Specifications

though, traditionally it might not be a device that people would want to install in

their vehicle voluntarily.

In the early phase of our design, group members have researched and

familiarized them self with how most breathalyzer units may look like ranging for

a low cost consumer level unit to any high scale breathalyzers utilized by

research labs and the law enforcement. In addition, physical features it must

possess for necessary functionality and use. It is from these pre-existing hand-

held units we draw our ideas from and encourages us to do better on physicals

aspects that they lack. We will continue to keep our objectives: accuracy,

portable, physically appealing and low cost in mind even throughout the design

and construction of the enclosure.

The design and construction of the enclosure maybe one of the hardest

challenges for our team in this project due to various reasons such as, acquiring

any new skill set outside of our field of study, accessibility to materials, time and

cost. There is no doubt in the importance of the enclosure to our group but at the

same time we will not let it consume large amount of our time and resource and it

to hinder our progress with the core of the project and the utmost important

learning interest of our group, the electrical/computer engineering and design.

Enclosure Design Resources and Skill sets

Product design and rapid prototyping aren’t a focus in the electrical or the

computer engineering curriculum, therefore the following resources might have to

be obtained from other engineering department or skill sets to be acquired with

the help of colleagues and faculty members among the UCF engineering college.

Resources, Materials and Skill sets

Photoshop Software

SolidWorks and/or AutoCAD Software

Industrial Engineering Rapid Prototyping lab

Fabrication material

This project design will require two separate enclosures, one for the hand-held

unit and one for the control box, which will be installed hidden behind the

dashboard of the vehicle.

Control Box Enclosure

The focus of this enclosure will not be its physical appearance but its physical

construction and its practicality with our design. The enclosure will house a

micro-controller and any necessary part to establish a wireless communication