WEEK 11 - FYP 1 PRESENTATION

Objective:

Briefing about the Final Year Project 1 presentation.

Analysis/Discussion:

The Final Year Project 1 presentation took place in the Dewan Gemilang, Unikl British Malaysian Institute (BMI) on 22nd of April 2015. The presentation started at 2:00 in the evening. I was assigned to two assessors from the FYP committee whom are lecturers from the Communication Section. The assessors are Sir Saiful Yusri Mohd Yassin and Madam Dr. Alipah Pawi.

The first assessor is Sir Saiful Yusri. I presented my proposal project presentation to him. He listened through the presentation until the question and answer (Q&A) session which he asked a few questions. Fortunately, I answered all his question. In the end of the first presentation, he suggested that I should clearly state my methodology.

The second presentation with Madam Dr.Alipah also went well. Again, I successfully answered her question during the Q&A session. In the end of the second presentation, she suggested that I should clearly state my work plan at the gantt chart. She ask me to refer my supervisor about the gantt chart.

Conclusion:

Though the presentation has ended and went with flying colours, I still need to finish up and I also need to correct a few parts in the proposal report.

WEEK 10 - MAKING THE SLIDE PRESENTATION

Objective: 

To do the slide presentation about the project.

 Analysis/Discussion :

In week 10, all FYP semester 1 student will have their project presentation at Gemilang Hall. Then, the program had been postpone to week 11. The purpose of this presentation was to tell the assessor about the project ideas and the objective of producing the project.

Contain Of the Slides :-
1)  Introduction of the project
2)  Problem statement
3)  Objective
4)  Literature review
5)  Methodology
6) Gantt Chart
7) Budget
8) References

Conclusion:

The correction has been done in week before presentation day, it must be no problem regarding to the correction that had been given from my supervisor, Madam Hidayah. 

WEEK 9 - BUDGET

 Objective:

To list the price for all the components and instruments in this project.

Analysis/Discussion:

All the components needed in this project are sold separately. I took the liberty to survey the price of each components available in electronic shops in Kuala Lumpur. After days of research, I have enlist the components and instrument. Below is the table of budget:

COMPONENT	PRICE (x1)	QUANTITY	PRICE
LED	RM 0.50	4	RM 2.00
LCD	RM 20.00	1	RM 20.00
KEYPAD	RM 17.00	1	RM 17.00
BUZZER	RM 3.00	1	RM 3.00
ATMEL AT89S52 MICROCONTROLLER	RM 15.00	1	RM 15.00
DC MOTOR	RM 15.00	1	RM 15.00
OTHERS	RM 200.00		RM 100.00
TOTAL			RM 272.00

From the table, all equipment not expensive. Total budget for this project is RM 272.00.

 

Conclusion:

The budget is not fixed at all. 

WEEK 8 - RESEARCH

Objective:

To make some research about the controller to use in my project.

Analysis/Discussion:

ATMEL 89S52

The AT 89S52 has 4 different ports, each one having 8 Input/output lines providing a total of 32 I/O lines. Those ports can be used to output DATA and orders do other devices, or to read the state of a sensor, or a switch. Most of the ports of the 89S52 have 'dual function' meaning that they can be used for two different functions.

The first one is to perform input/output operations and the second one is used to implement special features of the microcontroller like counting external pulses, interrupting the execution of the program according to external events, performing serial data transfer or connecting the chip to a computer to update the software. Each port has 8 pins, and will be treated from the software point of view as an 8-bit variable called 'register', each bit being connected to a different Input/Output pin.

There are two different memory types: RAM and EEPROM. Shortly, RAM is used to store variable during program execution, while the EEPROM memory is used to store the program itself, that's why it is often referred to as the 'program memory'. It is clear that the CPU (Central Processing Unit) is the heart of the micro controllers. It is the CPU that will Read the program from the FLASH memory and Execute it by interacting with the different peripherals

Diagram below shows the pin configuration of the 89S52, where the function of each pin is written next to it, and, if it exists, the dual function is written between brackets. Note that the pins that have dual functions can still be used normally as an input/output pin. Unless the program uses their dual functions, all the 32 I/O pins of the microcontroller are configured as input/output pins.

Conclusion :

I think, microcontroller AT89S52 is the best choice to use in my project because it is easily to to use and easy to understand.