Responsibilities and Assessment
Hardware
The hardware team's responsibilities are to set up communications between the sets of SDRs and investigate and select additions such as antennas. In the future, this will include testing multiple potential hardware setups and ensuring consistent results from hardware readings. Additionally, this may expand to wireless signals outside of software defined radio.
Localization
The localization team's responsibilities are to build the frames holding the SDR localization data, collect them at an aggregation point, and to create the estimation algorithm to create a GPS output. In the future, this will continue by adding support for additional devices and using different methods. Currently we acknowledge XYZ coordinate system and the novel 'Fox Ears' system.
Visualization
The visualization team's responsibilities are to receive the positional data from the localization team and plot them on a dynamic 3-Dimensional space. This also includes a dynamic GUI that manages the various devices and save logs. In the future, this will be able to make sub systems using different technologies in order to interface them together.
Hardware
The hardware team consists of Terrence and Piotr. So far, they have successfully tested two of the SDRs for receiving and transmitting signals. They, in combination with Caleb, have researched potential antennas for the Fox Ears system. More modeling will be tested before purchasing. The next steps will be to select an antenna and run connections tests on the third and fourth SDRs before testing them in motion.
Localization
The localization team consists of Caleb and Ryan. So far, they have selected to use Angle of Arrival as the basis of their localization and developed the frame system the SDRs will communicate with. They have a completed software flowchart that reflects the functions to be created in GNU Radio. The next steps will be to fill out the pseudo code blocks and do modular testing with the SDRs.
Visualization
The visualization team consists of Jacob and Cesar. They have successfully created a moving display in which a point can move as a function through a dimensional space. They have also begun the dynamic display where the bounds can change and have multiple moving points. The next steps will be to have the selected tabs included in the GUI and be able to add and drop SDRs.
Communications
Flock Force meets three times a week, twice to work on our goals in accordance to our Senior Design course, and once to meet our goals in accordance with our Senior Innovation class. This, in addition to our digital communications primarily over Discord, have enabled our team to be mindful of our contributions and deadlines. This has also aided in more effectively meeting our weekly goals that we set in the beginning of the semester.