Objective:

  • Create simple prototypes to evaluate technical feasibility, which can be one or more of the following:
    • uses of sensors and actuators and associated physical structure
    • uses of actuators with associated mechanisms
    • communication with sensors/actuators on host computer and access to relevant online services (if any)
  • Present your team's confirmed design solution, based on technical feasibility study

Requirements:

  1. Refer to Final Project on scope and expectations of your final project.
  2. Explore technical feasibility of your design solution, focusing on one or more of the following
    1. sensors and/or actuators and their associated physical structures
    2. actuators with associated mechanisms
    3. communication between host computer and IoT device(s) and access to online services
  3.  For each student
    1. You are expected to choose at least one aspect on technical feasibility study in (2), and create one or more prototypes for demonstrating the associated effects. In particular,
      1. if you are focusing on 2(a), you should have circuits implemented using breadboard with the sensor/actuator to evaluate technical feasibilities and resulting effects. 
      2. if you are focusing on 2(b), you should have circuits implemented using breadboard with actuators, and mechanical structures for realizing the mechanisms   
      3. if you are focusing on 2(c), you may have to build relevant hardware/software components to demonstrate the effects
    2. Create a page in your team space with the following
      1. which aspect(s) in (2) you have evaluated?
      2. any online references on how to use the sensor/actuator/mechanisms/client-server communications? (e.g. tutorials in Arduino UNO or ESP32)
      3. why do you want to consider the aspect(s) you have evaluated, and how do you expect it/them to be used in your design solution?
      4. how did you adapt the design in your references to run on ESP32 (or your target microcontrollers)? Your evaluations should be using ESP32 or your target microcontroller. You should include the following in the page:
        1. schematic of the circuit (e.g. photo of a hand-drawn schematic, screen-capture of circuit on Fritzing (executable on Windows available in https://v611.designandmake.org/) or EasyEDA (https://easyeda.com/) and with associated project file from the software)
        2. source code in Arduino sketch. if you are using non-Arduino-based microcontroller, please provide source code on corresponding development environment and instructions on how to compile
      5. Provide photos and videos of the prototype you have built, showing its essential physical structure as well as how it works. 
      6. Summarize what you have evaluated, and your reflection on whether it is suitable for use in your team's design solution and how it can be improved.
    3. In the submission page of this assignment, add the link to the page in 3(b) and indicate clearly who contributes to the page 
  4. For each team
    1. Prepare a presentation with the following, to be presented on 17/18 Mar 2025:
      1. Summary on technical feasibility study of each team member
      2. Confirmed design solution based on results from technical feasibility study
      3. Identify additional technical feasibility study necessary to realize the confirmed design solution.

Things to submit:

  1. In the submission page
    1. add the link to the page in 3(b) above, and state clearly who is responsible for this task.
    2. add the presentation slides in (4)


Weighting:

  • 10% - individual technical evaluations
  • 10% - presentation

Deadline:

  • 17 Mar 2025 11:30am



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