Status Report #2Walking Charger

By:Carlos Benitez, Meryem Fennich, Srinath Kota, Jacksario Rosario

September 15st 2010

Description: Battery charger by means of piezoelectric to be applied to electronic devices such as cell phones, electronic gadgets, etc 

Overall need Eco-friendly portable charger and energy

efficient

Milestones• Finish planning and Research–

Sep 10th

• Start Design Phase – Sep13th

• Order parts – Sep 14th

• Begin Construction – sep 22th

Recent Tasks

• Finished brainstorming new ideas• Different ways to implement

our designoPiezoelectric sensorsoThermoelectric

sensor(MEMS sensor) oPhotodiode sensoroSolar cells

• Order main parts

Ongoing Tasks• Best way to combine

different sensors

• Order different sensors • Working on the

website

• build the main part• Calculate how much

power would be generated

• Find the best choice of sensors

Upcoming Tasks

Block Diagram

Planning and Research

30% Initial Design 0%

Detailed Design0%

Hardware Design0%

Software Design0%

Implementation0%

Production0%

Schedule