Crystallized Power

The Lonely ProtonsAustin Chester + Josiah Norton

Engineering 215 Design StudentsFall 2012

Technically Awesome. Visually Inspiring.The future of knowing your impact.

Here’s Our Objective…

…To design and build a visually interesting and intuitive display for the total energy usage of

Laurel Tree Charter School

What Our Client Wants:

Criteria Weighted Values

Safety 97

Show Energy in an Interesting Way 90

Understandable by All Ages 83

Achievable 77

Durability 57

Cost 17

[ Design Metrics Based on a 100-Point Scale ]

Our Solution

Technology + Colors = Energy Usage Monitor

The Design

AutoCad by Josiah Norton

Technology: Technically Awesome.

http://openenergymonitor.org/emon/emoncms

Photo by Austin Chester Photo by Austin Chester

Photo by Austin Chester

Colors: Visually Inspiring.

http://www.archiexpo.com/architecture-design-manufacturer/plastic-fiber-optic-1461.html

Photo by Josiah Norton

http://web.tradekorea.com/upload_file2/sell/86/S00020386http://www.adafruit.com/images/medium/752_MED.jpg

Energy Usage Monitor: The future of knowing your impact.

Render by Josiah Norton

Defining The Problem

Literature Review

Alternative So-lutions

Final Solution

Specifications

15.5

16.5

38.7

2

Time Invested

62

[ 137.4 Hours ]

Cost BreakdownParts Dollars

EmonTX 433 Mhz Kit 43.35

100A Max CT-Sensor 23.15

JeeLabs RFM12B 433 Mhz 21.95

Nanode V5 Kit 39.99

Raspberry Pi 35.00

Class 10 16GB SDHC Card 11.41

3.5" TFT LCD Monitor 17.80

BB400T Breadboard 5.50

AC/DC Adaptor 10.86

150' Fiber Optic Line 21.50

9-Gram Servos 6.99

LEDs 100-Pack 5.99

Total: 243.49

It’s All Open Source

Arduino.cc

Raspberrypi.org

Appropedia.org

Github.com

OpenEnergyMonitor.org

On behalf of Engineering 215 and The Lonely Protons,

Thank You for your time.