Golf Hole Audio Guide
Information
Stephen Hitchcock
Nick Clark
Jeff Hardin
Contact Information: Nick Clark – nicholas.clark@insightbb.com
Project Sponsor: Glenn Gunning
Advisor Sponsor: Dr. Bill Dieter
Date of Completion: April 29, 2005
Scope of Work
Glenn Gunning proposed an idea to the University of Kentucky with an idea of
Golf Hole Audio Guide (GHAG). The concept of the project is to have a self-powered
unit that will provide a description of how to play a certain hole of golf at a different
category tee. The unit needs to have a playback system that can be uploaded via a
computer or other moveable media. The idea is to have a laptop link via USB port, as in
figure 2, that will update a hole’s information anytime the golf course wishes. The main
challenge of, this task is to make a self powering unit that will power an audio media
device multiple times a day and be able to produce volume level that will not drain a
battery before it is able to recharge. The unit will have to be able to withstand outside
elements and the circuitry must be able to operate between temperature ranges of 50 to
130 degrees F. As in Figure 1, the outside structure will have four different buttons, one
for each tee to where the operator will shoot from, when the button is depressed, the
circuit will decide one which message to play dependent on the button placed. The system
will also have an adjustable volume switch for the owner will be able to adjust so the
media device will not disturb other players in the vicinity.
Figure 1 – Enclosure of
Audio Media Device
SOLAR PANEL
Batt
Recording
Chip
USB
Figure 2 – Basic Components of
Audio Media Device
Diagrams of possible layouts of project.
Project Timeline
Week
Date
Form Team
Explore Market
Decide possible
project routes
Design best layout
project
Find and order
components
Development
Testing
Demonstration
Deliver to customer
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2
2/15 2/22
3
3/1
4
3/8
5
6
3/15 3/22
7
3/29
8
4/5
Budget
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Solar Panels: $6-$70
Battery (Rechargeable): $20-$25
MP3 Decoder: ?
Amplifier: $5-$15
Speaker: $10
Parts and Components: $15-$50
USB Interface Card: $33
Total Budget: Prototype: Less than $400 total including enclosure.
Total Budget: Production: Less than $150 total including enclosure.
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10
4/12 4/19
Biographical sketches
Stephen Hitchcock
I am currently a Process Engineer at United L-N Glass, Versailles, KY. ULNG is
an automotive glass suppler to Toyota, Honda, GM, Mitsubishi, Chrysler, and many other
companies worldwide. I have work as a Process Engineering Intern four years before
accepting a full time role in December 2004. Job responsibilities include creation and
maintenance of multiple Microsoft Access databases, assist in production related
processes, troubleshooting and improving production equipment, improving and updating
ISO 9002 documentation including SOP’s, FMEA’s, PCP’s, Flow Charts, and Setup
Sheets. I am trained in Basic Op-Ex and Six Sigma skills, and am currently working on a
Green Belt Project. My education will be a Bachelor of Sciences in Electrical
Engineering in May 2005, with a minor in Mathematics.
Jeff Hardin
I currently do electrical consulting at Dixon Electric Inc in Lexington, KY. Dixon
Electric is one of the largest electrical contractors in the state and I have been doing
design work for them now for almost two years. I have just recently excepted a job offer
from Kentucky Utilities where I will be a Project Management Power Distribution
Engineer. My position requires project management and organizational skills as well as
computer skills such as AutoCad and other softwares. My education will be a Bachelors
of Science in Electrical Engineering and a minor in Mathematics this May 2005.
Nicholas Clark
I am currently Computer Tech at Circuit City, Lexington, KY. Where I
troubleshoot and repair all kinds of different problems involving all different types of
computers. I am also currently a student at the University of Kentucky in my senior year
of Electrical Engineering, with a minor in Mathematics. I have taken several labs in
analog circuitry and one in digital.