assignment 206

Report Outline

1- Introduction (it includes problem definition and motivation, criteria and constraints).

Besides the technical constraints, you have to include at least three of the following constraints:

Public health, safety, welfare, as well as, global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors.

2- Proposed/selected solution/circuit (You need to show available solutions and your selected/proposed

solution. You need to provide also, theoretical background and analysis about the proposed circuit).

You need to comment on how your final design has met the constraints mentioned in the first point.

Risk analysis, you need search for the definition of Risk Analysis. Comment on how you can apply it to

you project. (Risk analysis is not required, what is required is that you comment on how it can be

applied to your project).

3- Simulation results and discussion (it includes the simulation results for the complete circuit or parts

of the circuit. It includes also a discussion section about the results).

4- Conclusion and future work.

Note:

The report should include four chapters as indicated above. Chapter names are (Introduction, Proposed

solution, Simulation analysis and conclusion and future work). Risk analysis should be a section in chapter

two.

COURSE Project (25%)

2020-2021

Linear Circuit Analysis II

EECE 202

Semester: Fall 2020

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Contents

I. Introduction …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 3

II. Project Description ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 4

III. ABET Learning Learning Outcomes ……………………………………………………………………………….. 5

IV. Project Management & Deliverables ………………………………………………………………………………. 5

V. Turnitin ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 6

VI. APA Style ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 6

VII. Academic honest and Integrity ………………………………………………………………………………………. 7

VIII. Copy Rights ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 8

IX. Project and Team Based Work ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 8

X. Marking Scheme …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 9

XI. Student Assessment rubric ……………………………………………………………………………………………. 11

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I.

Introduction

Projects for engineering students give an edge over the race of recruitment to work hard to ensure a good
career. In spite of employment practices in recent times, students are progressively taking up projects to pad
up their skill-set. Engineering projects help students to learn and acquire practical knowledge. Despite of theory
concept they acquire, various industries also need to know their capacity to complete projects using their
specific initiatives. Thus, we recommend students to realize engineering projects in their four years of
engineering and try to present as many white papers as possible. Students who give importance to their course
projects are expected to learn how to:

 Work in teams including multidisciplinary teams

 Build a major design experience based on the knowledge and skills acquired in the course work

 Build a major design experience incorporates appropriate engineering standards and multiple realistic
constraints

 Apply both analysis and synthesis in the engineering design process, resulting in designs that meet the
desired needs

In the design process, both creativity and criticism are essential. The followings are the seven steps that students
should consider while designing their projects:

 Recognition of the need and identifying opportunities: Every project begins with recognition that needs
improvement. These needs may be obvious or hidden to be revealed by investigation, surveys or
research.

 Definition of the design problem: It is a major task requires gathering information about the problem.

 Definition of the design criteria and constraints: While the problem is being defined, the design criteria
and constraints must be defined

a. Design criteria are performance standards to be met by the design
b. Design constraints are limitations placed on the designer, the final design or manufacturing process.

Examples of possible constraints include accessibility, aesthetics, codes, constructability, cost,
ergonomics, extensibility, functionality, interoperability, legal considerations, maintainability,
manufacturability, marketability, policy, regulations, schedule, standards, sustainability, or
usability.

c. Risk analysis
 The design loop: design is a repetitive process of:

a. Synthesis (Brainstorming – Generating new ideas)
b. Analysis (Breaking ideas – find expected results)
c. Decision-making (Deciding the best alternative)

 Optimization: Design team must ask themselves if it is the optimum design. Optimum is the best design
that can be achieved at reasonable cost. The proposed design is judged against the design criteria

 Evaluation: Design team should hold a design review to approve drawings and specifications before
they are released. If an optimum design cannot be achieved, the design team might revise the problem
definition, the design criteria or the constraints in order to achieve the optimal solution or prototype.

II. Project Description

Many real-world engineering applications are based on linear circuits. Your task in this project is to
design and build an electric circuit that can perform at least one function of a practical application. In
your analysis/design you should cover some of the topics that have been covered in the course,
including Laplace transform, stability analysis, filter design, etc. Examples of circuits you might select
include: Audio Amplifiers, circuit for DC motor speed/position control or a circuit for touch-tone key
detector.

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The project should be done collectively by the group, but the contributions from each group
member should be clearly identified. Each group member must have primary responsibility for a
major part of the project, and should write the corresponding sections on each of the reports.

Note: Microcontrollers are not allowed to be used in all projects without the approval of the class
instructor.

Approach 1 (Environmental Safety Application Theme)
You have been hired by a company that manufactures environmental safety equipment for different indoor
facilities. The company is in a process to design a complete system for measuring the levels of Carbon Monoxide.
You are assigned the task of designing a circuit that measures the Carbon Monoxide levels and produces an
alert if the level is more than a certain safe value.

The developed prototype should have the following parts:

a. The required sensor that needs to be used in this application.
b. The maximum Carbon Monoxide value at which the system will produces an alert should be controllable.
c. You should indicate that the Carbon Monoxide is normal or up-normal using LED.
d. An output sound should be produced by the circuit in case of up-normal level.

