The overall design strategy is to break the project up into five separate design components.  The first four components are required, and the fifth will be added if excess time is available.

 Component 1: XESS Board Control of Turret Platform

The first component involves creating the turret housing with two stepper motors and a firing mechanism.  The turret housing will be controlled by the XESS board logic.

Component 2: CCD Camera to XESS Board to VGA monitor

In the stage, the output signal of the CCD camera is routed to the VGA monitor via the XESS board.  Onscreen turret control icons are added to the image, with the final result displayed on the VGA monitor:

Component 3: Touch Screen to XESS board

The touch screen x and y coordinate will be sent to the XESS board to controls the turret.

Component 4: Integration

The first four components are integrated in this stage to complete a working prototype of the project.

Component 5: Bells and Whistles (Extras)

The final component involves adding additional features to the project.