Wirelessly-Connected Laser Shooting Gallery
Or, the Senior Design project with the long, unwieldy name
Introduction
As the capstone of your education as an engineering major at UCF, you are required to complete a two-semester long course wherein you research, design, and develop a project with a group of other students, before presenting it to your peers before graduation. As a computer engineering student, I joined up with one other CpE student and two EE students to create this project over the fall of 2021 and the spring of 2022.
The project is a system composed of two components: a primary laser pistol "controller," and any number of photosensitive laser targets, all wirelessly connected together to form a networked system that allows for fun, expandable gameplay in a consumer-friendly package.
You can find the project's official page, hosted by UCF, at this link. (Update: Official page not published by UCF, yet. Will be updated when the site goes live).
At the bottom of the page are the videos we put together to showcase our final project - first, a 10-minute video that was used in the online "Showcase" the school organized, a 15-minute video showcasing full gameplay and hardware internals, and a 25-minute video discussing our process for the whole thing.
I've also written up more details about each significant part of the project I had a direct hand in, which can be viewed as individual pages, linked below.
- System Architecture / Design
- Electrical / PCB Design
- Software Design & Engineering (In Progress)
- Enclosure Design & Engineering (To Do)
Showcase Video
Full Demo
Final Presentation