Samuel Perrino

Bachelor's

Computer Engineering

Florida International University

Research Assistant

• Built a network of microcontrollers to communicate data among devices by applying the concepts of serial communication • Adapted The RS-485 Standard to the network of microcontrollers to allow for communication distances of up to 1.2 Km • (4000 feet) • Programmed 3 Arduino Mega’s connected to 3 Texas Instruments communication chips individually using C programming • language and the Master-Slave model. As a result of this setup, data between the 3 previously mentioned Arduinos was • successfully shared • Designed three 15.5 mm. x 16.0 mm. PCB’s which included the Texas Instruments chip used in the microcontroller network. With the primary goal of integrating the PCB design in a crawler robot to allow communication between modules installed in the robot.