IEEE SouthEastCON 1999
Hardware Design Contest

Pictures and Schematics

Schematics and Plans: How to Build All This Stuff

The pages listed below (well, some of them) contain all the information necessary for contestants, hoobyists, terrorists, and just about anybody else who is interested to build his or her own track for competition, practice, or whatever.

Here is a topical index of the figures, divided into four sections as to content:

• Pictures
• Autocad Drawing
• Carpentry
• Gadgets

Pictures

The following pictures of the board were taken with a digital camera:

• Mirror for starting break beam
• ATM button in Corvette Country
• Horse Pavilion in the Auction
• Horse in the Auction
• Mountain top
• Mine door - 1
• Mine door - 2 (showing switch)
• Mine door - 3
• Inside the Mine
• Track end

Autocad Drawing

The Autocad drawing contains a complete description of the carpentry required to duplicate the playing surface. It should be used in conjunction with the two-dimensional figures for individual parts contained in the Carpentry subsection.

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The objects have been colored according to the following convention:

Click Here to download the Autocad Release 13 drawing of the complete board.

Carpentry Figures

These are the pictures and schematics necessary for all of the carpentry involved in contructing the track (board, playing field, whatever) for the Driving Tour of KY:

1. The Main Board and Its Components
   • Figure 1a - Main Board and Walls
   • Figure 1b - Ramp Base Recess
   • Figure 1c - Electronics Access Hole
   • Figure 1e - UnderFrame Assembly
2. The Mountain's Ramp
   • Figure 2d - Ramp Assembly
   • Figure 2b - Ramp Supports
   • Figure 2a - Ramp Surface
   • Figure 2c - Ramp Wall Assembly
3. Under the Mountain -- the Mine
4. The Mountaintop
5. Building Corvette Country
6. The Bluegrass Auction

these are the raw handmade drawings of the mine structure from early april... they will be computerized soon, to look like this one: tmp/mine1.fig.gif

1. tmp/mine1.fixed.gif
2. tmp/mine2.fixed.gif
3. tmp/mine3.fixed.gif

Gadget Figures

These are the pictures and schematics for the electronic hardware and other gadgets on the track (board, playing field, whatever) for the Driving Tour of KY:

1. Break-Beams --- Instructions
   • Infra-Red Emitter/Receiver Kit Instructions
2. Start Buzzer
   • Start-Buzzer Schematic
3. ATM - button
   • ATM button schematic
4. Horse
   • Horse Assembly
   • How to make a horse
5. Sales Pavilion
   • Pavilion Assembly
   • How to build a sales pavilion
6. Thoroughbred Auction Scoring Circuit
   • Scoring Circuit Schematic
7. Spring-Door
8. System Controller --- The Ultimate State Machine
9. Board Output Encoder
10. Board-to-Computer Adapter (The Penultimate Multiplexer)
11. Parallel Port Connector

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