Vanna
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Remote playing card handling for video conference based multi-geography card games.
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[edit] High level system definition
[edit] Remote terminal
- Windows computer with webcam
- Google video chat for video conferencing
- Hamachi VPN
- Putty
[edit] Local host
- Windows computer webcam
- Google video chat for video conferencing
- Hamachi VPN
- Python server script
- USB port
[edit] Vanna hardware requirements
- Can be operated remotely over the internet
- Can handle 6 standard playing cards
- Cards loaded face up facing the webcam
- Cards can be rotated to show other players; played
- Cards can be discarded face down entry into the crib after initial viewing or after a hand is complete
- External power
- Serial communications to local host
[edit] Parts
Hardware
- 6x PF35T-48 stepper motor Datasheet
- 12x 7297k12 Molded Nylon 20° Pressure Angle Miter Gears 48 pitch
Circuit
- 1x PIC 18F4585 Datasheet
- 3x ULN2803 8 channel Darlington array Datasheet
- 24x 10 ohm current limiting resistor
- 6x Motor connectors
- 1x 3.15 amp breaker Datasheet
- 1x External Power Supply connector
- 1x USB jack Datasheet
- 1x USB transceiver Datasheet
- 1x 10 nF USB cap
- 2x 100 nF caps
- 1x 4.7 uF cap
- 5x 100 uf Decouple caps
- 4x Status LEDs
- 4x Status LED 100 ohm resistors
- 6x board motor cable jack
- 6x board motor cable plug
- 1x PIC socket
Power
Old
[edit] Design
[edit] Schematic
[edit] PCB Layout
[edit] Build
[edit] Files
[edit] Resources
- Stepper motors http://www.tigoe.net/pcomp/code/circuits/motors/stepper-motors
- RS232 http://www.best-microcontroller-projects.com/rs232-work.html
- USB drivers http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm
- PCB http://dorkbotpdx.org/wiki/pcb_order 1 oz cu
- Need 60 mil trace with for power nets
- Trace width calculator http://circuitcalculator.com/wordpress/2006/01/31/pcb-trace-width-calculator/
