Agamemnon

Prepared for:Prepared for:University at BuffaloUniversity at Buffalo

EE-402EE-402

Prof. Dr. HopkinsProf. Dr. Hopkins

Prepared by:Prepared by:Brian P.KellyBrian P.KellyNavneet RaiNavneet RaiNazmi HasanNazmi Hasan

Important Diagnostic Factors

• Fundamentals of Individual Measurement– Pace– The Drive– Stroke Curve

Current Market

• Cox Box

• Ergometer

Opportunity for Product

• Lack of accurate force measurement

• Data not recallable

• Boat matching cost prohibitive

• Current methods acquire data in a training environment only

Technical Goals

• Lightweight

• Portable device

• 5 Hrs recallable storage time

• High resolution of force

• Windows Software– Provide useful information– Automatic conversion to graphs

Technical Goals (cont.)

• Acquire data during competition

• Data must be transferable

• Rechargeable power source

Business Goals

• Affordable – consumer price $2500– manufacture cost of $900 per unit

• Growing market– growth in the last 5 years alone over 125%

• High profile for advertisement– Multi-National attention

Hardware

• OOPic II Microprocessor.

• LCD display 4x20 character.

• LED display

• Multimedia Card Storage

• Sensors:• Strain Gauges/ Potentiometers• Hall Effect/ Simple Debounce button

Multiplexing the LED Display

Software

• Done in Pic-Basic• 30Hz Cycle• 256 pt. Force

Resolution• FAT32 Format• Easily Imported to

Excel

Listen for Hall

EffectRead A2D

IncrementTimer

Display LED

Display LCD

StoreData

Week 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

•Circuit Design

•User Interface

•Microcontroller Assessment

•PSpice Simulation

•Circuit Building

•Operating System Design

•Proto Board build

•Machining/Installing Hall effect sensor

•Verification of Design

Time LineTime Line

Conclusions

• Capture market niche• Exploit advertising of new product• Possible Patents for force data acquisition

Fin