EE/CS 480 Fall 2008

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Project BurnsideProgrammable Logic Solar Radiant

Heating System

TeamArturo Bimrose

Troy Heynderickx

Jon Sakkos

AdvisorDr. Wayne Lu, Dr. Ken Lulay

Industry RepresentativeMr Jonathan Fant

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Overview

• Introduction

• Scorecard

• Additional Accomplishments

• Plans

• Issues/Concerns

• Conclusions

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Introduction

Programmable

Logic Solar

Radiant Heating

System

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Scorecard

• Last Month

– Theory of Operations

– Request free samples

– Select Motor Driver components when ME is ready for pump specification

• Completed:

– Completed Theory of Operations• Hardware architecture

• Program pseudocode

– Ordered some important parts

• Shortcomings:

– ME side not ready with pump specifications

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Additional Accomplishments

• Had good meeting with mechanical engineering industry representatives.

• Have a lock on the mechanical system design.

• Budgets in order.

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Plans

• Plans:– Determine exactly which pump we will need

and ask for it.– Get all major microcontroller components.– Start programming PIC 18 microcontroller.

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MilestonesNumber Description

Completion Date

1 Project Approval 08/29/08

2 Functional Specifications Approval 10/03/08

3 Define Mechanical Interface 10/04/08

4 Define Controller Routines 11/25/08

5 Circuit Design 11/17/08

6 Theory of Operations Draft 11/25/08

7 Order Electronics 11/29/08

8 Theory of Operations Approval 01/30/09

9 Start Constructing Mechanical System 02/01/09

10 Receive Electronics 02/16/09

11 Construct Controller 02/23/09

12 System Integration and Testing 03/15/09

13 Complete System Prototype 04/01/09

14 Founder’s Day 04/07/09

15 Post Mortem 04/2x/09

16 Final Report 04/24/09

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Concerns/Issues

• Concerns:– Figure out what type of pump we are working

with.– One ME for the entire system.– Our industry representative has moved to

Alaska and has not given us his new e-mail yet.

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Conclusions

• Main points:– Have design and preliminary implementation

plan– Materials are on the way

• What’s next?– Worried about finals and other projects but

need to get as much done as we can.

• Questions?