PowerPoint Presentation

Chad Mann

Life as an EE after Graduation

Show excitement and ownershipHere is an example scenario:Your car has a frayed wire like this one (show wire).You are driving your car at night and you hit a bump and the lights short out. You drive to the mechanic and explain that your lights are out. He sees that your fuse is blown and replaces it. He then tests the light and it works fine so he sends you on your way.Later, when a similar situation presents itself the light shorts out again.This driver has experienced an intermittent fault. The fault isnt permanent it is only there in certain situationsThe mechanic only fixed the symptom, not the problem. He isnt equipped to solve the problem because he doesnt have a way to find intermittent faults on live circuits

Senior Project
The "AWFL" Prototype

Determine the viability of SSTDR in automobiles

Worked with Professor Furse

Automobile wiring is different from aircraft wiring

SSTDR works in automotive wiring

Automotive Wiring Fault Locator (AWFL)

Built a prototype to shrink the technology

Prototype didn't work very well

The technology does work

We graduate and still want to work on the prototype

Lassonde Center

Helped us take the prototype and make a business plan and market the product

Short Solutions

We make proprietary diagnostic tools that allow auto dealerships and repair shops to diagnose and locate intermittent electrical faults in vehicles

www.SSD-Auto.com

Inability to Diagnose Intermittent Faults

Reasons for inability

Occur when car is running

Short duration

Difficult to reproduce

Impacts

Multiple attempts to locate

Reduced profitability

Decreased customer satisfaction

Increased safety hazards

www.SSD-Auto.com

Our Solution

Customer:

Intermittent fault occurs

Dealership:

Measurements

Install unit

Customer:

Normal usage

Records fault data

Dealership:

Download data

Diagnose fault

www.SSD-Auto.com

Occur only on live systems works on live systemsShort durationDifficult to reproduceTells you if and where the fault occurs

Our Technology

Baseline signal taken

Test signal continuously sent down wire

Signal reflects off of fault

Reflection compared to baseline signal

Fault location calculated

www.SSD-Auto.com

Spread Spectrum Time Domain Reflectometry (SSTDR)

Technology protected by patents

Our Products

SmartFuse

Uses SSTDR chip

Estimated COGS: $72.22

Estimated retail: $300

FuseWare Software Package

Supports multiple Smart Fuses

Estimated COGS: $10

Estimated retail: $300 with $100 yearly fee

www.SSD-Auto.com

Explain retail

Short Solutions Wins UEC

$40,000 Cash Prize

Moot Corp in Austin Texas

$45,000 USTAR Grant pays for further development

www.SSD-Auto.com

Utah Entrepreneur Series

The Utah Entrepreneur Series is an integrated competition process aimed at guiding students from the idea to implementation stages of a successful business

www.ues.utah.edu

Grow America

Helping EntrepreneursGrow Strong Businesses

Springboard Business Plan Competition

Social Springboard Competition

Insight Business Lessons

www.growam.com

MannMade Engineering

www.MannMadeEngineering.com

Business

www.MannMadeEngineering.com

www.MannMadeEngineering.com

Systems Engineer

Make sure all the parts work together

Customer contact

Add new applications to hardware

Test

CMDL

Explain retail

Projects

Starfield Engineering

We design and develop electronic products in the amusement industry