RPI-BASED AUTOMATIC WIRE MEASURING AND CUTTING

MACHINE WITH AUTO-SPOOL

A Design Project Proposal

Presented to the Faculty of the
Computer Engineering Program
STI College Cubao

In Partial Fulfilment
of the Requirements for the Degree
Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering

Jerico D. Dasco
Lorenz P. Duya
Kristian Deiter B. Encinares
Jhersey A. Salvino

March 23, 2019

 ENDORSEMENT FORM FOR PROPOSAL DEFENSE

TITLE OF RESEARCH: RPi-Based Automatic Wire Measuring and

Cutting Machine with Auto-Spool

NAME OF PROPONENTS: Jerico D. Dasco

Lorenz P. Duya
Kristian Deiter B. Encinares
Jhersey A. Salvino

In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements

for the degree Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering
has been examined and is recommended for Proposal Defense.

ENDORSED BY:

Engr. Philip A, Adams

Design Project Adviser

APPROVED FOR PROPOSAL DEFENSE:

Engr. Jayrold H. Baliwagan

Design Project Coordinator

NOTED BY:

Mr. Marvin DS. Nipas

Program Head

March 30, 2019

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APPROVAL SHEET

This design project proposal titled: RPi-Based Automatic Wire Measuring and
Cutting Machine with Auto-Spool prepared and submitted by Jerico D. Dasco;
Lorenz P. Duya; Kristian Deiter B. Encinares; and Jhersey A. Salvino, in partial
fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Computer
Engineering, has been examined and is recommended for acceptance an approval.

Engr. John Jericho C. Arquines

Design Project Adviser

Accepted and approved by the Thesis Review Panel

in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of
Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering

Engr. Jayrold H. Baliwagan Engr. Ramil N. Madriaga

Panel Member Panel Member

Lead Panelist

Noted:

Engr. Jayrold H. Baliwagan Mr. Melvin DS. Nipas

Design Project Coordinator Program Head

March 30, 2019

ABSTRACT

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Title of research: Rpi-Based Automatic Wire Measuring and Cutting Machine
with Auto-Spool

Researchers: Dasco, Jerico

Duya, Lorenz P.
Encinares, Kristian Deiter B.
Salvino, Jhersey A.

Degree: Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering

Date of Completion: March 2020

Key Words: Raspberry-pi, Auto wire measuring, Auto wire cutting, Wire
spool

During the past few decades, advancement of technology in industry increased and
fasten human productivity, reduce the consumption of time required, and reduce the
error due to manual labor. RPi-Based Automatic Wire Measuring and Cutting Machine
with Auto-Spool is a machine powered by a Raspberry Pi to perform its functions. It
automates measuring, spooling, and cutting the wire. It can simultaneously dispense
and cut multiple types of wire through the micro-controlled stepper motors and DC
geared motors. Measuring is done by a roller that is connected to a stepper motor.
Cutting is done by a modified cutter connected to a DC geared motor. Spooling is done
by feeding wire into a rotating cylinder. An Android application is installed on a tablet,
which is used to control the machine. Inside the application are: manuals on how to use
the machine, buttons for user’s desired wire type, text box for input for user’s desired
length, and text box for input for user’s desired quantity, and a confirmation button to
finalize order. Notifications for wire availability of wire is also in the Android
application. A local connection is made between the machine and the application via
modem. In case power shortage, an Uninterruptible Power Supply allows the machine
to operate.

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

APPROVAL SHEET ..................................................................................................... ii

TABLE OF CONTENTS .............................................................................................. iv
Introduction .................................................................................................................... 1
Background of the problem .................................................................................................. 1
Overview of the current state of the technology ................................................................... 3
Objective of the Study: ........................................................................................................ 3
Scope and limitations of the study ....................................................................................... 4
LITERATURE REVIEW .............................................................................................. 6
Local Studies........................................................................................................................ 6
Foreign Studies .................................................................................................................... 7
Synthesis .............................................................................................................................. 8
Methodology ................................................................................................................ 10
Requirements Gathering and Analysis ............................................................................... 10
Quick Design ..................................................................................................................... 12
Building Prototype ............................................................................................................. 15
User Evaluation .................................................................................................................. 16
Refining Proposed project .................................................................................................. 18
Engineering Product........................................................................................................... 18
References .................................................................................................................... 26

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 INTRODUCTION

In recent years, advancements in the field of automation yielded higher production

rates, increased productivity, reduced human efforts and errors, improved the quality of
the products, and safety of workers. The aim of the proposed project is to develop an
automatic wire measuring and wire cutting machine with auto-spool that will do just
that.

The time consumed by a worker depends on their efficiency, and sometimes, especially
when the customer requires different lengths of wires, the process requires more time
which they could have used for more meaningful task. The proposed project should cut
the process time by two or more folds.

The quality of the wire cut depends on accuracy and skill of workers. The proposed
project would perform the wire cutting with less variability than human workers,
resulting in greater control and consistency of product quality.

Since the process of cutting wire demands the use of sharp object, there’s the risk of
accident occurring. With the proposed project the hazard is virtually eradicated,
ensuring the safety of the workers.

Background of the problem

In most of the electrical and hardware stores, measuring and cutting of wires are still
accomplished manually. With that, more human intervention and more time is required.

