Automated Spice Rack

BySam Fuga, Brian Mason, Suleiman Alshumemry,

& Joe Berceau

Feasability

• Contemporary consumer product

• Addresses common issue

• Nothing similar in production

• Great market outlook

• Expandability with other features/models

Carousel

• LED indicators (IL188 5mm)• 12 Spice Positions• Stepper Motor + ULN2003 Driver Board• Button Microphone (CMA-4544PF-W)• Induction Coupler (623-5698181221)• Canisters

Base

• Induction Coupler

• Ring with gear teeth

• Ball bearing track

• Power input

Microprocessor

• Home–made microprocessor

• Programming in C

• Measure Resistance

• Driver for step motor

• Speech recognition code

Cost AnalysisComponent CostPot Core (Inductive Coupler) $ 1.66Microprocessor UndeterminedCarousel Assembly UndeterminedMicrophone $ 0.96Base Mount with Gear Assembly UndeterminedStepper Motor + ULN2003 Driver Board

$ 4.28

LEDs (25) $ .05 ea.Bearings (144) $ 2.38Total $ 10.53 + 3D Printing

Timeline

The idea

02 Sep

PDR Presentat

ion

ProductPitch

14 Oct30 Sep

ReverseEngineering

EstablishedConcept

14 Sep

EstablishedFacultyAdvisor

7 Oct

LaunchWebsite

ConceptFinalized

1 Nov 15 Nov 09 Dec

3D PrintedModel

01 Dec

Dilemmas

• Auto dispensing

• Extension/Retraction

• How to implement speech recognition

• Registering canisters

• Rotating the carousel

• Placement of components

Future Outlook

• Coding

• Actual implementation of speech recognition

• Carousel drive motor strength

Questions?