Group 6 (2009)

Student Members:
Zachary M. Mello*
Jason D. Aiello
Emmanuel L. Lyte
Joseph M. Pandolfo
Eric T. Wingate

Faculty Advisor:
Professor Robert Helgeland

Project Title:
Automated Compass Calibration Station

Project Description:
The purpose of this project is to analyze an existing manual test process and produce a greatly improved and automated test process. The goal is to create a robotic process that does the sensor calibration by moving the units under test with a computer controller servo system. The work involves designing an electro-mechanical test bed with six degrees of freedom that can fully test the sensors by moving them in the earth�s magnetic field in a methodical fashion to align the sensor�s gain offset and temperature calibration, and thus removing the human from the test process.

Customer:
Mr. John Crowell, Ocean Server