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for 2 Students in Department D-ITET/D-INFK
Power Aware Communication Platform for an
Autonomous Sailboat (original title: Power Aware Communication Platform for an autonomous sailboat)| The MICROTRANSAT 2009 Challenge is an international competition where fully automatic sailboats of no more than 4 meters in length have to cross the Atlantic Ocean. The sailboats must be able to communicate their actual position and receive new routing and weather information from the ground crew. Being on the way for possibly months, the computer and control systems on board must be powered by regenerative energy sources (solar, wind, water) to sustain operational at all times. The TIK institute will be cooperating with the MAVT-Department on this project and contribute the hardware and communication platform. The Project involves design and implementation of a hardware platform that can host multiple functionalities, such as communication, positioning and control applications. The communication platform, especially the connectivity and how it can be achieved, will be another main part of the project. Finally the communication protocol and its implementation will complete the project. Power consumption is a crucial topic and thus has to be considered in every phase of the project. |
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| More Information: | [link] |
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| Kind of Work: | various Topics that span from design to implementation in fields like control, communication and power supply |
| Requirements: | knowledge of C/C++, interest in hardware design, interest in embedded systems |
| Contact Person: | , +41 44 63 20454 |
| Professor: | Prof. Dr. Lothar Thiele |
