91.548 Robotics I

April 17, 2003

 

iCricket Project plan [April 17 – May 17, 2003]

 

As of now, we have successfully ported the web server on the MSP430 microcontroller. Using the CS8900A Ethernet controller users can access the iCricket web page over the internet.

 

We have now assigned ourselves the following goals for the rest of the semester:

 

1.     Interface the Handy Cricket device with the MSP430 microcontroller.

2.     To augment the web server with the handy cricket bus driver API. A set of controls will be provided to maneuver the different controls of the cricket over the internet.

3.     We would also like to make the web server concurrent. This would allow different users to control different parts of the Handy Cricket controls (motors & sensors).

4.     We have decided to come up with a technical paper summarizing our project.

5.     If time permits, we would also like to implement a DHCP stack for the web server. This would free us from the need of assigning a static IP to our device.

 

 

Thanks,

 

Akshay Saxena

Kallol Par