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Chapter 6
Conclusions
This chapter concludes the thesis documentation for the DataManager project. A
summary of the project’s purpose and course will be reiterated. The en d results produced
from this research and design effort will then be set forth. Finally, this do cu ment will close
with a discussion of future work in this research emphasis.
6.1 Project Summary
Interest groups like hydrological and soil scientists, agriculturalists, and large scale
agricultural producers want the ability to accurately and easily collect dense spatially-
representative data. No current methods could supply either desire jointly. Therefore,
a new product w ith an integrated intelligent radio platform was proposed to satisfy the
desires of these groups. This product, labeled the Acclima DataManager was the focus of
this development. The function and application of this product was designed and elaborated
upon in this docu ment. By the completion of this development term, the product’s desired
functions and features were all tested and shown to investors and possible future customers.
They have all expressed their continued interest in future enhancements and developments
with this product.
6.2 Resulting Product
The final outcome of th e DataManager d esign is too large to fit on its current hardware
platform. So the DataManager prod uct, seen in fig. 6.1, therefore comes in two varieties: a
device with a radio or a device with an LCD screen. By December 2007, the new platform
with the needed enhancements will have replaced the older platform. This upgrade will
allow both currently conflicting features to cohabit the same hardware. However, both