Status Report #3

Walking Charger

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

September 22st 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

• Output Analyses – Sep 27th

• Design Improvement – Oct 1st

Recent Tasks

• Order main partso Power Management Module

(585-EH300)o Piezoelectric material (CEB-

44D06 ) o 5V DC-DC step up (PRT-08248)

• Working on the Website

Ongoing Tasks

• Working on the website• Design of a Battery

Charge System for Micro-Energy Harvesting

• Prototype design and analyses

• Research different sensors

• Build the main part• Calculate how much

power would be generated

• Choose sensors based on the output analyses

• Finalize the Charger design

Upcoming Tasks

Block Diagram

Planning and Research

90%

Initial Design

50%

Detailed Design30%

Hardware Design40%

Software Design0%

Implementation0%

Production0%

Schedule