1. 09/05/2003 Created by: Mike Loiselle 1 MINI PROJECT THE PULL’N PLOT

2. 09/05/2003Created by: Mike Loiselle2 TEAM MEMBERS CLARK COPELAND BOB HESSE JEREMY SEARLE MELANIE CAMPO MIKE LOISELLE CHRIS SULKOSKI JARED BELAND

3. 09/05/2003Created by: Mike Loiselle3 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. 09/05/2003Created by: Mike Loiselle4 PROBLEM SOLUTION CROSSBREED BETWEEN A PRINTER AND A STATIONARY XY PLOTTER

5. 09/05/2003Created by: Mike Loiselle5 PROBLEM SOLUTION THE GANTRY WILL MOVE THE WRITING UTENSIL IN THE X & Y DIRECTIONS AS IN A STATIONARY PLOTTER THE SET OF ROLLERS WILL FEED THE POSTER-BOARD THROUGH THE SYSTEM AS IN A PRINTER

6. 09/05/2003Created by: Mike Loiselle6 PROBLEM SOLUTION

7. 09/05/2003Created by: Mike Loiselle7 SYSTEM OVERVIEW

8. 09/05/2003Created by: Mike Loiselle8 BUDGET PROTOTYPE Item Estimated Cost Electrical Components $50 Mechanical Parts $75 Motors$50 Structural Materials $75 Total$250

9. 09/05/2003Created by: Mike Loiselle9 TIMELINE WEEK 1: BRAINSTORMING & RESEARCHING WEEK 2: RESEARCH & GATHER INFORMATION WEEK 3: START OF SYSTEM DESIGN PROCESS WEEK 4: START OF MECHANICAL DESIGN PROCESS WEEK 5: START OF ELECTRICAL DESIGN PROCESS WEEK 6: START OF PROGRAMMING PROCESS WEEK 7: ASSEMBLE PROTOTYPE WEEK 8: TEST COMPLETED PROTOTYPE