

Transmitter IR LEDReceiver IR Photodiode

Advantages: Can measure distance up to 15 cm.

Disadvantages: Responds to IR rays present in ambient light. Intensity of reflected rays is non-linear with respect to distance of obstacle


IR Analog sensor


Modulate IR rays to avoid Ambient light effect :

Astable oscillator at frequency greater

than 1KHz

TransmitterIR led

ReceiverIR Photodiode

High pass filter , Cut-

off freq more than

300Hz

Peak Detector

ADC of

Micro-control

lerobstacle


High-Pass filter :


Peak Detector:


Errors involved in mouse movement :

Forward error:

Forward errors begins when a mouse is either too close or too far from the wall ahead



Offset error :

Offset errors, which happens often, is caused by being too far to the left or to the right as you pass through a cell



Heading error:

Heading error is known as pointing at walls rather than down the middle of the cell


Commonly used Sensor arrangement :

SENSORS

Top Down

Side Looking


Top Down


Side looking sensors :


Initialize ADC

Start ADC

ADC convers

ion comple

te

Select ADC channel

Read ADC value

Stop

YesN0


Side looking

unsigned int adc(unsigned int temp) { ADMUX = temp; //selects ADC channel ADCSRA |= 0x40; //starts ADC while(conversion_not_over()); //waits till ADC conversion completes ADCSRA |= 0x10; // clears ADIF flag return(ADCH); // returns ADC result } int conversion_not_over(void)

{ unsigned int temp; temp = ADCSRA; temp = temp & 0x10; // checks for ADIF flag return(!temp); }

Sample code for ADC conversion in AVR controllers :Unsigned int left_adc;left_adc = adc(0xE0);


Reducing error using PD controller :

Error MotorsPDcontroller


Error calculating:

If wall is on both sides err = left_adc right_adc;If err is +ve Mouse is near to left wall and as a correction it has to move towards right wall

If wall is only on leftsideerr = left_adc reff_value;If err is +ve Mouse is near to left wall and as a correction it has to move towards right wall

If wall is only on rightsideerr = right_adc reff_value;If err is +ve Mouse is near to right wall and as a correction it has to move towards left wall


Implementing PD controller:

err_d = err err_past;

adj = err * kp + err_d * kd ;

kp is proportional controller constant kd is derivative controller constant

The value of adj is used to either speed up or speed down one of the wheel .


DC Motor

DC Motors are small, inexpensive and powerful motors used widely.

These are widely used in robotics for their small size and high energy out.

A typical DC motor operates at speeds that are far too high speed to be useful, and torque that are far too low.

Gear reduction is the standard method by which a motor is made useful .

Gears reduce the speed of motor and increases the torque


Choosing a DC Motor

DC Motor with Gear head Operating voltage 12V Speed Depends on our applicationSome available speeds in market 30 RPM 60 RPM 100 RPM 150 RPM 350 RPM 1000 RPM


Drive basics of DC Motor

Red wire Black wire Direction of rotation

Positive Negative Clock wise

Negative Positive Anti clock wise

Logic Logic Direction 1 0 Clock

0 1 Anti clock


Direction Pulse toClock wise A and CAnti Clock wise B and D

Bi-Direction control of DC Motor

H-Bridge Ckt using transistors for bidirectional driving of DC motor


H-Bridges in ICs to reduce the drive circuit complexity

The most commonly used H-Bridges are L293D and L298 L293D has maximum current rating of 600ma L298 has maximum current rating of 2A Both has 2 H-Bridges in them These are designed to drive inductive loads such as relays, solenoids Can be used to drive 2 DC motors or 1 stepper motor


STEPPER MOTOR STEPPER MOTOR is a brushless DC motor whose rotor rotates in discrete angular increments when its stator windings are energized in a programmed manner. Rotation occurs because of magnetic interaction between rotor poles and poles of sequentially energized stator windings. The rotor has no electrical windings, but has salient and/or magnetized poles.


4 Lead stepper 5 Lead stepper



Full Step driving of Stepper Motor

Full step wave drive

4 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1


Full Step driving of Stepper Motor

Full step 2 phases active

4 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1


Half Step driving of stepper motor

4 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1


Choosing a Stepper motor

12 V or 5 V operating voltage 1.8 degree step 6 Lead 250 to 500 ma of current or Coil resistance of 20 ohms to 40 ohms Size and shape depends on application In most of the robotics cube shaped motors are preferred with frame size of 3.9 to 4 cm


Commonly used ICs for driving Stepper motor

ULN2803 It has 8 channels It channel has maximum current rating of 500ma can be used to drive 2 unipolar stepper motors

L293d

L297 & L298

UDN2916


ULN2803


A B C D

1 1 0 0

0 1 1 0

0 0 1 1

1 0 0 1

Bi Polar driving of Stepper Motor


Sample program

for(p=0;p


SW for steppers :

Use timers to create delay.

Use Clear Timer on Compare match or Normal Mode


Initialize timer

Start Timer

Is Stepp

er target reach

ed

Wait

Stop timer

Give Pulse to stepper

Update Output compare register

Reti

No

Yes

Interrupt routine


Chopper Driving:

For better performance of Steppers they should be over driven and current should be limited .

For example a 5 V 500ma motor can be driven at more than 15V but current in the coil should be limited to approximately 500ma .


Methods of current limiting :

Traditional method of using a resistor of appropriate power in series with common terminal.

This method is not recommended as there will be huge power wasted in the series resistor.


Best method of current limiting :

Pulse Width Modulation Motors should be driven at 3 to 4 times the rated voltage. Measure the current in the coil if it raises to 10% more than the limit switch off the supply to motors . If it falls to 10% below the limit switch on the supply to motors .

Few ICs that can do the current chopping 1. L297 & L298 2. UDN 2916 3. UCN 5804


Microcontroller:

Choose the controller that has sufficient

Amount of FLASH memory to store your program Amount of RAM memory for variables Number of Timers Min of TWO 16 bit timers or ONE 16 bit timer with TWO output compare channels and ONE 8 bit timer Number of ADC channels Good operating speed ATMEGA32 of Amtel made is one that is suitable


Batteries:

Choose batteries that can provide high voltage and high power with low weight Should have current capacity more than 700 mah

Ni-MH & Ni-Cds Can provides high current at 1.2 V Can be charged by Constant Current or Constant Voltage chargers

Li Ion Can provide high current at 3.6v Should be charged using CCCV charger .


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