1. 1 Mileage Recording Solution for Small Business Owner/Operators Presented By:Bergen Fletcher (CEO, HW Engineer) Ali Abdul-Hussein (COO, FW Engineer) Patrick Perrella (CFO, SW Engineer) Lena Lee (QA Director, SW Engineer)

2. 2 Agenda  Company Profile  Vision  Other Existing Solutions  Our Solution  System Overview  Budget  Time Constrains  Future Work  Learning Experience

3. 3 Company Profile Bergen Fletcher – CEO, Senior Hardware Engineer  Team/Project Management  Hardware Design/Development  Project Integration (Including SW/FW development) Ali AbdulHussein – COO, Firmware Design Engineer  Software/Firmware Management  Firmware Design/Development Lead  Flowchart Design/Development Lead

4. 4 Company Profile Patrick Perrella – CFO, Software Design Engineer  Finance Management  Software Design/Development  Firmware Design/Development Lena Lee – Director of QA, User-Interface Design Engineer  Test-Plan Development  Graphical User Interface Design/Development

5. 5 Problem  Small business owner/operators  Use vehicle for business and pleasure purposes  Can deduct vehicle business use costs from income tax  Deduction based on percent business mileage to total mileage Vision

6. 6 Need  Method of recording vehicle usage  Record mileage for all trips  Record should include (as specified by the CRA):  Trip purpose (business/pleasure)  Destination  Date

7. 7 Other Existing Solutions 1. Estimation  Simple/cheap, but inaccurate  Not compliant with CRA rules  Possible consequences

8. 8 Other Existing Solutions cont ’ d 2. Travel Log  Cheap & in compliance with CRA guidelines  Involves much more effort and more prone to error

9. 9 Other Existing Solutions cont ’ d 3. ON Board Diagnostic (OBD) Devices  Automatically provides accurate data  Expensive, not easy to use  Not tailored for mileage recording  Compatibility issues

10. 10 Our Solution Plug N’ Go: Automated Vehicle Usage Recording

11. 11 Our Solution cont ’ d Our Solution  Tailored for small business users  Specifically designed to record vehicle usage  CRA guideline compliant  Additional features  Easy to use  Low cost  Highly compatible

12. 12 Other Uses 1.Route comparison 2.Vacation trip tracking 3.Car usage in carpooling 4.Family car sharing 5.Company vehicle tracking

13. 13 Market Analysis  Positive initial reaction  Larger companies face similar problems  Potential CRA certification

14. 14 System Overview 1.Mileage Recorder Device (MRD) 2.User PC Software

15. 15 MRD Modules Modules  MRDUI: LCD, 4 push buttons  PC-MRD: USB Connector  CAR-MRD: Vehicle Cradle Device (VCD)

16. 16 MRD Functionality User Trip/Gas Data Input Trip DataGas Data User Name Car Type Data/Start Trip TypeCost ($/L) DestinationVolume (L) Mileage

17. 17 Software Overview Software Basic Features  Windows ® XP and 2000 compatible  Standard GUI application  USB communication to MRD  Spreadsheet format

18. 18 Software Overview cont’d Software Spreadsheet Functionalities  Separate data and gas sheets  Customizable:  Hide columns  Sort data  Save as CSV file format  Printable file

19. 19 Software Overview cont’d Software Data Functionalities  Display in Metric units  Allow MRD configuration editing  Allow vehicle cost entry  Calculate trip type ratios  Calculate total mileage  Calculate total fuel usage

20. 20  Cost approx. doubled due to extra prototypes  Extra prototypes not required Component/EquipmentCost Estimate Atmel AVR STK500 Development Kit$100 Atmel AVR Microcontroller$10 USB Interface IC$10 Voltage Regulators$10 Discrete Logic, Opamps, Misc Discrete Components $10 Passive Components$10 Liquid Crystal Display$20 Prototyping Perforated Circuit Board, Enclosure$20 EEPROM Memory$5 Real Time Clock (RTC)$5 Other/Extra(Back-up) Components$50 Total$250 Budget

21. 21 Time Constrains

22. 22 Possible Future Work  Intellectual property protection  Apply for a Patent  More sophisticated market analysis  Business incorporation  CRA certification  Reduced hardware cost  Less costly USB interface  High volume production

23. 23 Possible Future Work cont’d Improved Hardware  Larger, possibly graphic-based LCD  Improve user interface  Smaller, more appealing industrial design  User upgradeable firmware

24. 24 Possible Future Work cont’d Software Improvements  Enhanced file saving  Unit conversions  Graphical data presentation  Integration with tax software  Multi-platform support

25. 25 Learning Experience  Team/Project management  Product development process  Troubleshooting  Documentation  Application of engineering skills

26. 26 Acknowledgements Dr. Andrew Rawicz, Professor of the School of Engineering Science Steve Whitmore, Senior Lecturer in the School of Engineering Science Leah Honkanen, Small Business Owner/Operator, Sunshine Bay Natural Products Maria Bender, Canadian Revenue Agency

27. 27 Thank You!