According to Mr. Elmer, a salesman at Dada’s Hardware, manual process consumes

more time, and is prone to human error. Mr. Elmer added that, error in either the
customer or the seller is inevitable. Once the error has been done, the wire with the
wrong length will not be purchased. It will then be pending and will remain so until
another customer looks for that specific type and length and sometimes, even complain
from the customer. Another, receiving orders of very long wire are unavoidable. This
makes measuring more difficult, prone to inaccuracy, and lose count of length.

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According to research, Mr. Elmer said conventional method of measuring and cutting
of wire causes the risks of the seller to experience repetitive strain injury (RSI) due to
repetitive task or measuring and cutting wire especially with varying length. Repetitive
strain injury (RSI) is a general term used to describe the pain felt in muscles, nerves
and tendons caused by repetitive movement and overuse.

Statement of the Problem:

• How to design and develop an RPi-Based Automatic Wire Measuring and

Cutting Machine with Auto-spool ?

Currently, Dada’s Hardware measures and cuts wires manually. Because

of that piling up of order is inevitable as well as prone for error.

Specific Problems:

1. How to measure and cut wire automatically as accurate as possible?

Based on the interview, measuring and cutting of wires manually will

never be accurate. With that being said, sometimes manual cutting has
excess length.

2. How to reduce human intervention totally with the process of wire

measuring, cutting, and spooling?

Based on the interview, since the process is manual, it’s tiresome

especially when the order is repetitive.

3. How to notify the user whenever the stock has run out?

Based on the interview, mishandling of stocks leads to loss of profit that

the shop could have had. Wires in Dada’s Hardware are spooled, and
while they can see they’re running low on wire, its personnel don’t know
exactly how long is left.

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 4. How to develop a module that the customer may input their desired
length of wire?

Based on the interview, sometimes, the seller mishears the order or, if it
is written, misreads it. It happens with length, type, quantity. In such
circumstances, the customer is forced to buy the length.

5. How to develop a machine that will be able to function even when

there is a power interruption?

Based on the interview, power interruption is intermittent. If the

machine is in mid-process, it will cause serious problem to the machine.

Overview of the current state of the technology

For many years, technology has advanced and changed the human’s lifestyle. In
industry, technology is applied to helped business and organizations save time, increase
production, and to lessen the effort of human due to automation.

Measuring and cutting of wires are still manually done in most of the electronics and
hardware stores. Pliers and strippers as cutting tools and meter stick and tape measure
as measuring tools are still in use. With this manual method, cutting and measuring of
wires will never be accurate.

This statement gives the proponent an idea to design and develop a machine that will
automate the process of measuring and cutting of wire, to lessen human intervention as
much as possible, to lessen the time required, to avoid the risk of repetitive strain injury
to sellers, to make the dispensed wire more presentable and to cut and measure wire in
most accurate way.

Objective of the Study:

• To design and develop an RPi-Based Automatic Wire Measuring and

Cutting Machine with Auto-spool .
•

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Specific Objectives:

1. To measure and cut wire automatically as accurate as possible.

Rollers connected to stepper motors are used to measure wire as accurate as

possible.

2. To reduce human intervention totally with the process of wire measuring,

cutting, and spooling.

The whole process is automated by the machine. Putting wire and getting it after
the process are the only human intervention in proposed project.

3. To notify the user whenever the stock has run out.

An optical sensor serves as detector of availability of wire. A notification is

displayed in the Android tablet.

4. To develop a module that the customer may input their desired length of
wire.

An Android-powered device is use to control the proposed project.

5. To develop a machine that will be able to function even when there is a

power interruption.

An Uninterruptible Power Supply is used to power the Raspberry Pi for a bit

longer to accomplish an order.

Scope and limitations of the study

Scope
Microprocessor Module

Raspberry-Pi serves as the brain of all the components. This is the central base
of the system, all of the devices are connected to the microcontroller which
controls and manipulate the entire program.

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 Cutter Mechanism Module

This module will be used to cut a minimum length of one (1) meter up to the
maximum of fifty (50) meters length of wires.

Measuring Mechanism Module

This module will be used to measure the desired wire of the user. This module
can measure a wire that has at least+ the diameter of 0.508 inches or 1.2908 in
millimeters. Below AWG #16 and not firm wire is not supported

Spool Module

This module will be used to auto-spool the wire in order to make the ordered
wire more presentable. This module can spool at least 50 meters of wire.

Android Tablet Module

This module will provide an Android application which will be installed

exclusively to the proposed project’s tablet, this module will be used as the
user’s interface to interact with the machine. This will also display an easy-to-
follow instructions on how to use the project, the remaining stock of wire, and
the user input’s desired length. It will also receive a notification when there is
no available wire inside the machine.

Sensor Module

This module will be used to detect the availability of the stock of wire, once it
detected that wire is no longer available, it will stop the machine to process the
order.

Uninterruptible Power Supply Module

This module will provide an abundant battery backup power that lasts for fifteen
(15) minutes in case of power interruption.

