Lecture: Introduction

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ENGG 1100 Introduction to Engineering Design I

• Lecture Introduction
• Prof. Wing-Kin Ma
• Department of Electronic Engineering

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Course Information

• Lectures
• Class C Mon 830am-915am ERB LT
• Class D Mon 1130am-1215pm LSB LT6
• Laboratories
• All except for Week 1 (this week)
• Course website in eLearn, check
  https//elearn.cuhk.edu.hk/
• Note
• 1) important announcements are made in eLearn
  check regularly!
• 2) check your mailserv mailbox regularly.
  Sometimes we need to find you in the event of
  missing assignments.

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Course Coordinators Lecturers

• Course Coordinator
• Lecturers
• Mentors Technicians Teaching assistants
  many.
• Course Inquiry Please send all your inquiries to
  engg1100_at_erg.cuhk.edu.hk

Prof. MA Wing Kin Ken EE (CA,CB,DA,DB) wkma_at_ee.cuhk.edu.hk
Prof. TSANG Hon Ki BME (CC,DC) hktsang_at_ee.cuhk.edu.hk
Prof. WONG Kin Hong CSE (CE,CF) khwong_at_cse.cuhk.edu.hk
Prof. MENG Mei Ling Helen SEEM (CD,DD) hmmeng_at_se.cuhk.edu.hk
Prof. WONG Kin Hong CSE
Prof. MA Wing Kin Ken EE
Prof. CHAN Chun Kit Calvin IE
Prof. LIU Yunhui MAE
Prof. MENG Mei Ling Helen SEEM
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Overview

• This is a hands-on project-based course.
• You will work in group of 2 on a hardware
  project.
• Each group will propose their design, and
  implement it.
• We will teach you basic concepts for the project.
  You will also have a mentor (a professor) to
  guide you.
• We intend to show you and let you experience
• Basic engineering principles and concepts
• Experimental skills
• Design methodology for design construction of a
  system
• We also hope that by the end of the term, you
  would demonstrate innovations, teamwork, and good
  communication skills.

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History of Design

• People have been designing things for a long time
• Examples of great designs from the past
• Great Pyramids in Egypt
• Mayan Cities and Temples
• Great Wall of China
• Basic design method in the past gt Trial and Error
  

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The Design Process
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Cell Phone Evolution
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
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The Design Process

• Scientists see things as they are and ask, WHY?
• Engineers see things as they could be and ask,
  WHY NOT?
• Essence of new design
• Less expensive
• Faster
• Better

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Engineering design addresses hard problems

• Design problems are ill structured their
  solutions cannot normally be found by applying
  math. formulas, methods, and procedures in a
  routine way.
• Design problems are open-ended they typically
  have several acceptable solutions.

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The Project

• Your task is to design and build an intelligent
  car

Mars Rover Curiosity (source www.nasa.gov/mission
_pages/msl)
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The Project

• Your task is to design and build an intelligent
  car like these, or something smarter than
  that.
• To be specific, you are going to design an
  automatic vehicle with pick-and-place ability.
  See http//youtu.be/dy_u7lxMkTY

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The Project

• You are going to design an automatic vehicle with
  pick-and-place ability.
• Designing an intelligent model car, and
  implementing a practically working one, takes
  some amount of effort.
• You will have to learn engineering basics that
  lead to sensing, control logics for decision
  making, and motor driving.

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An Overview of your Schedule

• First 8 weeks Learn basic engineering skills
• Attend lectures to learn concepts behind designs
  and electronics
• Attend lab sessions to get hands-on experience
  with engineering
• Help you understand how to draw mechanical
  drawings, to build sensing, digital logics and
  motoring driving circuitries
• Having your mid term test run to construct your
  very first design.
• Note dont just receive the contents. Think how
  they help you design the car!
• Weeks 10-13 design and build your car
• Complete your design by the end of the term
• You will be assigned a tutor and a mentor (a
  professor) to guide you.
• Weeks 14 project demonstration
• 1 demonstration at reading room

