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This report showcases the development milestones achieved for an Energy Conservation System (ECS) aiming to reduce costs and enable energy monitoring in homes or businesses. Tasks completed include circuit design, ADC configuration, and interface programming. Upcoming tasks involve microprocessor programming, data retrieval, and GUI development.
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Energy Conservation System (ECS) Status Report #3 James Sturdivant Ionel Taflan Juan Tamez Susan Austin
Purpose of the ECS • Reduce energy costs. • Enable consumers to monitor the energy that is being used in a home or business.
Project Milestones • Current Transformer Output Sept-12-07 • Analog to Digital Sept-13-07 • Microcontroller Programming and Data Collection Begin Sept-14-07 • User Interface Programming Begin Sept-14-07
Completed Tasks • Designed circuit for use with the current transformer and successfully scaled the output to the desired ranged • Obtained Dragon12 development board • Configured ADC • Serial Communication Interface programming • Incremental progress on database development
Upcoming Tasks • Complete microprocessor programming • Retrieve data from the serial interface and place it in the database • Develop the GUI
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