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Project Scope. Requirements: specification, design, implementation, and testing
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Project Scope • Requirements: specification, design, implementation, and testing • “incorporate engineering standards and realistic constraints that include most of the following considerations: economic, environmental, sustainability, manufacturability, ethical, health and safety, social, and political.” • CmpE Projects must include both hardware and software components and trade-offs • Reporting: formal written project proposals, progress reports, final reports, and oral presentations Project Scope Bonnie Heck/Jay Schlag
Considerations • Application • What are you doing and why is it novel and necessary? • Market • Who is the customer? • Cost • What is the design cost estimate plus parts and manufacturing costs? • Sales Volume • How many would you sell per year? Will it trail off after one year? • Support • How will you support the customer? Project Scope Bonnie Heck/Jay Schlag
How to Get Parts • Borrow Parts • Edgar Jones and James Steinberg, VL C352 – C329, have a collection from previous semesters (act quickly) • Buy Parts • Student Funds – you buy it, you own it • GT Funds – each group gets a budget of $100 per person in the group, GT owns it (order from Edgar Jones or James Steinberg) • Company loan or gift Project Scope Bonnie Heck/Jay Schlag
Design Process • Determine application • Write specification • Hardware block diagram • Software block diagram • Determine/order parts • Test parts of the project • Integrate all parts together Project Scope Bonnie Heck/Jay Schlag
Group Formation • Responsibilities Big picture and leadership, technical design, hardware, software, testing, integration, cost analysis, reporting • Group Pitfalls • “My Way or the Highway” • “You do the work, I’ll take the credit” • Group Intelligence (more than the sum) • Each person contributes equally and all suggestions are considered seriously Project Scope Bonnie Heck/Jay Schlag
Computer Engineering Projects • Processor • Number, Type, Speed, Control, Instruction Set, Development System, Debugging, Assembler/Compiler • Interfaces • Number, type, compatibility, capabilities, current/voltage levels, control Project Scope Bonnie Heck/Jay Schlag