1. Mouse Exercise Monitoring System Erik Lappinen, Brooks Alford, Elizabeth Smith, Matt Gallegly Advisors: Dr. Michael McDonald, Dr. Randall Reiserer Vanderbilt University Department of Biomedical Engineering

2. Objectives Project Description Background Requirements Hardware Software Timeline Budget

3. Project Description Large scale monitoring system for mice involved in pharmacological studies Display and record data from exercise wheel motion Possible to monitor up to 100 cages simultaneously

4. Project Requirements Required: Monitor speed and distance Identify individual mice Real-time Store data for future analysis “Mouse Proof” Wish List: Monitor directionality of exercise wheel Addition of visual graphs of velocity and distance

5. Hardware Matched IR LED light source/photosensor pair Reflective surface placed on small portion of back side of mouse wheel surface

6. Software Build off of existing LabView VI Continuously retrieves data from one or more analog input channels using an external scan clock

7. Timeline March 1 – All software completed with ten working units ready for testing Thru March - Complete testing April 1 - Project completed

8. Budget IR LED's: 100 @ $0.37 IR Detectors: 200 @ $0.28 CPU: 1 @ $936.00 Digital I/O Cards: 1 @ $145, 2 @ $391.50 Connector block/cable kit: 1 @ $63 Supplies for chassis (wood): ~$250 Wires, cables, etc: ~$100 Texts: 1 @ $70 TOTAL: ~ $1900