The ultimate goal of the project is to design a product that can be marketed to small businesses and universities. This will involve researching manufacturers to build the boards for us and research on layout packages so we can provide the desired layout and appropriate Gerber files (Gerber is the industry standard for sending data to a photoplotter)of the expansion board to the manufacturer. This is new ground for both of us, because neither of us have knowledge on layout packages or how to use them! The following links will provide more detailed information about the functionality of the expansion board, system and sub-system block diagrams, standards and literature associated with the project and a data sheet.