TEAM PCG Ben Co (Fall Team Lead), Wendelin Mueller, Garrett Gustafson, and Julia Weimar-East On Project LightBox Primary Faculty Advisor: Dr. Nuxoll Secondary Faculty Advisor: Dr. Crenshaw Industry Advisor: Andy McConnell Client: Dr. Cantrell

Team  Ben (Fall Leader) – CS & Biology Major  Wendelin – CS & Math Major  Julia – EE Major, CS Minor  Garrett – EE Major

Background  Dr. Cantrell’s research in water quality.  Simplifying the equation: Testing water with membrane’s and a digital camera.  The Problem: White balance and the HSV color space.

Block Diagram DATA PROCESSOR BASE UNIT DATA LINK INTERFACE

Design Challenges  Accuracy  Light Diffusion  LED Color Mixing

Important Decisions  USB instead of Serial  Microcontroller  LEDs as light source  Windows 7 official OS

Risks  Time Management  Heat Production

Milestones Overview  Functional Specification Version Sep 2012  Decide on project technologies -12 Oct 2012  Final enclosure specs delivered to machine shop - 30 Nov 2012  Software and GUI are code complete - 8 Jan 2013  Complete Testing/Color Mixing of LEDs - 25 Jan 2013  Complete physical circuit construction -1 Feb 2013  Complete Final Version of Program - 22 Mar 2013  Final Report Version Mar 2013

Conclusion  The PCG LightBox will aid Dr. Cantrell in research on white-balancing digital images.  Design Challenges  We Will Prevail!