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Course Schedule
Week Lecture Section Lab Section
1 Introduction No Lab
2 Mechanical Drawing Workshop 1 Mechanical Drawing I
3 Engineering Design Management Lab 1 Mechanical Drawing II
4 Laboratory Safety Basic Electronics Lab 2 Basic Electronics
  Lunar New Year Holiday Lunar New Year Holiday
5 Electronic Instrumentation Components Lab 3 Electronics Assembly
6 Sensing and Actuator Lab 4 Actuator
7 Tutorial on Mid-term Test Run Lab 5 Sensing Mid-term Test Run
8 Digital Logic I Logic Gates Lab 6 Digital Logic with Arduino
9 Digital Logic II MCU Workshop 2 Arduino Programming
10 Project Briefing MC Quiz Mentor Meeting 1 (In Lab)
11   Mentor Meeting 2 (In Lab)
12   Mentor Meeting 3 (In Lab)
13 Final Report Briefing Mentor Meeting 4 (In Lab)
14   Demo
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Important Dates
Week Lecture Lab Section
1 Introduction
2 Mechanical Drawing 17/1 Project Grouping via e-learning
3 Engineering Design Management
4 Laboratory Safety Basic Electronics
  Lunar New Year Holiday Lunar New Year Holiday
5 Electronic Instrumentation Components
6 Sensing and Actuator
7 Tutorial on Mid-term Test Run(No Lecture) 24/2 Lab 5 Mid-term Test Run
8 Digital Logic I Logic Gates
9 Digital Logic II MCU
10 Project Briefing MC Quiz 17/3 MC Quiz (AM In Lab, PM In Lecture)
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12  
13 Final Report Briefing
14   14/4 Demo22/4 Final Report
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Assessment
Item Detailed Information
Lab Report 20 4 per lab x 5 labs (from lab 2 to lab 6) 1 deduction for late comers (15-min buffer) (individual)
3D Design Homework 5 2 homework items exercise 2 project 3
MC Quiz 10 30-min multiple choice quiz covering the contents taught in lectures
Mid-term Test Run 5 Assemble a very simple version of your car, and make it run Demonstrate your working prototype
Project Progress 20 Report your project progress to your mentor Assessed by your project mentor and TA Mentor meeting once a week during the implementation phase Attendance is counted 0 for each absence (individual) 5 per meeting x 4 meetings 20
Demo 30 Demonstrate your project Standard Task 15 Challenge Task 1 10 Challenge Task 2 5 Assessed by a judge panel
Final Report 10 Deadline 530pm, Tuesday, 22 April 2014
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Plagiarism

• CUHK has clear definitions and guidelines on
  academic honesty for the details
• http//www.cuhk.edu.hk/policy/academichonesty/
• We adopt a policy of zero tolerance on
  plagiarism, simply stated.
• Disciplinary actions, usually involving severe
  penalties, will be taken for detected plagiarism
  cases.
• Simply put, dont copy, dont buy solution, just
  honestly do your work, and credit others
  contribution.

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Student/Faculty Expectations on Teaching
Learning

• The Faculty has clearly established a set of
  expectations for the students and faculty members
  of our Faculty
• With a view to building up an atmosphere of
  mutual respect, acknowledgement, and
  responsibility between our students and faculty
  members as well as to enhancing teaching and
  learning in the Faculty.
• Student/Faculty Expectations on Teaching and
  Learning, Faculty of Engineering, CUHK, 29
  August 2011, http//www.erg.cuhk.edu.hk/erg-intra
  /upload/documents/StaffStudentExpectations.pdf

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Laboratory

• You will probably spend much of your time in lab.
• The lab. provides you with test instruments, and
  components for the project.
• Attendance will be checked. Bring your student ID
  card.
• Late with 15 minutes buffer.
• More than 30 minutes late absence.
• Use of lab. other than assigned lab. hours may be
  allowed subject to discretion of technicians.
• Log in eLearn for Lab Manuals.

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Laboratory Rules

• Laboratory preparation is vital for you to
  conduct the lab works. Prior to each lab, please
• Read the lab manual,
• Prepare lab sheet according to the lab manual,
  and
• Bring the lab sheet to the lab with you.
• Laboratory safety is very important!
• Strict observation of the Laboratory Safety
  Instructions listed in the homepage
  (http//www.cuhk.edu.hk/useo/) of the University
  Safety Environment Office on the handling of
  Electrical and Electronic instruments and power
  sources is mandatory.
• Please dont eat or drink in the laboratory.
• Be punctual. Attendance will be checked, and 1
  mark will be deducted for those who are late for
  more than 15 minutes.

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Action Notes

• Group Forming
• Find a peer to form a group with you by
• 17/1 530pm through Elearn
• You may search for a partner during your workshop
  1.
• Make sure your partner is with the same lab
  session as yours.
• Students without group will be randomly assigned
  to a partner.
• No Lab for this week
• Check eLearn for the venue of your lab