Automated Spice Rack By Sam Fuga Brian Mason

Automated Spice Rack By Sam Fuga, Brian Mason, Suleiman Alshumemry, & Joe Berceau

Feasability • Contemporary consumer product • Addresses common issue • Nothing similar in production • Great market outlook • Expandability with other features/models

Carousel • • • LED indicators (IL 188 5 mm) 12 Spice Positions Stepper Motor + ULN 2003 Driver Board Button Microphone (CMA-4544 PF-W) Induction Coupler (623 -5698181221) Canisters

Base • Induction Coupler • Ring with gear teeth • Ball bearing track • Power input

Microprocessor • Home–made microprocessor • Programming in C • Measure Resistance • Driver for step motor • Speech recognition code

Cost Analysis Component Cost Pot Core (Inductive Coupler) $ 1. 66 Microprocessor Undetermined Carousel Assembly Undetermined Microphone $ 0. 96 Base Mount with Gear Assembly Undetermined Stepper Motor + ULN 2003 Driver Board $ 4. 28 LEDs (25) $. 05 ea. Bearings (144) $ 2. 38 Total $ 10. 53 + 3 D Printing

Timeline Established Concept The idea 02 Sep 14 Sep Established Faculty Advisor Reverse Product Engineering Pitch 30 Sep 7 Oct 14 Oct Concept Finalized 1 Nov 3 D Printed Model Launch PDR Website Presentatio n 15 Nov 01 Dec 09 Dec

Dilemmas • Registering canisters • Auto dispensing • Rotating the carousel • Extension/Retraction • Placement of components • How to implement speech recognition

Future Outlook • Coding • Actual implementation of speech recognition • Carousel drive motor strength

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