Limitation:

1. The cancellation of orders in mid-operation is not allowed.

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 LITERATURE REVIEW

Local Studies

Automated Wire Measuring and Cutting Machine

The Automated Wire Measuring and Cutting Machine is a machine that is

capable of measuring and cutting electrical wires according to the type and
length. The buyer will have to choose the wire that he/she wants to buy by
pressing the appropriate wire number through the hexpad. While the machine
releases the wire, the length of the wire released will be shown in the LCD and
is updated every time. After that, the wire will be cut; the DC geared motor
drives the cutting unit. The machine displays three information. First, the
requested wire. Second, the stock of the remaining wire inside the machine.
Third, length of wire to be dispensed. (Mr. Michael M. Acebedo, et al., 2008)

The similarity of both systems is they both dispense the desired or needed length
of wire as indicated by the user. Their difference is that, one, the proposed
project uses touchscreen display and also an Android tablet, whereas in the said
system, it uses hexpad for user input. The proponents hope, would prevent the
human error of the operator of the system.

Automated Wire Dispenser with Touchscreen Input For Great J-

Hardware

The Automated Wire Dispenser with Touchscreen Input is microcontroller

based machine that can automatically measure and cut electrical wires
according to the user’s desired wired number. It can simultaneously dispense
and cut multiple types of wire through the micro-controlled stepper motors and
DC geared motors. As the transaction ends, it prints information about the
transaction that consists of the number of wire, amount and its length in meters
through the use of Receipt Printer. The machine will not operate if there is no
wire available since it was detected by an Optical Sensors. It also informs the
user about the remaining length of the stocks of wire. The use of Uninterrupted
Power Supply (UPS) allows the machine to operate even if power shortage

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 occurs. The study of Automated Wire Dispenser with Touchscreen Input is
based with manual system of the Great J-Hardware in selling wires. The purpose
of this machine is to provide optimum operational efficiency to the hardware
industry and its personnel. (Mr. Mark Anthony S. Alaurin, et al., 2013)

The similarity of the systems, aside from the core microcontroller functions, is
that they both use touchscreen for the user input. Their difference is, the
proposed project has an accompanied application to go with the touchscreen,
along with an Android tablet for more mobility. Also, the proposed project uses
a Raspberry Pi, whereas the said system uses an Arduino.

Foreign Studies

Development and Designing of Automated Wire Cutting System using

Microcontroller

This paper presents the Development and Designing of Automated wire cutting
system based on Microcontroller for industrial application in real time. The
proposed project implements a real time state-of-art automated wire cutting
system. The system is based on an ARM 7. Preliminary result shows that embed
platform are a promising path for the implementation of “Automated Wire
Cutting System” application in real world. ARM 7 microcontrollers has been
used to control the operation of the system. The results are analyzed using
Proteus as well as real time experiments. (Sawant OT & Patil MS, 2017)

The similarity of the systems is that they both automate the process of wire
cutting. Their difference is that, the proposed project uses a Raspberry Pi, which
is faster and more powerful than an ARM 7 microcontroller.

Automated Wire Cutting Machine

The project is based on microcontroller platform which can easy to use and
flexible. The system can measure wire length accurately as per given input. The
motors are driven by microcontroller with required speed (revolution per meter).
The cutting tool is designed to measured wire length in proper format. The

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 length of the wire can be decided by the user as per requirement. An embedded
system for color detection of insulated electrical wire, which is to cut, stripped
by an automated WCM (wire cutting machine). These wire segments would be
used in the assembly of Wire Harness. It describes the subsystems which
together will compose the required application. Design of the system is
performed using Image Processing, Embedded Software, Micro-controller
Programming, and hardware design. (Ms. Poonam Mane, et al., 2017)

The similarity of the systems is that they, too, both automate the process of wire
cutting using a microcontroller. Their difference that the proposed project is
more user-friendly, thanks to the Android Application.

Design and Development of Automated Wire Cutting Machine: A Case

Study in Small Scale Industry

In an automated wire cutting machine a stepper motor driven knurled roller is

positioned between two wire guide channels to drive a wire toward a cutting
station. The length of wire to be cut is set in a length counter. Drive cycles,
during which the wire is driven a predetermined distance, are counted in the
length counter. Then, the stepping motor is disabled and cutting blade is
energized. This system prevents operation of the cutting blade solenoid at less
than an acceptable duty cycle with short lengths of wire. This automated cutting
machine is fully electric, microprocessor controlled bench machine for
processing wire, round and flat cable. It features LCD display prompts for easy-
to-follow set-up and operation, automated wire loading and unloading and
universal V-type blades. (Sourabh Popatlal Karyappa, et al., 2017)

Their similarity is that they both automate the process of wire cutting. Their
difference is that, although the said system features an easy-to-follow LCD
prompts, the proposed project does it better with its Android Application.

Synthesis

It is no secret that technology nowadays is constantly improving its application and it

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is almost impossible to think what the technology can’t do. Business is getting more
competitive in terms of using high technology. Automation will solve labor problems
and save cost and time, increases accuracy and decreases strenuous, repetitive task and
human error. The proposed project is derived from the systems above with
improvements. Overall, it is all about the automation of wire cutting process of required
length in required number of pieces, without labor, and is more efficient. The
proponents designed a system that is far more advance to the said systems above
because it is RPi-based and it uses android application for mobility. This would respond
as per user’s input and prevent the human error of the operator of the system. The
touchscreen might be used for some special cases, such as people with disabilities –
such as poor eyesight, mutilated limbs, and it has an accompanied application to go
with, providing the system features with an easy-to-follow instructions. It also displays
the status of the machine – the desired wire and the remaining length of wire.

