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Chad Mann
Life as an EE after Graduation
Show excitement and ownershipHere is an example scenario:Your car has a frayed wire like this one (show wire).You are driving your car at night and you hit a bump and the lights short out. You drive to the mechanic and explain that your lights are out. He sees that your fuse is blown and replaces it. He then tests the light and it works fine so he sends you on your way.Later, when a similar situation presents itself the light shorts out again.This driver has experienced an intermittent fault. The fault isnt permanent it is only there in certain situationsThe mechanic only fixed the symptom, not the problem. He isnt equipped to solve the problem because he doesnt have a way to find intermittent faults on live circuits
Senior Project
The "AWFL" Prototype
Determine the viability of SSTDR in automobiles
Worked with Professor Furse
Automobile wiring is different from aircraft wiring
SSTDR works in automotive wiring
Automotive Wiring Fault Locator (AWFL)
Built a prototype to shrink the technology
Prototype didn't work very well
The technology does work
We graduate and still want to work on the prototype
Lassonde Center
Helped us take the prototype and make a business plan and market the product
Short Solutions
We make proprietary diagnostic tools that allow auto dealerships and repair shops to diagnose and locate intermittent electrical faults in vehicles
www.SSD-Auto.com
Inability to Diagnose Intermittent Faults
Reasons for inability
Occur when car is running
Short duration
Difficult to reproduce
Impacts
Multiple attempts to locate
Reduced profitability
Decreased customer satisfaction
Increased safety hazards
www.SSD-Auto.com
Our Solution
Customer:
Intermittent fault occurs
Dealership:
Measurements
Install unit
Customer:
Normal usage
Records fault data
Dealership:
Download data
Diagnose fault
www.SSD-Auto.com
Occur only on live systems works on live systemsShort durationDifficult to reproduceTells you if and where the fault occurs
Our Technology
Baseline signal taken
Test signal continuously sent down wire
Signal reflects off of fault
Reflection compared to baseline signal
Fault location calculated
www.SSD-Auto.com
Spread Spectrum Time Domain Reflectometry (SSTDR)
Technology protected by patents
Our Products
SmartFuse
Uses SSTDR chip
Estimated COGS: $72.22
Estimated retail: $300
FuseWare Software Package
Supports multiple Smart Fuses
Estimated COGS: $10
Estimated retail: $300 with $100 yearly fee
www.SSD-Auto.com
Explain retail
Short Solutions Wins UEC
$40,000 Cash Prize
Moot Corp in Austin Texas
$45,000 USTAR Grant pays for further development
www.SSD-Auto.com
Utah Entrepreneur Series
The Utah Entrepreneur Series is an integrated competition process aimed at guiding students from the idea to implementation stages of a successful business
www.ues.utah.edu
Grow America
Helping EntrepreneursGrow Strong Businesses
Springboard Business Plan Competition
Social Springboard Competition
Insight Business Lessons
www.growam.com
MannMade Engineering
www.MannMadeEngineering.com
Business
www.MannMadeEngineering.com
www.MannMadeEngineering.com
Systems Engineer
Make sure all the parts work together
Customer contact
Add new applications to hardware
Test
CMDL
Explain retail
Projects
Starfield Engineering
We design and develop electronic products in the amusement industry