Cable Crusaders

Team Members
  • Mohammed Alnouri
  • Ahmed Al Alawi
  • Nathan Mahary
  • Garrett Cook
  • Owen Villas
  • Sam Feller

Team Name: Cable Crusaders
Sponsor Name: Emerson

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The USB to Ethernet APL media converter. This device translates between two protocols or “languages”. The first language is USB and the other is Ethernet APL. The device is also powered by the USB which also powers the device connected to the Ethernet APL. The reason we do this is for our laptop to communicate with an APL-enabled device. This device is very specific, it will be used by a technician to extract information from a sensor using the Ethernet APL connection. Our sponsor already had a similar device but it was very complicated due to requiring external power, an ethernet connection, and an Ethernet APL connection. This is simplified in our device requiring only a USB and an Ethernet APL connection.