The aim of this project is to develop a turret based laser-pointer with two degrees of freedom, that can identify specific objects, target and then "fire" at them. This project incorporates a variety of subsystems including: audio, video, SD card, external memory, and electromechanical components.
Authors:
- Roberto Bortolussi
- Michael Halamicek
- Emily Ng
- Patrick Payne
Important: This project makes use of git submodules. In order to acquire all
source files, ensure that you run git submodule init && git submodule update
after cloning.
Steps to generate the project:
-
Generate the vivado project by calling the project creation tcl script from within GIT_ROOT/video_design (create_project.tcl).
vivado -mode batch -source create_project.tcl -
Compile the project and export the hardware.
vivado -mode batch -source compile_project.tcl -
Launch the SDK.
vivado -mode batch -source launch_sdk.tcl -
Import the projects.
In the SDK, click on
file>import. Under the "general" directory, select "Existing Projects Into Workspace", then click next. Set GIT_ROOT/video_sdk as the root directory, and import the "NexysVideoSentryTurret" and "turretmaster_bsp" projects. -
Build the sources and program the board as per the tutorials.
| Directory | Description |
|---|---|
bd/ |
Tcl scripts for generating block designs. |
constraints/ |
Pin and clock constraint files. |
doc/ |
Helpful documents for understanding our code and hardware. |
hdl/ |
Misc. other HDL files, usually block design wrappers. |
ip_repo/ |
A managed IP repository for our custom IPs. |
video_design/ |
The scripts for generating the vivado project. |
video_sdk/ |
The microblaze code for running our project. |
nexys4_design/ |
Deprecated Nexys4 Vivado project scripts. |
sdk/ |
Deprecated Turret control software and bsp |