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 METHODOLOGY

This chapter shows the scope of the proponents design system, along its hardware
components that will be used for the physical system design as well as the software
components for the process program. The proponents also used different diagrams like
Prototyping Model, System Flow Diagram, Block Diagram and State Transition
Diagrams for the development of the system. This contains a guide on how to replicate
the study, along with the materials used.

Figure 1: Prototyping Model

The proponents tend to use this kind of methodology, to accentuate the

interrelationships of the step-by-step process of making the proposed project. It shows
the whole cycle of the process, enabling reader to view and understand the flow of
constructing the whole circuit.

Requirements Gathering and Analysis

Requirement Gathering also known as requirements elicitation, is an essential part of

any project because this is the process of generating a list of requirements. The
proponents conducted its preliminary data collection during the early stages of the
project.

Library and Internet Research

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 The proponents began the library research in their local library at STI Academic
Center – Cubao. Then, for formalization, the proponents wrote several cover
letters to visit different libraries from different schools. The educational
institutions that the proponents have visited were Technological Institute of the
Philippines – Quezon City, STI Academic Center – Fairview, Polytechnic
University of the Philippines – Santa Mesa. All the thesis titles that were
interesting gave the proponent the idea to what they will pursue such as
Automated Wheelchair and Medical Assistance, Automated Charcoal
Briquetting Compactor, Automated Wire Measuring and Cutting Machine,
Centralized PC Access Controller Using Swipe Card and Car SMS Speaker
through Bluetooth Technology.

As per their Thesis Coordinator required, the thesis titles should be Raspberry
Pi-based, and should not be achievable by Arduino. To garner new ideas, the
proponents turned to the internet. The four thesis titles that piqued their interest
are Virtual Telepresence Robot, IoT Based Weather Station, Automated
Shopping Trolley and IoT Based ICU Patient and Monitoring System.

Among the thesis titles they got from library and internet research, two of them
stood out. The Virtual Telepresence Robot and the Automatic Wire Cutting
Machine. Unfortunately, the former failed to fulfill any practical problem and
so they pursued the Automatic Wire Cutting Machine.

Through research, the proponents looked for related local and foreign studies.
The existing studies helped shape the RPi-Based Automatic Wire Cutting
Machine to what it is. Through internet research the proponents also gathered
information from online sources for sorting the updates and the current trends
of technology.

Planning and Brainstorming

After the proponents gathered the information, they started giving ideas and
planning of what project they are going to build.

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 Looking for Beneficiary

The proponents find a beneficiary that is having problems and can be solved by
their project they are going to build.

Interviews

The proponents went to Dada’s Hardware, and conducted an interview with the
seller and the owner of the said hardware to gather necessary information.

Quick Design

Once the requirements gathering and analysis is done, it will be immediately integrated
into new or existing design so that it may be folded into proposed project. This phase
is where the proponents created and conceptualized the design by creating block
diagram and state transition diagram.

• System Flow Diagram

System Flow Diagram is basically a graphical and sequential representation of

the major steps involved in a systematic process. In general, system flow
diagram is a collective term for a diagram representing a flow or set of dynamic
relationships in a system.

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 Figure 2: System Flow Diagram

Once the system starts operating it will ask the user for input type, if input type is
unavailable it will send notification type in Android application and the process restarts.
If input type is available the input length will be asked next. Same as the process stated
previously, if the input length is more than the wire stock it will send notification stock
in Android application and restarts, but if the input length is within the wire stock the
input quantity will be asked next, if the input quantity is more than the wire stock it will
send notification stock in Android application and restarts, but if input quantity is within
the wire stock the measuring mechanism will be triggered. Stock will continuously
decrease as the count for dispensing desired input increase.

• Block Diagram

A block diagram is a diagram of a system in which the principal parts or

functions are represented by blocks connected by lines that show the
relationships of the blocks.

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 Figure 4: Block Diagram

The UPS is plugged to an outlet. An Android tablet is connected to the

Raspberry Pi through the Modem, the Android tablet is used for user
input of the system. A Touchscreen is attached to the machine and can
also be used for entering user input. Once the input has been sent, the
sensor will sense the availability of wire stock. If it is available, the
Raspberry Pi will then send signal to stepper motor driver and pass it to
stepper motor. Stepper motor will measure the desired length of user and
roller will drive it out to be cut by DC motor powered by relay.

• State Transition Diagram

State transition diagrams have been used right from the beginning in
object-oriented modeling. The basic idea is to define a machine that has
a number of states (hence the term finite state machine). The machine

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 receives events from the outside world, and each event can cause the
machine to transition from one state to another.

Figure 5: State Transition Diagram

User inputs using the system’s application. Once an order has been placed it
will trigger notification and display it in a touchscreen or tablet. Sensor will
sense the availability of wire stock and send data to the system. The system will
trigger measuring mechanism and spooling mechanism. If measuring and
spooling is completed the cutting mechanism will be triggered and displays it
to touchscreen or tablet.

Figure 6: Isometric View

Building Prototype

In this phase, the proponents will build the proposed project according to the
information accumulated on the quick design. After making a general design, the
proponents constructed the proposed project based on the design to meet all the

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functions it must have. Making the proposed project by section ensures the accuracy
and to lessen future errors.

• Canvassing

The proponents went to different electronics and hardware shop to

canvas for low cost and the availability of the necessary materials. Also,
the proponents used online shops to review and watch over the quality
of materials needed with cheaper prices.

