The Combination Station Status Report Alex Rust & Nate Lamie

04/16/03Alex Rust & Nate Lamie Background Consumers enjoy elaborately mixed beverages but do not have a simple way of getting them.

04/16/03Alex Rust & Nate Lamie Problem Statement Create a machine that automatically combines different fluids to make desirable beverages.

04/16/03Alex Rust & Nate Lamie Solution Use a micro-controller to control bottles with solenoid valves and hoses in order to create mixed beverages.

04/16/03Alex Rust & Nate Lamie System Overview HC11 Key Pad Display Valve Controller Table with bottles and valves Hose System Glass Power Supply Sensor

04/16/03Alex Rust & Nate Lamie What does it look like?

04/16/03Alex Rust & Nate Lamie How does it Work? A person chooses the desired beverage using the control panel. The HC11 opens the correct valves for calculated times. When the valves let air into the gravity fed bottles liquid is poured in the glass The sensor realizes if a glass is present

04/16/03Alex Rust & Nate Lamie Recent Tests Valve Position As liquid release As air intake Flow Rate Required Head Hose Size Optical Sensor

04/16/03Alex Rust & Nate Lamie Risks Speed of System Keeping Valves Clean Integrity of Hose Connections

04/16/03Alex Rust & Nate Lamie What’s Next? Assemble the Table Make Hose Connections for Bottles Make Sensor/Hose Frame

04/16/03Alex Rust & Nate Lamie Budget Valves $200 Electrical Components $70 HC11, IC’s, Optical Sensor Building Materials $ 40 Miscellaneous Items $ 10 Glass, Pourers, Buttons Total $320

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