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Knowledge Bowl System
Team Fire on the Mountain:
Jennifer Bond, Rob Cagan, Michael Patterson, & Jonathan Smith
Faculty Advisor:
Dr. Joseph Hoffbeck
Dr. Peter Osterberg
Industry Advisor:
Walt Harrison
Client:
Jerri Patten
Introduction
 Project
Overview
 Milestones Covered
 Other Accomplishments
 Upcoming Milestones
 Logic Design
 Issues/Concerns
 Summary
Knowledge Bowl
 Is
a game between three four person
teams.
 A question is read and the first team to
“buzz” in gets to attempt an answer.
Milestones (up to this point)
Due date
Milestone
Power supply
3-Oct-12 design
 We
Milestone description
We will use a power station in the lab to
find a power supply that works and then
buy one that meets those specifications.
decided on specifications of 5 volts and
1 amp.
Milestones (Cont.)
Due date
Milestone
Milestone description
Player controller: will be 4' by 6" by 1/4". Will have
two separate contacts with a potential voltage
difference of 5 volts. Making a connection between
24-Oct-12 Design of player controller these contacts with a hand is how you "buzz" in.
Side View
Top View
Side View
Milestones (Cont.)
Due date
Milestone
Design of administrator
24-Oct-12 controller
Milestone description
Administrator Controller: will be 5" by 3" by 1/4"
and will have only two buttons. One of which will
reset only the clock and the other will clear all teams
and the clock.
Reset
Count
Reset
Voting
3
Milestones (Cont.)
Due date
Milestone
Test ranking circuit
24-Oct-12 functionality in logic
 Our
Milestone description
This logic was created and tested in B^2Logic.BLT
actual circuits that were tested are on
the next slides.
Senior.CKT
Tiebrckr.CKT
Milestones (Cont.)
Due date
Milestone
Defining interfaces
24-Oct-12 between components
Milestone description
Player controllers will have a potential voltage
difference of 5 volts between two contacts. A players
hand will connect between the two contacts and the
voltage that is not lost over the hand will got to a
comparator.

We need to
pick a resistor
value close to
R-bar so that
V+ will cross
the threshold
voltage set by
the
potentiometer.
Other Accomplishments needed
 Having
two metal contacts instead of
buttons on the player controller.
 Slow
down the clock speed for a counter (in
seconds).

Oscillator needs to be connected to a series
of counters to slow it down to seconds.
Upcoming Milestones
Milestones:
Test counter in logic
Email Osterberg .edf file
Design of the logic unit
case
Design of display
Order parts
Complete and submit
MOSIS design
Date:
31-Oct-12
31-Oct-12
7-Nov-12
9-Nov-12
16-Nov-12
19-Nov-12
Minor/ Major Description
Minor
Make sure that the counter we implement is
working properly.
Major
Check whether or not the logic circuitry fits
properly onto a MOSIS chip
Minor
Decide how we want to construct the case that
will house the MOSIS chip.
Minor
Decide how we want to construct and power
the display.
Major
Make sure that all the parts needed to construct
this system are all on order.
Major
This is the primary plan on how to run the logic
needed for this system. We must have our
MOSIS design in by this time or we will have to
use our backup plan.
MOSIS Design
Issues & Concerns

Properly dividing the oscillator (clock) into
seconds using counters.
 Can
we get it to exact seconds?
 How many counters will it take?

Arduino microcontroller uno does not have
enough pins.
 We
will need to use an Arduino microcontroller
mega.
Summary
 Project
Overview
 Milestones Covered
 Other Accomplishments
 Upcoming Milestones
 MOSIS Design
 Issues/Concerns
Questions?
 Contact

Information:
Jonathan Smith: [email protected]