1. Industrial PC Based Data Acquisition and Processing System for Grob Systems, Inc. Team Members: Megan Bessick, Brett English, Pete Jankovsky, Ramesh Narayan, James Roll, Matt Sigg Industry Advisor: Mr. Lance Murdock Faculty Advisor: Dr. Srinivasa Vemuru Industry Mentor: Mr. Ron Hulsey

2. Industry Client: Grob Systems, Inc. Manufactures a variety of custom designed products geared towards industrial machining processes Major customers: Ford, General Motors, DaimlerChrysler, and Harley-Davidson

3. Problem Statement: Goal: Design proprietary force monitoring and analytical measuring system Specifications: Acquiring raw data Processing data Presenting a useful user output Verifying a part’s conformity

4. Operational Flow Chart File Display Compare ADC Check Storage Config. Input Pass / Fail Finished?

5. Constraints: Considered eight constraints in analysis Two important factors: Economic Sustainability

6. Design Deliverables: Tested prototype Industrial PC, DAQ Card Operating System, Customized software Documented source code User documentation

7. Budget Costs: Prototype Cost: $4,424 Labor Cost: $45,000 Development Tools Cost: $6,089 University Computing Resources: $9,000

8. Budget (continued) Cost Distribution: University Covered: $15,089 Donated Labor: $45,000 Grob Cost: $4,424

9. DAQ Component Criteria: specifications, expandability, price, company reputation, documentation and support Alternatives: National Instruments, Measurement Computing, IO Tech, Meilhaus

10. Industrial PC Selection Criteria: Industrial rating, appearance, processing power, storage capacity, PCI expandability, price, memory, display, company reputation Alternatives: Beckhoff, Daisy-Data

11. User Peripherals Criteria: Ease of use for maintenance, reliability, cost, programmability, ergonomics Alternatives: Touchpad, touch screen, keyboard/mouse

12. Programming Language Criteria: Maintenance by customer, GUI development tools, flexibility, integration Alternatives: C++, C#, VB.Net, Java

13. Operating System Criteria: Product cost, ease of maintenance, resource requirements, development time Alternatives: Embedded Linux, XP Professional, XP Embedded, C.E.Net

14. User Interface Specifications Main Program Graph, data points, pass/fail indicator, list of failed parts, customization buttons Functionality customization Interface to archive data

15. Project Schedule Development Integration and Testing Documentation and Reporting Planning 58d Hardware 65d Software 47d 10d18d 65d 9/13 11/10 2/2 2/13 5/9 11/12 11/29

16. System Benefits to Grob Offer increased functionality to customers Improve Grob’s customer support Lower Grob’s development cost

17. Questions?