1. 2.1 & 2.2: Rainfall Detection and Alarm System
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Sponsor: Jerry Hayes
Faculty Advisor:
Dr. Stapleton

2. Project Overview
A Discharge Monitor Reading is required for Ingram Readymix Inc.
A completed sample required once a month
Collected sample within the first fifteen minutes of outfall
-Michael
[Alison:
What is discharge monitor reading?
The Ingram Readymix Inc. ongoing methodology in sampling discharge is for employees have to manually monitor the rainfall for at least fifteen minutes and collect the Discharge Monitor Sample within the first thirty minutes. This leads to reduced productivity level and shift of work focus of the employees.
The current method generates the need of an automated Rainfall Detection Sensor and Alert System. The new system will utilize a rainfall sensor to alert an employee to collect the samples.
Our system will prevent problems that can occur with the discharge of pollution into the environment which

3. Project Overview
We designed an integrated stand alone systems with multiple features:
Collect outfall, pool level, rainfall, and voltage level on RDS
Receive and send data between RDS and RAS
Alert visually and auditorily Ingram workers to collect a sample
Log and display data on RAS
-Michael
[Alison:
What is discharge monitor reading?
The Ingram Readymix Inc. ongoing methodology in sampling discharge is for employees have to manually monitor the rainfall for at least fifteen minutes and collect the Discharge Monitor Sample within the first thirty minutes. This leads to reduced productivity level and shift of work focus of the employees.
The current method generates the need of an automated Rainfall Detection Sensor and Alert System. The new system will utilize a rainfall sensor to alert an employee to collect the samples.
Our system will prevent problems that can occur with the discharge of pollution into the environment which

4. Project Overview -Michael
[Alison:
What is discharge monitor reading?
The Ingram Readymix Inc. ongoing methodology in sampling discharge is for employees have to manually monitor the rainfall for at least fifteen minutes and collect the Discharge Monitor Sample within the first thirty minutes. This leads to reduced productivity level and shift of work focus of the employees.
The current method generates the need of an automated Rainfall Detection Sensor and Alert System. The new system will utilize a rainfall sensor to alert an employee to collect the samples.
Our system will prevent problems that can occur with the discharge of pollution into the environment which

5. Project Motivation
Current method of discharge monitoring is through Visual inspection and Manual timing
Discharge into city waste lines can lead to company problems:
Environmental
Legal
Company Closure
Michael
Motivation: Current process lacks technology and automation

6. Top-Level Sensor System Block Diagram
Power Battery from Solar Panel
Legend
Team Charlie
Read Voltage level from Battery
Analog to Digital Converter
Team Bravo
Read rain gauge
value
Send Data
Receive Data
Log File
Michael
You may need to show this block diagram more than once to provide context. You may also need to add a block diagram of the next level of detail where relevant.
Read flow sensor value
Analog to Digital Converter
Read Liquid Level Sensor
Value

7. Sensors
Pool Level Sensor: Variable resistivity due to change in pool level
Flow Meter: Signals if water flow has occurred
Rain Gauge:
Each tip of the lever is 0.011”

8. Features 2.2 Rainfall Detection System (Team Charlie) Taylor
different slide to show the different colors of the led matrix
different slide to show the buttons
fix the feature screen
2.2 Rainfall Detection System (Team Charlie)

9. Features Solar Panel: Provides power to the Rainfall Detection System
Taylor
different slide to show the different colors of the led matrix
different slide to show the buttons
fix the feature screen

10. Top-Level Block Diagram
Receive Outfall Trigger
Check operation hours
Detect Outfall
Send Outfall Trigger
Pool Level Threshold
Invoke Alarms
Michael
put some indication to differentiate between our team and charlie’s
You may need to show this block diagram more than once to provide context. You may also need to add a block diagram of the next level of detail where relevant.
Check Buttons
Check Timer
Legend
Team Charlie
Display Message
Log File
Team Bravo

11. Top-Level Block Diagram
Analyze Pool Level
Send Data
Receive Data
Log File
Analyze Rainfall Amount
Check Battery Level
Send Voltage
Receive Voltage
Display Voltage
Michael
You may need to show this block diagram more than once to provide context. You may also need to add a block diagram of the next level of detail where relevant.
Legend
Team Charlie
Team Bravo

12. System Quality
Usability: Buttons and LCD screen user interaction of RDA system
Maintainability: Software hosted on github
Scalability: Multithreaded system to handle incorporation of add on sensors
Reliability: Backup power system and able to recognize collection state
Security: Wooden Enclosed case
Portability: System can be implemented on multiple sites of Ingram Readymix
Alison
State them and according

13. Features Visually and auditorily alert the user
Outfall and low voltage via buzzers and Sense hat module
Integrate multi-button system which includes:
Restart
Complete
Missed
Mute
Taylor
different slide to show the different colors of the led matrix
different slide to show the buttons
fix the feature screen

14. Low Voltage
in RDS
Collection Sample missed
Collection Sample collected and Idle state
RDA System invoked by the RDS

15. Startup message
Complete Button has been pressed
Missed Button has been pressed

16. Restart Button has been pressed
Collection Sample collected
Collection Sample missed
Collection Sample needs to be collected for the month

17. Collection Sample collected but RDS voltage is low
Collection Sample missed but RDS voltage is low
Collection Sample needs to be collected but RDS voltage is low
change the picture of 15 minute timer to actually display 15 minutes
15 minute timer

18. Features LCD Touchscreen to display data via CSV file:
Start and end time of rainfall
Amount of rainfall in inches
Pool Level
Outfall Status
Hours of operation
Taylor
BRIEFLY summarize the results of your work – and what your design will do. USE GRAPHICS and PICTURES! Be visual!! Add slides if need be!!

19. Remediations
Alarm system is able to receive data from Rainfall Detector system’s transceiver within 600 feet
Able to be self-powered (with backup battery) even with emergency outage scenario
self-powered for 3 hours
Added an exhaust fan to the Rainfall Detection System
Incorporate Transmission Time graph

20. Future Work
Implement hands free/voice command technology via Amazon Echo
Implement pH testing at the overflow pool
Incorporat a printer for the hardcopy documentation of the data
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21. Acknowledgements Dr. Earl Ingram Dr. William Stapleton Dr. Semih Aslan
Dr. Rich Compeau
Jerry Hayes
Sarah Rivas