ECE 477 Senior Design Group 4 ? Spring 2006

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ECE 477 Senior Design Group 4 ? Spring 2006
Digital Real-Time Intelligent Networked Kegerator
Matt Kocsis, Dustin Poe, Ian Snyder, Justin
Thacker
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Outline

• Project overview
• ECE 270 knowledge used
• Project demo

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Project Overview

• Digital Real-Time Intelligent Networked
  Kegerator.
• 1. An ability to sense and control beverage
  temperature.
• 2. An ability to identify authorized users via
  electronic identification
• 3. An ability to track consumption on an
  individual basis
• 4. An ability to display user/device status on an
  LCD
• 5. An ability to control the function of and
  report the status of the Kegerator via an
  embedded web server.

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Design Challenges Faced

• Hardware Selection
• PCB Layout
• Power Supply Design
• Circuit Debugging
• RS-232 Communications

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ECE 270 Knowledge Used

• Digital Logic ( XOR Gates)
• Basic Electrical Principles (Pull-up Resistors,
  current sinking/sourcing)
• How to determine electrical characteristics from
  datasheets
• Software Switch Debouncing

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Project Demo

• Root Beer Floats

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Questions / Discussion