Status Report #7Food DIPTeam 11

Device that detects irregularities in perishable goods before distribution

Brandy AlgerTravis Ayers

Josue FigueroaJoaquin Labrado

Overall Need for Design

• Prevention of food poisoning epidemic, recalls, and packaging money loss for packing bad food.

• Design Milestones– All hardware functionally tested (3/17)– Stand for gripper/brush on the arm (3/20)– Image Processing Algorithm done (3/20)

Tasks Completed

• Microcontroller integrated with slide/arm• Website design • Conveyor belt tested• Frequent visits to SwRI

Ongoing Tasks

• Integrate slide/arm with image processor• Mount slide/arm to conveyor belt• Process and test strawberries under black light

conditions with existing algorithm.• Meet with business team• Finish Algorithm for Testing

Upcoming Tasks

• Full design requirements testing• Arm: Design a PID controller and test

Accelerometer.• Image Processor: acquire all data into data

base for algorithm testing

Block Diagram

Project Schedule

Design phase Finalize Design

Manufacture phase

Analysis/and Test Phase

Finalize prototype

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