Welcome to AIConfigurableAntenna’s documentation!

Description

The AI Configurable Antenna is a configurable dipole antenna with reflector antennas that are automated by the AI.

The AI resides in the Raspberry Pi and sends instructions to the Arduino Mega that controls the extension and retraction of the dipole antenna and the reflector antennas. The behavior of the antenna is received through HackRF which is connected to the Raspberry Pi to be analyzed by the AI.

GitHub

https://github.com/OcaJoy/AIConfigurableAntenna

Start Up

1. Connect the power of the circuit board.
2. Connect the Arduino the Raspberry Pi.
3. Run the Raspberry Pi Software.

Contents

• Antenna Specification
• Modes of Operation
• Antenna Length Equation
• Hardware
  • 1. Assembly
    • 1.1. Completed Assembly
    • 1.2. Assembly Steps
  • 2. CAD Files
    • 2.1. Download
    • 2.2. Descriptions
  • 3. Electrical Components
    • 3.1 Circuit Components
    • 3.2 Software Defined Radio
    • 3.3 Power Supply
  • 4. Circuit Diagrams
    • 4.1. Label Definition
    • 4.2. Circuit Schematics
    • 4.3. Wiring Diagram
• Software
  • 1. Getting Started
  • 2. Libraries
  • 3. Raspberry Pi Code (RPiArduinoCom.py)
    • 3.0. Install Pyserial
    • 3.1. Main Program Description
    • 3.2. Imports
    • 3.3. Global Variables
    • 3.4. Function Definitions
  • 4. Arduino Code (ConfigurableAntenna.ino)
    • 4.1. Main Program Description
    • 4.2. Include
    • 4.3. Pins
    • 4.4. Global Variables
    • 4.5. Function Definitions
  • 5. Communication Codes
    • 5.1. Codes
    • 5.2. How the Arduino sends the codes to the Raspberry Pi
    • 5.3. How the Raspberry Pi reads the received codes
• The Team
• Algonoquin Supervising Professor
• Contact Info