Washsmart The Smart Washer Machine

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WashsmartThe Smart Washer Machine

• Status Report
• INEL4217 Interconnection of the Microprocessor
• Monday, October 18, 2004
• Group 4
• German Casasús Section 121
• Janice Claudio Section 131
• Omar Fernández Section 131
• Julio A. Sosa Section 131

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Agenda

• Description
• System Block Diagram
• Work Completed
• Project Time Table
• Professional Components
• Questions

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Description

• The system will have the functionality of
  measuring the right amount of detergent and
  fabric softener from a container.
• It will relieve the user from the task of
  measuring and waiting for the right time to add
  them.
• This feature will save time to the user and will
  guarantee that an exact amount of detergent and
  fabric softener will be loaded to the machine
  depending on the load size.

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Typical Washer Machine
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Modified Washer Machine
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System Block Diagram
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Work Completed
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Project Time Table
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Professional Components

• A. Economic
• We are trying to be economical on this project to
  construct a reliable product and to give quality
  for future development.
• B. Manufacturability
• To assemble most of the parts, we will consider
  the easiest and shortest ways to interconnect
  them, a user friendly interface to have control
  and access to the product in the most simplest
  and effortless way possible.

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Professional Components

• C. Ethical
• The IEEE Code of Ethics establishes that
  engineers should accept responsibility in making
  engineering decisions consistent with the safety,
  health and welfare of the public, and to disclose
  promptly factors that might endanger the public
  or the environment 4.
• D. Social
• The main goal of our system is to make the
  process of washing clothes easier to the user by
  transferring much of the work from the user to
  the system.
• It will greatly benefit people with disabilities
  and people in general.

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Professional Components

• E. Political
• Our system does not involve major political
  issues. It can be used in any country that has
  the basic physical infrastructure needed to
  support the use of this product.
• F. Sustainability
• Our product will be constructed based on
  currently used parts and technology, which will
  make the maintenance and replacement of all major
  parts similar to regular washing machines.
• The microcontroller will be placed so that it is
  protected from damage caused by humidity.

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Professional Components

• G. Health and Safety
• The system will be constructed so that the user
  will not suffer any harm from its use.
• H. Environmental
• No environmental issues can be associated with
  our system since it will not use or discharge any
  material that currently used washing machines do
  not.

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• Questions