The purpose of this project was to create a power line proximity alarm to serve as a safety device for the operation of boomed industrial vehicles and equipment. The two-part system consisted of a sensor unit and a base unit, connected by a wireless radio-frequency link. The sensor detects the magnitude of the electric field and transmits this information to the base station, which then alerts the operator of a potential electrocution hazard with an audible alarm.

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Creator

• Lynch, Jeremy J.
• Diercks, Melissa Ann
• Hopkins, Jessica Ann
• Arcolano, Nicholas F.

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 01D140M

Advisor

• Emanuel, Alexander E.
• McNeill, John A.

Year

• 2001

Sponsor

• New England Center for Analog/Mixed Signal IC Design

Date created

• 2001-01-01

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Electrical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright