01/21/2004Campo1 Pedal Mania -a pedal power generation system- Melanie Campo and Mandi Fournier

01/21/2004Campo2 Background Around the world pedal power is used for:  Transportation – of goods and people  Pumping Water – to crops or animals  Grinding Grains or Metals  Sewing Machines  Power Generation

01/21/2004Campo3 Problem To develop a portable educational tool that allows first hand experience of power production to operate standard AC and DC devices.

01/21/2004Campo4 Solution Using:  A Bike - for power generation  Generator - for electrical generation  Microprocessor – to make displays work  Displays – to educate the users and observers  A cart – to make this system portable

01/21/2004Campo5 System Overview

01/21/2004Campo6 Cart

01/21/2004Campo7 Gear Ratio Calc from bike to alternator

01/21/2004Campo8 Solution being Pursued

01/21/2004Campo9 Mechanical

01/21/2004Campo10 Mechanical

01/21/2004Campo11 Electrical  Utilize pedal power to power the displays.

01/21/2004Campo12 Software  Check power being produced  Light up display for power  Light up display for calories counter

01/21/2004Campo13 Future Tests  Power from bike to generator  Stabilizing power from generator  Converting from “show” mode to “travel/storage” mode  Programming for calorie display  Programming for power display

01/21/2004Campo14 Schedule

01/21/2004Campo15 Questions