Elsyn, Inc.

Leadership

James A. Rodrian, President

Jim is a registered professional engineer with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and a Master of Science degree from Marquette University. He has been designing microcontroller circuits since 1977. Jim has provided expert opinions for patent infringement lawsuits. His leisure interests include water sports, downhill skiing and the construction of a "home-built" aircraft.

Jim's design projects include:

• Researcher, and hardware/software designer of an animal identification and estrous detection system
• Researcher, and hardware/software designer of a solar tracker
• Hardware/software designer of a Van Norman grinder control system
• Hardware/software designer of a pH controller
• Researcher, and hardware/software designer of a self-contained estrous detection tag
• Hardware/software designer of a stepper motor controller used in programmable controller systems
• Hardware/software designer of a flow-based cooling tower controller
• Hardware/software designer of a Nemesis Igo Dojo hand-held computer game
• System and hardware designer of a conductivity-based cooling tower controller
• System and hardware designer of a line isolation monitor that uses digital signal processing
• Hardware/software designer for a small programmable controller RTD input module
• Hardware designer for a small programmable controller analog input module
• Hardware designer of automated car wash control system
• Researcher and hardware designer of magnetic vehicle sensor
• Hardware and firmware designer of residential water softener controller
• Softener designer of controller for retail demonstration of inkjet and laser printers
• Researcher, hardware and firmware designer of brush type DC motor controller
• Hardware and firmware designer of controller for electronic paper towel dispenser
• Firmware designer of auto setup features and improved line detection algorithms for digital line guide
• Hardware and firmware designer of controller for paper towel dispenser with material recognition system
• Hardware and software designer of leak detection and functionality testers for air bed components

United States Patents

Number	Patent Title
#4,129,855	Animal Identification System
#4,215,410	Solar Tracker
#4,247,758	Animal Identification and Estrous Detection System
#4,455,610	Self-contained Estrous Detection Tag
#5,152,252	Water Treatment Control System for a Boiler
#5,294,916	Water Treatment Controller for an Evaporative Condenser
#5,446,682	System for Calibrating a Line Isolation Monitor
#5,448,491	Monitor for an Ungrounded System
#5,450,328	System for Measuring Line to Ground Impedance
#6,546,344	Magnetic Anomaly Sensor System
#7,040,566	Dispenser with Material-Recognition Apparatus and Material-Recognition Method
#7,084,592	Method and Apparatus for Controlling a DC Motor by Counting Current Pulses
#7,296,765	Automatic Dispensers

DESIGN NEWS Articles About Elsyn, Inc. Projects

• Activity of Cow is Monitored by Microprocessor-based Tag, Sept. 3, 1984
• NOVRAM Retains Water Softening System's Operating Parameters, June 17, 1985
• Stepping Motor Controller Module Calculates ACCEL/DECEL Profile, June 17, 1985

Technical Articles (James A. Rodrian, co-author)

• Electronic Activity Monitoring As An Aid In Estrous Detection. ASAE Summer Meeting, June 28, 1982.
• Transducers For Capture Of Activity Data. Proceedings of the Symposium AUTOMATION IN DAIRYING, April 1983, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
• Use of Electronic Pedometers to Measure Hourly Activity Before and After Conception in Dairy Cows. 10th International Congress on Animal Reproduction and Artificial Insemination, June 1984.