Nissan Leaf Driving Simulation

Executive Summary

The Nissan Leaf Driving Simulation is a long-term goal for the ECE and ME Departments at TNTECH. This project consists of data acquistion and initial hardware setup for the future simulation to be built off of. The hopes of the final product are to accurately replicate the look and feel of driving a Nissan Leaf without the actual motion of the vehicle.

Capabilities

This repository currently contains finalized documents for the project. This includes, but is not limited to the following:

• Electrical Schematics
• Final Project Poster
• CAD Models
• Experimental Analysis
• Subsystem Signoffs
• Finalized Software
• Project Demonstration
• Individual & Final Presentations

Salient Outcomes

• Measure steering angle from -600 to +600 degrees
  • Note: After experimentation, the team discovered that the left and right bounds of the steering wheel are NOT equal. That is, the wheel rotates slightly more to the right than it does to the left by approximately 20 degrees.
• Capture break and accelerator percentage of compression
• Detect shifter position and auto-light selection
• Single system power switch with overcurrent protection
• Collect CAN Bus messages >> 10 Hz
• Replaced speedometer with aesthetic 3D printed LCD module
• Use of OEM steering wheel, brake pedal, accelerator pedal, shifter, and auto-light knobs
• All hardware is concealed from the user
• Provide all data to PC in less than 100 milliseconds

Project Demonstration & Images

Watch our project demonstration HERE

Power Supply & Control Switch	Steering Gear System	Shifter Subsystem

Final Vehicle Interior

About Us

Team

Michael Mollica - CmpE

Gerardo Mateo - CmpE

Chase Colotta - EE

Brett Harden - EE

Ethan Powers - EE

Faculty Supervisor

Dr. Nan Chen - ECE Department

Mr. Jesse Roberts - ECE Department

Stakeholders

Dr. B. Andy Pardue - ME Department

Repo Organization

Reports

• Project Proposal
• Conceptual Design
• Individual Technical Presentations
• Final Presentation
• Final Bill of Materials (BOM)
• Project Poster
• Lessons Learned

Documentation

• 3D Models
• Electrical Diagrams
• Images
• Signoffs
• Experimentation

Software

• Documentation -> Software
• Folder includes all Arduino code used to program the MCUs