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

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

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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. Problem Statement: • Goal: • Design proprietary force monitoring and analytical measuring system • Specifications: • Acquiring raw data • Processing data • Presenting a useful user output • Verifying a part’s conformity

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

  5. Constraints: • Considered eight constraints in analysis • Two important factors: • Economic • Sustainability

  6. Design Deliverables: • Tested prototype • Industrial PC, DAQ Card • Operating System, Customized software • Documented source code • User documentation

  7. Budget • Costs: • Prototype Cost: $4,424 • Labor Cost: $45,000 • Development Tools Cost: $6,089 • University Computing Resources: $9,000

  8. Budget (continued) • Cost Distribution: • University Covered: $15,089 • Donated Labor: $45,000 • Grob Cost: $4,424

  9. DAQ Component • Criteria: specifications, expandability, price, company reputation, documentation and support • Alternatives: National Instruments, Measurement Computing, IO Tech, Meilhaus

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

  11. User Peripherals • Criteria: Ease of use for maintenance, reliability, cost, programmability, ergonomics • Alternatives: Touchpad, touch screen, keyboard/mouse

  12. Programming Language • Criteria: Maintenance by customer, GUI development tools, flexibility, integration • Alternatives: C++, C#, VB.Net, Java

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

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

  15. 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

  16. System Benefits to Grob • Offer increased functionality to customers • Improve Grob’s customer support • Lower Grob’s development cost

  17. Questions?

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