1. Energy Conservation System (ECS) Status Report #1 James Sturdivant Ionel Taflan Juan Tamez Susan Austin

2. Purpose of the ECS Reduce energy costs. Enable consumers to monitor the energy that is being used in a home or business.

3. Block Diagram

4. Design Process Choose Final Hardware Signal Processing Input Programming and Data Communication Wireless Communication Data Display

5. Task Breakdown James & John Microcontroller Programming Microcontroller Programming Hardware Interfacing Hardware InterfacingJuan Data Collection and Analog to Digital Conversion Data Collection and Analog to Digital ConversionSusan User Interface Programming User Interface Programming

6. Current Progress Companies are still being contacted for samples Working with different input signals to the microcontroller Serial cable first, then convert to wireless communication Display on PC

7. Current Progress Status

8. Upcoming Tasks Complete programming sequence Determine how we will store the trended data Develop the GUI

9. Until Next Time