• Buying of Materials

When it comes to variations, specifications and cost-effective electronic

materials, Recto is one of the best known place for that, which is also
why majority of the components were bought on the said place, while
some are bought nearby Cubao and via online. The proponents also used
old materials that is still working to be economical.

• Manuals

The proponents created and developed an easy-to-follow manual,

guidelines on how to input the desired type and length of the user that
will be displayed on android tablet and touchscreen.

User Evaluation

In this phase, the built proposed project will be tested. Tests are done to validate or
verify that the proposed project meets all the expected requirements. This is essential
because it makes sure the user’s reliability and their satisfaction to the proposed project.
Testing is very important to point out the defects and errors that were made during the
previous processes and this also validates whether the proposed project functions to
what it is intended to do.

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 • Plans

Program Testing
In this testing the program with its corresponding codes will be test and to
determine if the program run to its intended functions.

Stepper Driver Testing

Testing and analyzing the driver that converts digital signal into signals that the
prototype can read.

Stepper Motor Testing

Testing the stepper motor to determine the speed of its revolution as well as how
many seconds it will take to release a meter of wire.

Sensor Mechanism Testing

Testing the sensor if it can detect wire availability.

DC geared Motor Testing

Testing to determine if the DC geared motor has enough strength to drive the
cutting mechanism.

Cutter Mechanism Testing

Testing the cutter to determine if the design mechanism for cutting will work in
the different wire proposed.

Spooling Mechanism Testing

Testing that will determine if spooling mechanism is able to spool the maximum
wire proposed.

Uninterruptible Power Supply Testing (UPS)

Testing UPS to measure the amount of voltage it can produce for DC geared
motor and stepper motor.

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 • Review

After a series of test conducted, the results will solidify the efficiency and the
reliability of the machine and should shows that the testing was successful. The
stepper motor is powered and control by the Raspberry Pi, along with all the
other components. The tablet with android application should able to give
instruction to raspberry pi. If by any chance, there is an interruption, the sensor
will identify any interruption occurred such as depletion of wire stock.

Refining Proposed project

In this phase, the information gathered from user evaluation were taken into
consideration in order to improve the proposed project. Since the proposed project will
need some adjustments to function accordingly, the proponents will continue to refine
the whole proposed project. Although the refinement of the proposed project took
several times, the proponents made adjustments to finish it at the required time.

Engineering Product

After the proper evaluation and refinement of the proposed project, the proponents
assured that it is all built according to the requirements and design specification. Proper
maintenance must be applied to carry out continuing basis, to monitor and prevent
failures.

• Maintenance

Maintenance plays such an important role in effectiveness of the proposed

project itself. Maintenance is performed to either identify each components
problems, diagnose components problems or to confirm that repair measures
have been effective. The main purpose of regular maintenance is to ensure that
all components required is operating at utterly, efficiency at all times. Through
maintenance and making minor adjustments, minor problems can be detected
and corrected before they become a major problem

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System Design and Specification

This phase contains the system components, functions and information that is necessary
to develop the proposed project.

• Hardware Components

• Raspberry Pi

The Raspberry Pi is a low-cost credit-card sized single-board computer.

The Raspberry Pi was created in the UK by the Raspberry Pi Foundation
(Wikipedia, 2019). It has a 64-bit 1.4GHz quad core processor, 1GB of
RAM, dual-band 802.11 b/g/n/ac wireless LAN, Bluetooth 4.2, and
300Mbit/s ethernet. (ThePiHut, 2019)

Raspberry-Pi serves as the brain of the machine and will control the
whole function of the system.

• Stepper Motor

A stepper motor is an electromechanical device it converts electrical

power into mechanical power. Also it is a brushless, synchronous
electric motor that can divide a full rotation into an expansive number
of steps. The motor’s position can be controlled accurately without any
feedback mechanism, as long as the motor is carefully sized to the
application. Stepper motors are similar to switched reluctance motors.
(Elprocus, 2016)

The Stepper motor will feed the required length of wire toward a cutting
station.

• DC Geared Motor

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 The DC motor along with the modified cutter will cut the measured wire.

• Android Tablet

A tablet computer, commonly shortened to tablet, is a mobile device,

typically with a mobile operating system and LCD touchscreen display
processing circuitry, and a rechargeable battery in a single thin, flat
package. Tablets, being computers, do what other personal computers
do, but lack some I/O capabilities that others have. (Wikipedia, 2019)

This android tablet will be used by the user to input the desired quantity
and length of wire.

• Optical Sensor

An optical sensor converts light rays into an electronic signal. The

purpose of an optical sensor is to measure a physical quantity of light
and, depending on the type of sensor, then translates it into a form that
is readable by an integrated measuring device.

The optical sensor will be used to detect the availability of the wire.

• Roller

Measuring is based on the roller’s circumference. This is connected to

stepper motor to drive and feed the wire to another stepper motor.

• Stepper Motor Driver

Stepper motor drivers that operate in the pulse input mode and built-in
controller mode are available.

The stepper driver is used to trigger the stepper motor. It controls the
rotation of the stepper motor when measuring.

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 • Relay

A relay is an electrically operated switch. Many relays use an

electromagnet to mechanically operate a switch, but other operating
principles are also used, such as solid-state relays.

The relay is used to trigger the DC geared motor.

• Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS)

An uninterruptible power supply (UPS), also known as a battery backup,

provides backup power when your regular power source fails or voltage
drops to an unacceptable level. A UPS allows for the safe, orderly
shutdown of a computer and connected equipment. The size and design
of a UPS determine how long it will supply power.

