a) Should have actively participated as a member of a
design team and made significant contributions to achieving the team’s goal and objectives
b) Demonstrate individual competence in designing and building an embedded system
involving a microprocessor, a sensor and display
c) Understand ethical and professional issues faced by engineers
d) Should learn how to prepare an engineering design proposal with clear statements
of specifications, design criteria and deliverables
e) Must have participated in several individual oral presentations
f) Prepare well-organized written reports both for individual projects and team design
project
g) Understand the benefits and the problems of teaming
h) Will be exposed to contemporary issues
6. Course Format: The
course is divided into three parts
1) Team based engineering design project
2) Individual design project in a scheduled lab
3) Regularly scheduled lecture class
7. Class Schedule:
First 8 weeks : Formation of design teams, Formulation
of projects and project plans, completing the individual lab projects
Last 8 weeks : Focus on team design project, oral presentations
8. Team Composition:
1. Teams exist for the entire semester
2. Each design team will typically consist of 4-5 members
3. A member of the ECE 499 faculty will facilitate and evaluate the work
4. Teams are chosen to provide enough diversity of skills and personalities
9. Responsibilities of the Team:
1.Team will meet at least once a week with the facilitator
at a scheduled time
2. Preparation and maintenance of team’s web site
3. Preparation of power point presentations during the semester
4. Prepare a final project report and oral presentation
9.1 Individual responsibilities within a team
Apart from the team design project, each team member
will be responsible for coordinating non-design activities. They are:
1. Web design
2. Team meetings
3. Coordinate ordering parts, budget etc
4. Editor of the reports
5. Power point presentation
It is suggested that an engineering note book kept by
each member and enter all the discussion that takes place at the various team meetings.
10. Individual Responsibilities:
10.1 Individual Lab Design projects
Every student in the class will work on these projects
in the laboratory. After completing the project, demonstrate this to the lab instructor
for getting credit. These lab projects have to be conducted in the order given. All
the lab projects have to be completed by the end of 8th week by every student in the
class
Weeks 1-2 : Build a sensor-amplifier
Weeks 3-4 : PIC micro- controller programming to read digital data
Weeks 5-6 : Design a data acquisition system using PIC
Weeks 7-8: Programmable Logic (PLD)
10.2 Attend Lecture class
Topics to be discussed during the lecture class
Attendance is required (Part of the grade depends on
class attendance)
Understanding Data Sheets and Manufacturers’ Application
notes
Micro controller interfacing and Programming: PIC
The Design Process
System Design
Engineering Ethics
Contemporary Issues (Product design as it relates to life Cycle, manufacturability,
reliability etc)
Engineering Practice
Prototyping technologies
PCB Design (At least one member from each team should be present)
Note: We may invite visitors from industry to facilitate
discussion on some of these topics whenever possible
11. Grading:
The general breakdown of the grading is:
20% Individual projects
15% Ethics and Professionalism
15% Attendance and oral presentations during the semester
50% Quality of the Design Project, final written and oral presentation
12. Tentative schedule of deliverables throughout the semester:
Week 2: Demonstration of the lab design project #1
Week 3: Submit the proposal of the team design project
Week 4: Demonstration of the lab design project #2
Week 5: Submit a revised proposal after receiving comments from the facilitator
Week 6: Demonstration of the lab design project #3
Week 7: Oral presentation of the team design project #1
Week 8: Demonstration of the lab design project #4
Week 10: Progress report #1 and team design demo to the facilitator
Week 12: Oral presentation of the team design project #2
Week 14: Progress report #2 and demo of the team design to facilitator
Week 16: Final design demo, report and presentations
Project Description
Autonomous Ground Based Robot Challenge
TASK: Design and Construct an autonomous
ground based robot vehicle to: