The Aquadaq is a portable data acquisition system designed by ECE and CEE undergraduates to collect, store, and transmit data at any location. Students named it the "Aquadaq" because its first anticipated use is with YSI 6000XL multiparamter water probes. Requirements for the system are:

• provide enough power to run anticipated equipment (probes, data logger, data transmission, laptop computer).
• capable of data storage or wireless transmittal.
• capable of interfacing with different types of probes.
• easily transported by two people.
• weather resistant.
• solar powered

Two teams of students worked on the Aquadaq in Fall 2000, a CEE and ECE team. The CEE team

• identified various probes that would be used with the Auqadaq. In particular, they investigated YSI 600XLs. They provided power requirement information to the ECE team.
• purchased a data logger.
• consulted with the ECE team on design.
• helped construct the Auqadaq.

The ECE team took primary responsibility for designing the electrical components of the Auqadaq. They

• determined the number of solar panels needed.
• designed the housing enclosure.
• designed and built the electrical layout for the system.
• helped construct the Auqadaq.