EE3070Design Project

What you will study

Course overview and aims

The aim of this course is to enable students to work together in a group on a design project. Through the design project, students will be nurtured and be able to demonstrate their creativity, innovation and its impact on society. Working in a group will allow students to resolve issues that arise technically and personally. Students will become familiar with the concept of product design, such as, component tolerances, production constraints, safety requirements, and EMC standards through a case study.

Keyword syllabus

Modern Design Technology Manufacturability Modular design, auto-insertion, surface mount technology, sources of design tips. Basic concepts of Design for Manufacture. Electronic Circuit Testability Design Testability: testing paradigms (in-circuit and functional); test points and accessibility of circuits for testing; principle of product partitioning. Electronic Circuit Reliability Design for circuit reliability: causes of component failure; reliability calculations and its prediction; means of improving circuit reliability. Environmental Stress Screening. Tolerance Design Tolerance analysis; Monte Carlo analysis; Design margins. EMI, EMC and Safety Standards Introduction to EMI, EMC and safety; standards, regulations and test methods applicable to the electronic products, systems and processes. Safety standards for mains supplied electronic products. Firmware and Software Design Modelling; In-circuit emulator and on-chip debug; Implementation; Validation and testing; interfacing techniques; firmware design; APP programming. Software Design for Information Technology System Design Conceptual model; context, description within life cycle, Design description; identification, stakeholders, design views and viewpoints, elements, overlays, rationale, languages, Design viewpoints; context, composition, logical, dependency, information, patterns, interface, structure, concerns, state dynamics, algorithm, resource. 3D printing Design; modelling; fabrication.

Official PDF, page 4 · Keyword Syllabus

Intended learning outcomes

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CILO	Intended learning outcome	Weight	DEC
1	Students are able to demonstrate team work through the resolution of both technical and interpersonal problems	—	DEC-A1, DEC-A2, DEC-A3
2	Apply fundamental analysis methods and theorems to the solution of the case study	—	DEC-A1, DEC-A2, DEC-A3
3	Design and implement a prototype to meet the case study requirements	—	DEC-A1, DEC-A2, DEC-A3
4	Demonstrate creativity and innovation in problem-solving and their impact on society	—	DEC-A1, DEC-A2, DEC-A3
5	Communicate through demonstration and presentation of the design work	—	DEC-A1, DEC-A2, DEC-A3

Official PDF, page 2 · Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs)

Additional information for learning and teaching activities

Students can alternatively engage in a recognized open competition of no less than 3 hr/wk for 13wks.

Official PDF, page 3 · Additional Information for LTAs

Before you take this course

Check prerequisites, precursors and corequisites separately, together with equivalence and exclusion conditions. “and” means conditions must be met together; “or” marks alternatives. Read combined conditions in the groupings shown in the original text below.

Prerequisites

EE2004 Microcomputer Systems

Precursors

Nil

Corequisites

This edition of the official syllabus does not state this item.

Additional course requirements

This edition of the official syllabus does not state this item.

Equivalent courses and conditions

EE3004 Electronic Product Design or EE3274 Design Project or EE3316 Information Product Design

Exclusive courses and conditions

Nil

Assessment and passing the course

Assessment

Continuous assessment: 100%; Examination: 0%

Assessment breakdown

Assessment task	Weight	Generative AI	Remarks and restrictions
Project: Proposal, logbook, demonstrations, reports, presentationCILO 1, 2, 3, 4, 5	100%	Yes	-

Official PDF, page 3 · Assessment Tasks / Activities (ATs)

View the original assessment table and instructions

ATs                  CILO No.             Weighting (%)         Remarks ("-" for   Allow Use of
                                                                                        nil entry)         GenAI?
1                       Project: Proposal,   1, 2, 3, 4, 5        100                   -                  Yes
                        logbook,
                        demonstrations,
                        reports,
                        presentation

Continuous Assessment (%)
100

Examination (%)
0

Minimum Continuous Assessment Passing Requirement (%)
40

Additional Information for ATs
Remark: To pass the course, students are required to achieve at least 40% of the coursework mark and a laboratory
attendance of at least 75% recorded. Students can participate in recognized open competitions, such as Robocon and MATE
ROV, to replace the project case designed by the course leader. The coordinators of the open competitions will conduct the
assessment.

Assessment Rubrics (AR)

Assessment Task
Laboratory Work

Criterion
Achievements in CILOs

Excellent (A+, A, A-)
High

Good (B+, B, B-)
Significant

Fair (C+, C, C-)
Moderate

Marginal (D)
Basic

Passing requirements

Remark: To pass the course, students are required to achieve at least 40% of the coursework mark and a laboratory attendance of at least 75% recorded. Students can participate in recognized open competitions, such as Robocon and MATE ROV, to replace the project case designed by the course leader. The coordinators of the open competitions will conduct the assessment.