The UPS is used to supply the power of the whole prototype. When
power interruption occurs, UPS will give back up power so that the
process would not have a sudden stop.

• Software Components

• Raspbian OS

It is a free operating system based on Debian optimized for the

Raspberry Pi hardware. It is a set of basic programs and utilities that
makes Raspberry Pi run. However, Raspbian provides more than a pure
OS: it comes with over 35,000 packages, pre-compiled software bundled
in a nice format for easy installation on Raspberry Pi. (Raspbian, 2019)

• Android Studio IDE

Android Studio is the official integrated development environment for

Google's Android operating system, built on JetBrains' IntelliJ IDEA
software and designed specifically for Android development. It is

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 available for download on Windows, macOS and Linux based operating
systems (Wikipedia, 2019).

• Python IDLE

IDLE (short for integrated development environment or integrated

development and learning environment) is an integrated development
environment for Python, which has been bundled with the default
implementation of the language since 1.5.2b1. (Wikipedia, 2019)

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Gantt Chart of Activities

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Quantity Specifics Approximate Cost

1 Raspberry Pi Php 2,125.20

10 Stepper Motor Php 1,300.00

5 DC Geared Motor Php 1,500.00

5 Roller Php 200.00

5 Relay Php 30.00

1 Android Tablet Php 2,500.00

5 Modified Wire Cutter Php 500.00

Uninterruptible Power
1 Php 1,800.00
Supply

1 Optical Sensor Php 60.00

5 Stepper Motor Driver Php 600.00

Total Php 33,635.20

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 ADVISER’S ACCEPTANCE FORM

NAME OF PROPONENTS: Dasco, Jerico D.

Duya, Lorenz
Encinares, Kristian Deiter B.
Salvino, Jhersey A.

APPROVED RESEARCHE TITLE: RPi-Based Automatic Wire Measuring and Cutting

Machine with Auto-Spool for Dada’s Hardware

AREA OF STUDY: Embedded Systems

CONFORME:

Engr. Philip A.Adams

Design ProjectAdviser

APPROVED BY:

Engr. Jayrold H. Baliwagan Date: January 26, 2018

Design ProjectCoordinator

NOTED BY:

Mr. Melvin DS. Nipas

Program Head

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diagram-in-software-engineering (System Flow Diagram) [Accessed 18 Aug.
2019].

Cs.unc.edu. (2019). [online] Available at: http://www.cs.unc.edu [Accessed 18 Aug.

2019].

Drivers, S. (2019). Stepper Motor Drivers - AC & DC Input Stepper Motor Driver
Products. [online] Oriental Motor U.S.A. Corp. Available at:
https://www.orientalmotor.com/stepper-motors/stepper-motor-drivers.html
[Accessed 18 Aug. 2019].

ElProCus - Electronic Projects for Engineering Students. (2019). Different Types of

Optical Sensors and Applications. [online] Available at:
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[Accessed 18 Aug. 2019].

En.wikipedia.org. (2019). Block diagram. [online] Available at:

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Eraser.com. (2019). Automatic Wire Cutters - The Eraser Company. [online] Available
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Ijraset.com. (2019). [online] Available at:

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V4I2187.pdf [Accessed 18 Aug. 2019].

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 Figure 7: Top View

Figure 8 Front View

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 Figure 9: Side View

Figure 10: Rear View

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Raspberry Pi
The Raspberry Pi is a low-cost credit-card sized single-board computer. The Raspberry Pi
was created in the UK by the Raspberry Pi Foundation (Wikipedia, 2019). It has a 64-bit
1.4GHz quad core processor, 1GB of RAM, dual-band 802.11 b/g/n/ac wireless LAN,
Bluetooth 4.2, and 300Mbit/s ethernet. (ThePiHut, 2019)

Stepper Motor
A stepper motor is an electromechanical device it converts electrical power into mechanical
power. Also it is a brushless, synchronous electric motor that can divide a full rotation into
an expansive number of steps. The motor’s position can be controlled accurately without
any feedback mechanism, as long as the motor is carefully sized to the application. Stepper
motors are similar to switched reluctance motors. (Elprocus, 2016)

DC Geared Motor
The DC motor along with the modified cutter will cut the measured wire.

Android Tablet
A tablet computer, commonly shortened to tablet, is a mobile device, typically with a
mobile operating system and LCD touchscreen display processing circuitry, and a
rechargeable battery in a single thin, flat package. Tablets, being computers, do what other
personal computers do, but lack some I/O capabilities that others have. (Wikipedia, 2019)

Optical Sensor
An optical sensor converts light rays into an electronic signal. The purpose of an optical
sensor is to measure a physical quantity of light and, depending on the type of sensor, then
translates it into a form that is readable by an integrated measuring device.

Roller
Measuring is based on the roller’s circumference. This is connected to stepper motor to
drive and feed the wire to another stepper motor.

Stepper Motor Driver

Stepper motor drivers that operate in the pulse input mode and built-in controller mode are
available.

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Relay
A relay is an electrically operated switch. Many relays use an electromagnet to
mechanically operate a switch, but other operating principles are also used, such as solid-
state relays.

Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS)

An uninterruptible power supply (UPS), also known as a battery backup, provides backup
power when your regular power source fails, or voltage drops to an unacceptable level. A
UPS allows for the safe, orderly shutdown of a computer and connected equipment. The
size and design of a UPS determine how long it will supply power.

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Name: Mr. Elmer Galacio
Work/Position: Salesman
Mr. Elmer has been a great help with the proponents, other than stating the problems of
manual process of wire measuring, cutting, and spooling, he also suggested process or
ways to solve them.

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Transcription of Interview
Name: Elmer Galacio
Work/Position: Salesman

Interview Questions:

1. Do you have or use a system for wire cutting and measuring? If yes, what is it?
Meron ba kayong sistema na ginagamit sa pagputol at pagsukat ng wire? Kung oo, ano
iyon?
So far none, we manually cut and measure the wire.
So far wala pa mano mano yung cutting namin ng mga wire tsaka pagsukat.

2. How would you describe the quality of your current system?

Paano niyo ilalarawan ang kalidad ng inyong sistema?

It’s quite difficult, since it is manual process, the measuring is manual, as well as the
cutting

Medyo mahirap kasi nga gawa nung mano mano siya manwal yung pagsusukat at
manwal din yung pag puputol

3. What is the estimate number of buyers per day?

Ilan ang tantiya mamimili ng wire sa isang araw?

Mga buyers namin mga nasa forty to forty-five per day siya.

Our estimate buyers is forty to fifty a day.

4. Have you receive order where you had difficulty measuring and cutting a wire?

Nakatanggap na ba kayo ng order ng wire na nahirapan kayong isukat at putulin?

Yes especially when longer wires is needed to be measured manually.

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Yes lalo na kung masyadong mahaba yung wire na kailangan pang sukatin manwali ng
mga tao.

5.What was the longest wire you measured and cut, what was the usual, and what
was the shortest?

Ano ang pinakamahabang wire na inyong sinukat at pinutol, ano ang madalas na
order, ano ang pinakamaikli?

Mostly 50 meters, longer than that is bought bundled already, when usual, 1 to 15 meters.
Shortest… 1 meter especially when student is the buyer

Mostly 50 meters kasi pag mahaba na dun bultuhan na ang pagbili nila, pag usual
naman 1 to 15 meters naman. Shortest…. 1 meter lalo na pag mga estudyante ang
bumibili.

6. How often did you received an order of varying lengths of wire?

Gaano kadalas na nakakatanggap kayo ng order na iba-iba ang haba ng wire?

Actually, it often happens that the requirements of order is varying lengths of wire almost
everytime that there is an order varying lengths is required.

Actually madalas iba iba yung requirements ng order kaya almost everytime na may
order varying lengths lagi yung order.

7. What is your 5 most popular wires?

Ano ang 5 pinakasikat na wire ninyo?

Flatcord, then cable wires solid or stranded.

Flatcord, tapos yung mga pang cable solid o kaya istranded ganun .

8. Have you ever made a mistake in measuring and cutting wires? Have you ever
received a complaint regarding the wire you measured? What happened?

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Nakagawa na ba kayo ng pagkakamali sa pagsukat at pagputol ng wires?
Nakatanggap na ba kayo ng reklamo patungkol sa inyong maling sukat at putol?
Anong nangyari?

Because we have manual process of measuring and cutting wires, we often made an error
because that is inevitable to humans, either short or excess. Regarding complaint,
customers give returned wires that is wrongly cut or measured, then the wire that is
returned will be pending and will wait for the next customers that will order same length.

Ah dahil nga sa pagiging manwal na pagsusukat nung wires, madalas meron talagang
mali hindi maiwasan magkamali ng tao, either kulang o sobra. Regarding complaint
naman kapag kulang ibinabalik samin ng bumili, then yung naputol naming mali is mag-
aantay pa kami kung may oorder pa nun kung may ganun sukat.

9. What was the effect of the problem?

Ano ang nagging epekto ng problema?

As I have said, the wire will be pending and will not be used. We don’t know when it will
be purchased.

Yun nga na pending yung wire na hindi na magagamit hindi natin alam kung kelan siya
mabibili ulet.

10. What do you think about having the customer’s input for the length of wire they
want?

Ano sa palagay nyo kapag ang customer na mismo maglalagay ng wire na gusto nila?

That is much better, because when error happens the fault is not on us when they
mistakenly input their requirements. Sometimes we mishears or misread order of
customers and because of that the wrongly cut wire is returned.

Medyo mas okay yun kase kumbaga wala na samin yung fault kung magkamali sila ng
input dun sa requirements nila. Minsan kasi nagkakamali kami ng basa o pagkakarinig
sa order ng customer so yun ibinabalik minsan yung naputol na naming wire.

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11. What is your opinion about a system that does not suddenly stop when power
interruption occurs?

Ano ang opinion nyo sa sistema na hindi agad titigil kapag nawalan ng suplay ng
kuryente?

That’s good so that when power interruption occurs the process of machine will not
suddenly stop.

Maganda yun para kung sakaling magbrown-out di agad titigil kung ano man ang
ipinoproseso ng machine.

12. Will an automatic wire cutting machine be more reliable than manual cutting?

Mas maaasahan ba ang kung automatic na ito kesa sa manual na pagputol?

Uhm… Yes it reliable especially after the wire is cut the wire is automatically be spooled,
it doesn’t need to be spooled manually.

