TEAM PCGBen Co (Fall Team Lead), Wendelin Mueller, Garrett Gustafson, and Julia Weimar-East

On

Project LightBox

Primary Faculty Advisor: Dr. NuxollSecondary Faculty Advisor: Dr. CrenshawIndustry Advisor: Andy McConnellClient: Dr. Cantrell

Team

Ben (Fall Leader) – CS & Biology Major Wendelin – CS & Math Major Julia – EE Major, CS Minor Garrett – EE Major

Background

Dr. Cantrell’s research in water quality. Simplifying the equation: Testing water

with membrane’s and a digital camera. The Problem: White balance and the HSV

color space.

Block Diagram

 

DATA PROCESSOR

BASE UNIT

DATA LINK

INTERFACE

Design Challenges

Accuracy Light Diffusion LED Color Mixing

Important Decisions

USB instead of Serial Microcontroller LEDs as light source Windows 7 official OS

Risks

Time Management Heat Production

Milestones Overview

Functional Specification Version 0.95 - 28 Sep 2012 Decide on project technologies -12 Oct 2012 Final enclosure specs delivered to machine shop - 30

Nov 2012 Software and GUI are code complete - 8 Jan 2013 Complete Testing/Color Mixing of LEDs - 25 Jan 2013 Complete physical circuit construction -1 Feb 2013 Complete Final Version of Program - 22 Mar 2013 Final Report Version 0.95 - 29 Mar 2013

Conclusion

The PCG LightBox will aid Dr. Cantrell in research on white-balancing digital images.

Design Challenges We Will Prevail!