Capstone Design Project

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Capstone Design Project
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• Capstone Design Project
• Not just about finding a technical solution to a
  particular problem
• Its about

Problem/Project Definition
Project Planning Management

• Team Communication

Design Selection Optimization
Presentation Report
Verification
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• Design and Implementation of Communication
  Systems
• Project definition
• Project management timeline
• System requirements goals
• Detailed system design
• Interim progress report
• Final assembly
• Debug/verification full system integration
• Presentation report
• Laboratory demonstration

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Report Format

• Cover sheet
• Title, Author(s), Abstract, Date
• Introduction
• Background history
• Define the problem objective
• Project Management
• Partition of efforts
• Timeline
• Design
• Specifications requirements
• Simulation refinement

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Report

• Implementation
• Diagnosis
• Data acquisition analysis
• Results
• Cost analysis
• Components
• Labor
• Discussion Conclusion
• References

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Project Presentations

• Prepared using Powerpoint
• Concise and clear
• Observe the time limit
• Questions from audience
• Peer evaluation

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Grading Guidelines

• EE413
• 100 Capstone design
• EE513
• 80 Capstone design
• 20 Open book test
• Presentations
• Peer evaluation (30)
• Lab Demo
• Demonstration of a working system which meets or
  exceeds design goals (20)
• Answer questions (10)

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Grading

• Report
• Technical Merit (20)
• Circuit design, simulations, characterization
  (waveforms, RF spectra), performance analysis,
  etc.
• Format (10)
• Efforts -
• Level of Sophistication of the Project (10)

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Websites of Interest

• http//www.lf.psu.edu/projects/ind_proj.htm
• http//www.isu.edu/engineer/srdesign.html
• http//www.cdsp.neu.edu/info/faculty/manolakos/ece
  1504/cd2_projects.html

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Facilities and Support

• Furnas Lab (Mr. Keptner)
• Electronic circuits laboratory
• TI DSP kit
• 6811 micro-controller kit
• Commercial kits and modules
• Dr. Whalens Microwave Lab
• Probe
• RF spectrum analyzer
• Dr. Lius Fiber Optics Lab
• TA Mr. Saurav Bandyopadhyay
• Skb3_at_buffalo.edu
• Bonner 210B

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Prior Projects

• RF
• AM Radio
• Wireless Audio
• Ceiling Fan Controller
• Model Car Controller
• Optics
• AM Laser Transceiver
• Remote Control
• Weather Machine
• Telephone Wireless
• Phone home controller
• Wireless interface

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Prior Projects

• System Diagnosis Simulation
• Bit Error Rate Tester
• CDMA System Performance
• Chaotic Communications System
• DSP
• Speech Codec
• Software Protocol
• PC-to-PC Link

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Expectations

• 10 hrs of lectures and work each week
• Attendance may be taken randomly and considered
  as efforts
• Team effort
• 1-4 students
• Cleary defined responsibilities
• More elaborate projects for large teams
• Schedule presentations with TA
• Submit all presentations for web posting
• Peer evaluation
• Submit scores to TA

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