I''am Looking for a Professional Designer
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I was approached today at work by an engineer that needs some help getting
data from a prototype machine. I am asking the list for recomendations or
sugestions as to who or what company offers services in the area of design
for a device (probably just a one-off project) that will do some simple
measurement and control. The reason I post this here is because from the
description of the problem and the requirements, I know that it can be done
easily with Stamps or PICs. I know that I could do this, but for
departmental reasons, I cannot offer him more than advice or a contact.
Here is a description of the task at hand:
A servo motor (Not the hobby kind) rotates, a quadrature encoder is used to
keep track of rotation. Once the machine gets to a certain speed, another
process needs to be started. At the trigger point, the speed needs to be
tracked and averaged until an amount of time passes. Then, another event
gets triggered. After the second event, data on speed and position of the
motor needs to be sent via RS232 to a terminal where it can be viewed.
No process control work needed, this looks like a simple data aquisition
project.
I think they want to use it to figure out why their assembly line prototype
is stretching out the plastic material in the product. (over-run/under-run )
If you are a proffesional that does small scale developement and are
interested in a simple (At least it seems that way) project to make a few
bucks, please send me an e-mail at work.
cparasida@p...
I will screen the e-mails before I forward them on to the engineer. Serious
mail only please.
data from a prototype machine. I am asking the list for recomendations or
sugestions as to who or what company offers services in the area of design
for a device (probably just a one-off project) that will do some simple
measurement and control. The reason I post this here is because from the
description of the problem and the requirements, I know that it can be done
easily with Stamps or PICs. I know that I could do this, but for
departmental reasons, I cannot offer him more than advice or a contact.
Here is a description of the task at hand:
A servo motor (Not the hobby kind) rotates, a quadrature encoder is used to
keep track of rotation. Once the machine gets to a certain speed, another
process needs to be started. At the trigger point, the speed needs to be
tracked and averaged until an amount of time passes. Then, another event
gets triggered. After the second event, data on speed and position of the
motor needs to be sent via RS232 to a terminal where it can be viewed.
No process control work needed, this looks like a simple data aquisition
project.
I think they want to use it to figure out why their assembly line prototype
is stretching out the plastic material in the product. (over-run/under-run )
If you are a proffesional that does small scale developement and are
interested in a simple (At least it seems that way) project to make a few
bucks, please send me an e-mail at work.
cparasida@p...
I will screen the e-mails before I forward them on to the engineer. Serious
mail only please.