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1 Solar Panel Cubic Charger OMG Studio ENSC 440/305 Project SFU Engineering Science Dec 14, 2011

2 CEO Michael Chen Majors in Electronics Engineering Third Year Group Leader Directions Programming

3 CFO Shuyang Hou Majors in Electronics Engineering Third Year Testing Questioning Alternatives

4 VPM Yu Bu Majors in System Engineering Fourth Year Research Marketing

5 VPO Chris Chen Majors in Electronics Engineering Third Year Graphic Design Programming Hardware

6 Outline Motivation System Overview High Level System Design Business Case Project Specifics Experience Conclusion Acknowledgements Questions

7 Motivation How we came up with this idea

8 Motivation Market Value Convenience Green Achievable

9 Motivation Market Value Student Fashion Small More Efficient

10 Motivation Convenient Easy to Carry Solar Energy

11 Motivation Green Environmental Friendly

12 Motivation Achievable 300-Level Courses Time Limits Budget

13 System Overview What does Solar Panel Cubic Charger do

14 System Overview Charges Cell Phones Battery Level Indicator o Bi-Color Built-in Battery Level Indicator o Red-Color Solar Power Indicator Button/ Switch o Power Source Button o Parallel / Series mode

15 System Overview Charging Variety Portable Efficient

16 System Overview Battery Indicators Bi-Color LED o Green good working condition o Red need to be charged Solar Panel Power Indicator o Red If the light source is not enough to charge the built-in battery

17 System Overview Button / Switch Power Source ON/OFF Button Switch between Parallel / Series Modes o Parallel enough of light source o Series not enough of light source

18 System Overview Micro-Controller Brain of the System Controls LEDs Thermal Sensor

19 High Level System Design How does it work

20 High Level System Design Solar Panels Built-in Battery USB Port Cell Phones Mode Switch Power Switch Circuit Thermal Sensor Micro- Controller Bi-Color LED 7-Segment LEDs Red LED

21 Business Case Market Value of Solar Panel Cubic Charger

22 Business Case Market Cost Competition

23 Business Case Market Students Hang on the Bag Pack Outstanding Looking

24 Business Case Cost Solar Panels - $24 Micro-Controller - $5 Red LED - $0.5 Bi-Color LED - $0 Socket - $0.25 Circuit Board - $0 Push-to-Make Switch - $0.6 Mode Switch - $0.5 7-Segment LED - $2.8 Built-in Battery - $0 Resistors, Capacitors, Inductors - $0 Zener Diode - $0.4 Crystal - $1.5 Thermal Sensor - $5.2 Casing - $6 Paint - $6.43 Female USB Port - $0 Labour - $0 Total - $53.18

25 Business Case Cost Solar Panels - $24 - $4 Micro-Controller - $5 - $1 Red LED - $0.5 - $0.1 Bi-Color LED - $0 - $0.1 Socket - $ $0.1 Circuit Board - $0 - $0.1 Push-to-Make Switch - $0.6 - $0.1 Mode Switch - $0.5 - $0.1 7-Segment LED - $2.8 - $0.2 Built-in Battery - $0 - $1 Resistors, Capacitors, Inductors - $0 - $0.1 Zener Diode - $0.4 - $ 0.1 Crystal - $1.5 - $0.1 Thermal Sensor - $5.2 - $0.1 Casing - $6 - $1 Paint - $ $1 Female USB Port - $0 - $0.1 Labour - $0 - $1.5/hour Total - $ $10.9

26 Business Case Competition Better Solar Panels More Solar Panels Mode Switch Better Looking More Potential

27 Project Specifics How did we manage this project

28 Project Specifics Timeline Budget Teamwork

29 Project Specifics Timeline Mostly on Schedule Design Specification

30 Project Specifics Timeline First Gantt Chart Brain Storm Research Proposal Function Specification Design Specification Integration and Testing Debugging and Improvement Documentations Completed Remaining

31 Project Specifics Timeline Second Gantt Chart Brain Storm Research Proposal Function Specification Design Specification Integration and Testing Debugging and Improvement Documentations Completed Remaining

32 Project Specifics Budget Unexpected Thermal Sensor Micro-Controller 7-Segment LED Push-to-Make Switch Diodes Savers Built-in Battery Female USB Port Resistors

33 Project Specifics Teamwork No Fighting Good Tempers Discussion Suggestion No Dictators 3 EEs & 1 System

34 Experience What did we learn

35 Experience Time Management Outside Class Un-Expectations Plans vs. Realities Work as a Team

36 Experience Time Management Plan Well Plan Ahead

37 Experience Outside Class So Much More Outside Class

38 Experience Un-Expectations Plan B Solve it Fast o New programming for Micro-Controller o Components drain current from solar panels

39 Experience Plans vs. Realities It should It will for Ǝ real t Never Assume

40 Experience Work as a Team Care about Others Be Prepared Try Hard

41 Conclusion For this presentation

42 Conclusion Rich Experience Friendly Team Plan!! Future Development

43 Acknowledgement Thanks!!

44 Acknowledgements Jamal Bahari Ali Ostadfar Dr. Ash M. Parameswaran Dr. Andrew Rawicz Moein Shayegannia Mike Sjoerdsma

45 Questions Please!!

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