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Controlling A Robotic Car Through MATLAB GUI - Electronics Project

This project presents a MATLAB graphical user interface (GUI) to control the movement of a robotic car through commands sent from the GUI to an Arduino Uno board mounted on the car. The GUI communicates with the Arduino via USB to execute functions that control the car's direction by setting the states of the Arduino's digital pins. These pins are connected to an L293D motor driver IC which controls the car's two motors to move it forward, backward, left and right. Software for the GUI and Arduino allows users to control the robotic car in real-time through pushbuttons in the MATLAB program.

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Controlling A Robotic Car Through MATLAB GUI - Electronics Project

This project presents a MATLAB graphical user interface (GUI) to control the movement of a robotic car through commands sent from the GUI to an Arduino Uno board mounted on the car. The GUI communicates with the Arduino via USB to execute functions that control the car's direction by setting the states of the Arduino's digital pins. These pins are connected to an L293D motor driver IC which controls the car's two motors to move it forward, backward, left and right. Software for the GUI and Arduino allows users to control the robotic car in real-time through pushbuttons in the MATLAB program.

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Controlling A Robotic Car Through MATLAB GUI


By Saikat Patra, Suman Nag and Shibendu Mahata

February 2, 2017

ThisprojectpresentstheimplementationofaMATLABbasedgraphicaluserinterface(GUI)tocontrolthemovement
ofaroboticcar.Thecommandstomovethecarinforward,reverse,rightandleftdirectionsaresentfromtheGUI
andprocessedbyArduinoUnoboardmountedontopofthecar.AuthorsprototypeisshowninFig.1.

Fig.1:AuthorsprototypeoftheMATLABGUIbasedroboticcar

Circuit and working


Inthisproject,MATLABbasedGUIcommunicateswithArduinothroughaUSBdatacable.YoucansendcommandstoArduinotomovethe
carinaspecificdirectionbypressingthecorrespondingpushbuttonintheGUI.Theparticularpushbutton,whenpressed,executescallback
functioncorrespondingtothatpushbuttonintheMATLABprogram,car.m.Withinthatfunction,instructionstoset/resetthedigitalI/Opins
(10,11,12and13)ofArduinoareexecutedtodrivethecarinthedesireddirection.

Fig.2:Blockdiagramforcontrollingtheroboticcarthrough
MATLABbasedGUI

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Fig.3:CircuitdiagramforcontrollingtheroboticcarthroughMATLABbasedGUI

BlockandcircuitdiagramsforcontrollingtherobotareshowninFigs2and3,respectively.
ArduinoUnoboard.ArduinoUnoisanAVRATmega328Pmicrocontroller(MCU)baseddevelopmentboardwithsixanalogueinputpinsand14
digitalI/Opins.TheMCUhas32kBofISPflashmemory,2kBSRAMand1kBEEPROM.Theboardprovidesserialcommunicationcapability
viaUART,SPIandI2C.TheMCUcanoperateataclockfrequencyof16MHz.Inthisproject,digitalI/Opins10,11,12and13ofArduinoare
configuredasoutputpins.

L293DIC.ThisisadualHBridgehighcurrentmotordriverIC.ThisICisusedsincethedigitalpinsofArduinoUnocannotsourceenough
currenttodrivethemotorsoftheroboticcar.Hbridgesarealsousefulincontrollingthedirectionofrotationofamotor.Enablepins(pins1
and9)oftheICbeingactivehighareconnectedto9V.

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FourinputpinsIN1,IN2,IN3andIN4ofL293DhavebeenconnectedtodigitalI/Opins10,11,12and13,respectively,ofArduino.Four
outputpins(OUT1,OUT2,OUT3andOUT4)oftheICareconnectedtothetwomotors(M1andM2)withtheirterminalsmarkedasA,B,C
andD,respectively,asshowninFig.3.

OnpressingaparticularpushbuttonintheGUI,digitalsignalssentfromArduinotoL293DarelistedinTableI.