Approach 2 (Agriculture Application Theme)

You have been hired by a company that manufactures automatic irrigation system for outdoor
plants. The company is in a process to design a complete system for identifying need of the irrigation
of the plants based on state of the Soil (wet/dry). You are assigned the task of designing a circuit that
identifies the Soil states and allows the water to flow to the soil based on the defined soil state.

The developed prototype should have the following parts:
e. The required sensor that needs to be used in this application.
f. The circuit has to ensure control of the water flow.
g. You should indicate that the state of the Soil is dry or wet and abnormal state using LED.
h. An output sound should be produced by the circuit in case of abnormal state.

Approach 3 (Audio application theme).

You have been hired by a company that manufactures sound systems for audio applications. The
company is in a process to design different amplifier and equalizer stages for different audio control
and amplification equipment. You have been assigned the job to design and implement a 3-channel
audio equalizer circuit.

The developed prototype should have the following parts:
a. A complete 3-channel equalization circuit.
b. The input signal (audio signal) should be applied from a mobile phone or MP3 device.
c. The output of the circuit should be connected to a speaker.
d. The output voice from the speaker should be clear enough to be heard.
e. The design details of circuit needs to be provided in the report.

Approach 4 (Home automation theme).

You are hired by a home automation company. You received a task regarding one client and you
need to do the required design and implementation for it. You need to design a home automation
circuit for one of the rooms that detects the night time of the day. The circuit should turn the light
on automatically when somebody enters the room at night only. At day time the light does not turn
on when anybody enters the room.

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The developed prototype should have the following parts:

a. The required sensors that are needed to do the required functions explained below.
b. The sensitivity of each sensor has to be controllable.
c. The implementation should not use any type of microcontrollers.
d. All parts needs to be already connected to the circuit and working by the time of presentation.
e. The design details of the system needs to be provided in the report.

III. ABET Learning Outcome

The aim of this project is to

 Be able to propose a solution strategy and solve complex engineering problems related to the
project. [1]

 Be able to apply principles of math, science and engineering concepts to design the required
implementation for the project. [1]

 Use CAD tools in order to simulate and verify the predesigned circuits. [1]

 Be able to identify the design criteria and constrains, also define the design strategy. [2]

 Be able to develop or propose a feasible solution that fits the requirements. [2]

 Be able to deliver clear and professional report and presentation. [3]

 Function on multidisciplinary team to attain the ability of: [5]
a. Demonstrating leadership while working within a team.
b. Equally distribute and fulfill team roles & duties.
c. Contribution to the plans required to meet the objectives of the team in order to finalize

the project within the time frame.

IV. Project Management & Deliverables

Important notes:

 Students of each class need to form project groups (group of 2)

 Students are requested to choose one of the assigned theme.

 The full schematic for the proposed circuit should be provided.

 Students are required to describe the operation of the proposed circuit.

 A list of component is needed to be provided in the report.

Deliverable 1: Final report (due date is week 14):

 Students are required to describe the design proposed for the project which includes a detailed

description of the idea and motivation. Also, the full schematic for the circuit should be provided

along with a description of the circuit operation.

 A scientific report must be written and submitted. The provided template should be used.

 The report should include a discussion of system architecture. It should contain the same headings

as in the presentation, with more details given. In the conclusions, discuss the difficulties

encountered, changes you would like to make, and lessons learned from the project.

• The report should include the full analysis of the project.
• Students should clarify the followed learning strategy in order to get an optimum solution or design

of their work.

A rough structure of oral presentation is as follows:

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– Problem definition and design requirements.
– Identify design constraints: public health, safety, welfare, as well as, global, cultural, social,

environmental, and economic factors.
– Use a methodical process to develop and evaluate feasible solutions against specifications/requirements

with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social,
environmental, and economic factors.

– Simulation and analysis of results.
– Risk analysis and trade-offs.

Deliverable 4: Oral Presentation (due date is week 15):

 The presentation duration is 5 minutes for each group that is followed by 3 minutes of a discussion

period. All presentations must be done using presentation software like MS PowerPoint or Breeze.

An electronic copy of the presentation and report must be submitted through Moodle (Turnitin) prior

to the presentation due date.

V. Turnitin

Turnitin is a web-based solution that lets AUM faculty and AUM students check written work for improper
citation or misappropriated content. You may be assigned a username and a password to be able to upload
your assignments online, when and if requested. If you face any technical problem, please contact IT at AUM.

VI. APA Style

AUM adopts the APA writing style for all its academic programs. AUM students need to use this style for their
assignments. The following web site is of value for students:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/. Students are also encouraged to visit the AUM Writing
Lab to receive help and guidance on all APA-related questions.