Uhm… Oo magiging reliable siya lalo na kung after mong putulin yung wire automatic
na siyang naka-spool hindi na siya iispool manually.

What is your opinion about our system?

Ano ang opinion nyo sa aming sistema?

That’s good when it will be done correctly and will be implemented on actual.

Maganda siya kung magagawa niyo ng maayos and maiimplement naten on actual
talaga.

13. What are your suggestions about our system?

Ano ang suhestiyon nyo sa aming sistema?

Suggestion, maybe when the customer input their desired length, the desired length will
be automatically measured, automaticall be spooled and hopefully, it will be

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automatically be packaged so that when you give the orders (to the customers) it is all
completely processed.

Suggestion siguro yun lang kapag na input niya yung costumer automatic siyang
magsuuskat, automatic spooling and sana automatic na din yung packaging para
talagang pag bigay mo,diretso na, wala ng idadagdag, gagawin yung tao.

14. Are you interested or willing to use our system in the future?

Interasado ba kayong gamitin ang sistema namin sa hinaharap?

If it would work as intended why not? It will give big help to industry especially to us
who sell wires

Kung mapapagana naten ng maayos yan bakit hinde? eh malaking tulong yan sa industry
lalo na sa kagaya namin na nagbebenta ng wire.

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 APPENDIX F. CURRICULUM VITAE

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 Curriculum Vitae of
Kristian Deiter B. Encinares
#31 Annapolis St., Cubao, Quezon City
[email protected]
(63+) 915 682 1512

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Level Inclusive Dates Name of school/ Institution
Tertiary March 2020 STI Academic Center – Cubao
Vocational/Technical
High School March 2013 Carlos P. Garcia High School
Elementary March 2009 Cubao Elementary School

PROFESSIONAL OR VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

Nature of Experience/ Name and Address of Company or
Inclusive Dates
Job Title Organization
None

Listed in reverse chronological order (most recent first).

AFFILIATIONS
Inclusive Dates Name of Organization Position
None

Listed in reverse chronological order (most recent first).

SKILLS
SKILLS Level of Competency Date Acquired

PC Trouble Shooting and

Basic Computer Networking
Microsoft Offices

TRAININGS, SEMINARS OR WORKSHOP ATTENDED

Inclusive Dates Title of Training, Seminar or Workshop

February 2019 Symposium

September 2017 Introduction to Arduino
Security and Ethical Hacking
Web Development

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 Curriculum Vitae of
Lorenz P. Duya
#15 Matatag Street Diliman Quezon City
[email protected]
(+63) 9952673819

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Level Inclusive Dates Name of school/ Institution
Tertiary March 2020 STI College Center - Cubao
Vocational/Technical
High School March 2014 Flora A Ylagan High School
Elementary March 2011 Quirino Elementary School

PROFESSIONAL OR VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

Nature of Experience/ Name and Address of Company or
Inclusive Dates
Job Title Organization
None

Listed in reverse chronological order (most recent first).

AFFILIATIONS
Inclusive Dates Name of Organization Position
None

Listed in reverse chronological order (most recent first).

SKILLS
SKILLS Level of Competency Date Acquired

PC Trouble Shooting and

Basic Computer Networking
Microsoft Offices

TRAININGS, SEMINARS OR WORKSHOP ATTENDED

Inclusive Dates Title of Training, Seminar or Workshop

February 2019 Symposium

September 2017 Introduction to Arduino
Security and Ethical Hacking
Web Development

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 Curriculum Vitae of
Jerico D. Dasco
#31 Pisces St., Nangka, Marikina City
[email protected]
(63+) 9392466917

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Level Inclusive Dates Name of school/ Institution
Tertiary March 2020 STI Academic Center – Cubao
Vocational/Technical
High School March 2015 Nangka High School
Elementary March 2011 Nangka Elementary School

PROFESSIONAL OR VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

Nature of Experience/ Name and Address of Company or
Inclusive Dates
Job Title Organization
May 2017-2019 Aircon Installer

AFFILIATIONS
Inclusive Dates Name of Organization Position
None

SKILLS
SKILLS Level of Competency Date Acquired

PC Trouble Shooting and

Basic Computer Networking
Microsoft Offices

TRAININGS, SEMINARS OR WORKSHOP ATTENDED

Inclusive Dates Title of Training, Seminar or Workshop

February 2019 Symposium

September 2017 Introduction to Arduino
Security and Ethical Hacking
Web Development

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 Curriculum Vitae of
Jhersey A. Salvino
#41 Singian Ville Phase II Brgy, Culiat Quezon City
[email protected]
(63+) 9217349712

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Level Inclusive Dates Name of school/ Institution
Tertiary March 2020 STI Academic Center – Cubao
Vocational/Technical
High School March 2015 New Era High School
Elementary March 2011 New Era Elementary School

PROFESSIONAL OR VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

Nature of Experience/ Name and Address of Company or
Inclusive Dates
Job Title Organization
None

AFFILIATIONS
Inclusive Dates Name of Organization Position
2018-2020 Singian Ville Youth President
Organization
None

SKILLS
SKILLS Level of Competency Date Acquired

PC Trouble Shooting and

Basic Computer Networking
Microsoft Offices

TRAININGS, SEMINARS OR WORKSHOP ATTENDED

Inclusive Dates Title of Training, Seminar or Workshop

February 2019 Symposium

September 2017 Introduction to Arduino
Security and Ethical Hacking
Web Development

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