Software program
CircuitoperationisperformedusingthesoftwareprogramloadedintotheinternalmemoryofArduinoboard.Theprogramimplementsall
requiredfunctionalitiesincludinguserinputsthroughMATLABGUIinterface.Thestepsarelistedbelow:

1.ArduinoIDE1.6.5isusedforprogrammingArduinoUno.ThelatestIDEcanbedownloadedforfreefromArduinosofficialwebsite.After
downloadingArduinoIDE,installit.NotethedirectoryofArduinoIDEinstallation.

2.DownloadLegacyMATLABandSimulinkSupportforArduinopackagefromMathWorkswebsite.Extractthecompressedfoldernamed
ArduinoIO.Fromthisfolder,copypdefolderandpasteitinC:\ProgramFiles(orProgramfilesx86)\Arduino\Libraries(pathmaybedifferent

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dependingontheinstallationdirectoryoftheIDE).

Afterpastingpdefolderincorrectlocation,openArduinoIDE.Ifyouhavepastedthefolderincorrectlocation,youwouldfindpdein
FileExamplespde.OpenthecodebyFileExamplespdeadioes.

3.ConnectArduinoUnoboardtoyourPC.FromDeviceManager,notetheCOMportatwhichArduinoUnoboardisinstalled.FromToolsmenu
inArduinoIDE,selecttheboardasArduinoUnoandselecttheCOMPortnumbernotedearlier.UploadadioescodetoArduinoUnoboardby
pressingUploadbuttonintheIDE.

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4.CopytheentirecontentsoftheextractedArduinoIOfoldertoafolderinMyDocuments(ForWindowsPC).

5.OurapplicationprogramhasbeendevelopedinR2014aversionofMATLAB.AfterinstallingthisversionofMATLABinyourPC,open
install_arduino.mfilepresentinthedirectorywhereyouhavecopiedthecontentsofArduinoIOfolder.Now,runinstall_arduino.mfile.This
codewillcorrectlyinstallandsavethepathofArduinosupportpackage.

6.Openthesourcecodefileforthisprojecttitledcar.m.EdittheCOMport[inthelinea=arduino(COM9)]withtheportnumberinyourPC
whereArduinoUnoboardhasbeeninstalled.Afterrunningthefile,MATLABwilltrytocommunicatewiththeboard.
Aftersuccessfulcommunicationisestablished,youcancontroltherobotbypressingtheappropriatepushbuttonintheGUI.

Constructing and testing


Anactualsize,singlesidePCBforthecircuitcontrollingtheroboticcarusingMATLABbasedGUIusingArduinoisshowninFig.4andits
componentlayoutinFig.5.SuitableconnectorsareprovidedonthePCBforinput(CON1)fromArduinoandoutput(CON2andCON3)for
motors.

Fig.4:ActualsizePCBpatternforthecircuittocontroltheroboticcar

Fig.5:ComponentlayoutofthePCB

Download PCB and component layout PDFs: click here

Downloadsource folder: click here

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Assembletheroboticcarbyconnectingtwomotors,twowheels(rear)andacastorwheel(front).Connectthecircuitasperthecircuit
diagramshowninFig.3.ConnectthebatterywithcorrectpolarityotherwiseyoumightendupdamagingArduinoboardandL293D.For
troubleshooting,checkthevoltagesatvarioustestpointsgiveninTableII.

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ShibenduMahataisM.Tech(goldmedallist)ininstrumentationandelectronicsengineeringfromJadavpurUniversity.Currently,heis
pursuingPh.DfromNIT,Durgapur.HeisinterestedinMCUbasedrealtimeembeddedsignalprocessingandprocesscontrolsystems

SaikatPatraispassionateaboutelectronicsandMCUbasedembeddedsystemapplications
SumanNagenjoyselectronicsandlikestoreadaboutwirelesssensornetworks

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