Group 22 Senior Design Project: Vest Free Laser Tag and Texas Star (VFLTTS)

Members: Reneau Augusma, James Gossett, Chace Arrington

 

The goal of this project was to create a laser tag system that was able to both emit and detect hits with all the hardware being contained within a single blaster controller. In addition to this there would be a simulated version of the "Texas Star" shooting target, which has five plates mounted to it via electromagnets that will release from the body when a hit is detected from the blaster controller. The blasters communicate via expected values transmitted via IR (infrared) emitters and taken in by receivers. The blasters can play laser tag in two game modes: teams and free for all, in which there are two teams of which members of each cannot inflict hits on their own teammates or themselves, and free for all in which everyone can damage everyone besides themselves. During play each blaster has 10 health and 15 ammo, meaning it can take 10 hits before being eliminated and no longer able to play until reset, and it may only shoot 15 times before needing to be reloaded via a reload button. The Texas Star plates do not have specific game modes and simply activate the electromagnet and await a hit when powered on.

 

SD1 Initial Project Description and Block Diagram/ Divide and Conquer

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SD1 Documentation

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SD2 CDR

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SD2 Conference Paper

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SD2 Final Report

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SD2 Final Presentation Video Link and Slides

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SD2 Final Demonstration

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