MINI PROJECT

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MINI PROJECT

• THE PULLN PLOT

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TEAM MEMBERS

• CLARK COPELAND
• BOB HESSE
• JEREMY SEARLE
• MELANIE CAMPO
• MIKE LOISELLE
• CHRIS SULKOSKI
• JARED BELAND

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PROBLEM STATEMENT

• TO DEVELOP AN AUTOMATED SYSTEM THAT IS CAPABLE
  OF GETTING DATA FROM THE OPERATOR AND PLOTTING
  THE ENTERED TEXT ONTO VARIOUS SIZES OF
  POSTER-BOARD.

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PROBLEM SOLUTION

• CROSSBREED BETWEEN A PRINTER AND A STATIONARY XY
  PLOTTER

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PROBLEM SOLUTION

• THE GANTRY WILL MOVE THE WRITING UTENSIL IN THE X
  Y DIRECTIONS AS IN A STATIONARY PLOTTER
• THE SET OF ROLLERS WILL FEED THE POSTER-BOARD
  THROUGH THE SYSTEM AS IN A PRINTER

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PROBLEM SOLUTION
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SYSTEM OVERVIEW
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BUDGET
PROTOTYPE PROTOTYPE
Item Estimated Cost
Electrical Components 50
Mechanical Parts 75
Motors 50
Structural Materials 75
Total 250
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TIMELINE

• WEEK 1 BRAINSTORMING RESEARCHING
• WEEK 2 RESEARCH GATHER INFORMATION
• WEEK 3 START OF SYSTEM DESIGN PROCESS
• WEEK 4 START OF MECHANICAL DESIGN PROCESS
• WEEK 5 START OF ELECTRICAL DESIGN PROCESS
• WEEK 6 START OF PROGRAMMING PROCESS
• WEEK 7 ASSEMBLE PROTOTYPE
• WEEK 8 TEST COMPLETED PROTOTYPE