Status Report #4

Walking Charger

By:

Carlos Benitez, Meryem Fennich, Srinath Kota,

Jackseario Rosario

September 29th 2010Description: 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 30th

• Design Improvement – Oct 6st

Recent Tasks

• Ordered Partso Power Management Module

(585-EH300)o Piezoelectric material (CEB-

44D06 ) o 5V DC-DC step up (PRT-08248) o Thermoelectric moduleso Flexible Solar Panels -

Outsidesupply• Worked on the Website

Ongoing Tasks

• Shoe making by local store• Under testing for better

output accuracy – Solar, Piezo n Thermo(how much power = output ?)

• Prototype design and analyses

• Microcontroller Research/Programming

Block Diagram

Schedule