EMS Environmental Monitoring System Status Report #6 Andrew Tracy Khoa Tang Eduardo Ramirez Alondra Vallejo

Overall Need/Milestones Overall Need The system will help identify the optimal weather conditions for the Gulf Coast Toad’s to begin their mating process. Milestones Software Design (10/29) Hardware Design (10/22) Integration (10/29) Testing (11/19)

Tasks Completed Power Management System for FitPC “Hibernate Program” Arduino Voltage Dividers Monitor battery voltage with microcontroller Scale down signal from microcontroller to sound card FitPC Voltage Divider Voltage Divider Arduino 5V- 2.7V 5V.8V If Vin>2.7V do nothing If Vin<2.7V send signal LabVIEW reads signal Executes “hibernate program” Sound Card.8V

Tasks Completed (cont.) Solar Power System 20W Solar Panel Solar Charge Controller 12V 20Ah Lead Acid Battery

Tasks Completed (cont.) Run “Hibernate” and “Record” programs simultaneously Get LabVIEW to read text files with parameters “Hibernate/Power-on” program FitPC wakes up from 8 pm to 8 am Puts FitPC to hibernate

Pending Tasks Casing/Mounting Design Clean up LabVIEW code, create sub-vis Write LabVIEW code for extracting weather data from spreadsheet Generate required data and log files

Tasks Completed (cont.) Test weather kit alone for 12 hours Battery voltage dropped by

Upcoming Tasks Send Casing/Mounting Design for fabrication Filter Design using LabVIEW Buy 10V regulator, sound card, mini SD card

FitPC Solar Panel 12V Battery Weather Unit Solar Charge Controller Arduino 10V Voltage Regulator Microphone Sound Card Weather Sensors Wireless Signal 90% 100% 60%

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