Industrial PC Based Data Acquisition and Processing System for Grob Systems, Inc.

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Industrial PC Based Data Acquisition and
Processing Systemfor Grob Systems, Inc.

• Team Members
• Megan Bessick, Brett English, Pete Jankovsky,
  Ramesh Narayan, James Roll, Matt Sigg
• Industry Advisor Mr. Lance Murdock
• Faculty Advisor Dr. Srinivasa Vemuru
• Industry Mentor Mr. Ron Hulsey

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Industry Client Grob Systems, Inc.

• Manufactures a variety of custom designed
  products geared towards industrial machining
  processes
• Major customers Ford, General Motors,
  DaimlerChrysler, and Harley-Davidson

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Problem Statement

• Goal
• Design proprietary force monitoring and
  analytical measuring system
• Specifications
• Acquiring raw data
• Processing data
• Presenting a useful user output
• Verifying a parts conformity

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Operational Flow Chart
Input
Check Storage
Config.
File
ADC
Pass / Fail
Compare
Display
Finished?
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Constraints

• Considered eight constraints in analysis
• Two important factors
• Economic
• Sustainability

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Design Deliverables

• Tested prototype
• Industrial PC, DAQ Card
• Operating System, Customized software
• Documented source code
• User documentation

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Budget

• Costs
• Prototype Cost 4,424
• Labor Cost 45,000
• Development Tools Cost 6,089
• University Computing Resources 9,000

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Budget (continued)

• Cost Distribution
• University Covered 15,089
• Donated Labor 45,000
• Grob Cost 4,424

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DAQ Component

• Criteria specifications, expandability, price,
  company reputation, documentation and support
• Alternatives National Instruments, Measurement
  Computing, IO Tech, Meilhaus

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Industrial PC Selection

• Criteria Industrial rating, appearance,
  processing power, storage capacity, PCI
  expandability, price, memory, display, company
  reputation
• Alternatives Beckhoff, Daisy-Data

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User Peripherals

• Criteria Ease of use for maintenance,
  reliability, cost, programmability, ergonomics
• Alternatives Touchpad, touch screen,
  keyboard/mouse

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Programming Language

• Criteria Maintenance by customer, GUI
  development tools, flexibility, integration
• Alternatives C, C, VB.Net, Java

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Operating System

• Criteria Product cost, ease of maintenance,
  resource requirements, development time
• Alternatives Embedded Linux, XP Professional, XP
  Embedded, C.E.Net

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User Interface Specifications

• Main Program
• Graph, data points, pass/fail indicator, list of
  failed parts, customization buttons
• Functionality customization
• Interface to archive data

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Project Schedule
11/10
2/2
Planning
Development
58d
Documentation and Reporting
Hardware 65d
2/13
Software 47d
9/13
11/12
10d
18d
11/29
65d
Integration and Testing
5/9
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System Benefits to Grob

• Offer increased functionality to customers
• Improve Grobs customer support
• Lower Grobs development cost

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Questions?