1. 09/15/2003 Created by: Mike Loiselle & Christopher Sulkoski 1 ELM-4701 MINI PROJECT THE PULL ’N’ PLOT

2. 09/15/2003 Created by: Mike Loiselle & Christopher Sulkoski2 TEAM MEMBERS JARED BELAND MELANIE CAMPO JEREMY SEARLE BOB HESSE CHRIS SULKOSKI CLARK COPELAND MIKE LOISELLE

3. 09/15/2003 Created by: Mike Loiselle & Christopher Sulkoski3 PROBLEM STATEMENT TO DEVELOP AN AUTOMATED SYSTEM THAT IS CAPABLE OF GETTING DATA FROM THE OPERATOR AND PLOTTING THE ENTERED TEXT ONTO VARIOUS SIZES OF POSTER-BOARD.

4. 09/15/2003 Created by: Mike Loiselle & Christopher Sulkoski4 SOLUTION CHARACTERISTICS CROSSBREED BETWEEN A PRINTER AND A STATIONARY XY PLOTTER

5. 09/15/2003 Created by: Mike Loiselle & Christopher Sulkoski5 PROBLEM SOLUTION A GANTRY THAT WILL MOVE THE WRITING UTENSIL IN THE X & Y DIRECTIONS AS IN A STATIONARY PLOTTER A GANTRY THAT WILL MOVE THE WRITING UTENSIL IN THE X & Y DIRECTIONS AS IN A STATIONARY PLOTTER A SET OF ROLLERS WHICH WILL FEED THE POSTER-BOARD THROUGH THE SYSTEM AS IN A PRINTER A SET OF ROLLERS WHICH WILL FEED THE POSTER-BOARD THROUGH THE SYSTEM AS IN A PRINTER

6. 09/15/2003 Created by: Mike Loiselle & Christopher Sulkoski6 PROBLEM SOLUTION

7. 09/15/2003 Created by: Mike Loiselle & Christopher Sulkoski7 SYSTEM OVERVIEW

8. 09/15/2003 Created by: Mike Loiselle & Christopher Sulkoski8 BUDGET PROTOTYPE Item Estimated Cost Electrical Components $50 Mechanical Parts $75 Motors$50 Structural Materials $75 Total$250

9. 09/15/2003 Created by: Mike Loiselle & Christopher Sulkoski9 TIMELINE Week12345678 BrainstormingXX ResearchXXX System Design Process XXX Mechanical Design XXX Electrical Design XXX ProgrammingXXX Prototype Assemble XX Testing Prototype XX