VII. Academic Honesty and Integrity Assurance

One of the signs that the course material has been properly understood is honesty when accomplishing the
assignments. Lack of academic integrity (e.g. plagiarism, copying another person’s work, the use of
unauthorized aids on examinations, cheating, facilitating acts of academic dishonesty by others) will not be
tolerated. Therefore, if students include ideas, sentences, or other material that are not theirs in their work,
they must properly quote the source(s). Students are encouraged to consult with the instructor if they have any
questions on the issues of academic integrity or technical formatting of the references.
Upon suspicion and doubt of the authenticity of the work submitted, the Instructor has the right to ask the student
to verify her/his work. This can be done through, but not limited to, repeating the work, oral examination or
discussion, alternative or similar on spot class assignment, pop quiz, or any other action deemed necessary. If the
student fails to prove the authenticity of the work, then the Instructor will apply the academic misconduct rules
as mentioned in the AUM Student Handbook which may include awarding the work a zero grade.
Students are expected and encouraged to be honest and to maintain the highest standards of academic
integrity in their academic work and assignments at the University. Any act of Academic Dishonesty may result
in severe consequences for violations range from zero grades given for the assignments, failing the course, and
suspension from the University. Students will refrain from any academic dishonesty or misconduct including,
but not limited to:

 Upon suspicion and doubt of the authenticity of the work submitted, the Instructor has the right to ask

the student to verify her/his work. This can be done through, but not limited to, oral examination or

discussion, or any other action deemed necessary. If the student fails to prove the authenticity of the

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/

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work, then the Instructor will apply the academic misconduct rules as mentioned in the AUM Student

Handbook

 A zero grade will be given to all students that share exactly the same results: You will also be held

responsible if someone else copies your work – unless you can demonstrate that you have taken

reasonable precautions against copying.

 Any violation of the AUM standards will be taken as a violation to AUM policy and can lead to penalties.

If you wonder whether a course of action violates this policy, simply ask in advance and please refer to

the undergraduate AUM Student Handbook.

For a detailed description of academic misconduct, please refer to the AUM Student Handbook.

VIII. Copyrights

Students are expected to adhere to copyright practices, refer to the undergraduate AUM Student Handbook.

IX. Project and team-based work

The Project component of the course, if exist, is essential to passing this course. The project shows competency
in understanding and applying the course objectives and achieving the learning outcomes. The project should
allow the student to investigate, apply, research, and practice real-life business situations. It is expected that
each student to fully and actively participate in the project as an effective team member. A project document
will be distributed later in the semester with details about the project.
For all group related work, the entire team is responsible for the team outcome and the deliverables, except
for the specific parts of the project that may be graded individually depending on the project’s requirement
and as communicated in the project document.

X. Marking Scheme

The project is worth 25% of the total grade of your course; each deliverable is worth (10% and 15%). The

grade will be based on every group’s work. The student will be evaluated based on the below grading scheme:

Deliverable 1: Final report

Introduction

(20%)

Solution implementation

(40%)

Conclusion

(10%)

References

(5%)

Formatting and language

used (25%)

 Problem

Definition (5%)

 Criteria and

Constraints (5%)

 Objectives (5%)

 Structure of the

Report (5%)

 Final Block Diagram/ final flow

chart (Using MS-Visio). (10%)

 Steps of building the

circuit/Design/simulations with

pictures of final prototype (20%)

 Discussion/ Simulation/ Code

correctly follows the flowchart/

block diagram (10%)

 Summary of

the work

done. (5%)

 Future work.

(5%)

 Use IEEE or

APA

references

 Grammatical and sentence

structural mistakes (15%)

 Formatting: Cover page,

group members’ names,

consistent fonts and size

throughout the document

(i.e. no copy-pasting from

the net) (10%)

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Deliverable 2: Presentation

Presentation Slides (30%) – Group Knowledge of subject (40%) –

Individual

Presentation Skills (30%) – Individual

 Clear presentation content

 Clear results (figures, graphs…) and illustrations

 Sequencing of ideas

 Format and language used

 Demonstrated full knowledge;

answered all questions with

elaboration

 Excellent language skills, gestures, etc.

XI. Student Assessment Rubric

Deliverables
Bare pass mark

(60%-69%)
C classification

(70%-79%)
B classification

(80%-87%)
A classification

(>87%)

Final report
Weighting 8%

 The report is succinct and
to the point. The maximum
size of the report is met.

 The report includes only
brief analysis.

 Brief conclusion and
discussion.

 The writing of the report
includes some mistakes.

 The report gives clear
details on all of the
components of
application.

 The report includes some
analysis.

 The
conclusion/discussion on
the application partially
relevant.

 The writing of the report
does not include
mistakes.

 The report gives clear
details on all of the
components of
application.

 The report includes
detailed analysis.

 The
conclusion/discussions on
the application are
relevant.

 The writing of the report
does not include mistakes.

 The report gives clear details on
all of the components of
application.

 The report includes detailed
analysis.

 The conclusion/discussions on
the application are relevant.

 The report is well structured and
it does not include mistakes.

Oral presentation
Weighting 7%

 The presentation covered
most of the topics in the
final report.

 The team Spoke clearly
and made only few
mistakes.

 Only few questions are
answered.

 The presentation covered
all of the topics in the
final report.

 Information is presented
in logical order.

 Some questioned are
answered.

 The presentation covered
all of the topics in the final
report.

 Information is presented
in logical order.

 All of the questions are
answered.

 The presentation covered all of
the topics in the final report.

 Information is presented in
logical order.

 The analysis are clearly discussed
and the implemented method is

 All of the questions are
answered.