Project Workshop: Complete INDIVIDUALLY before 2008 September 10 ECE4007A lecture

ECE
4007
–

Culminating Design Project



Pro
ject
Workshop
:
Complete
INDIVIDUALLY

before

2008 September 10
ECE4007A lecture



Team
Name:

RFID Smart_Home

Section:

L02

Individual

Name and
Signature
:

Jared Santinelli





Answer individually then combine

to

obtain a consensus response to the following:

1.

In three sentences or less, describe your project for an engineering

/ technical

audience.


The design is an RFID based access control system that, if a user is authorized, will unlock an
electric door s
trike, permitting entry and maintaining a database of users on the premises. Also,
when a user is authorized entry a microcontroller will control the turning on of desired lights if a light
sensor deems interior lighting is necessary.

2.

In three sentences
or less, describe your project for a management

/ non
-
technical

audience.


The design is an electronic access control system that will keep track of the users on the
premises. Also, when a user enters, lights will come on, depending on which user en
ters and if the
interior lighting is needed.

3.

If your project were to become a product, who would be the customer?


The major customers would be builders and developers of MDUs and office buildings. The
product, although not necessarily cost
effective, could be used in single family residences.

4.

What needs of the customer should your project meet? List 3
-
5 needs in non
-
technical terms
(or as non
-
technical as possible).

-

Accurately monitor users on premises.

-

Provide sufficient energy savings

-

Appropriate cost

-

Properly turn on/off lights

ECE
4007
–

Culminating Design Project



Individual

5.

Combine/consolidate individually determined

attributes/features of your finished project.

Eliminate all of the irrelevant ones, and group the most important remaining ones

into the
following categor
ies: (1) must specify and achieve for a successful design, (2) need to define
to the customer for the completed product,
and
(3) need to know to implement the product.
Note that a specification may fall into multiple categories, and you may not have some
thing
for eve
ry category.

I
nclude
at least 5 but not
more than 10.

Use the
table

below.

Attribute/Feature

Must
Specify &
Achieve

Customer
Needs to
Know

Need to
Know to
Build It

RFID Range

X



Power Draw (per user)

X

X


% users accurately monitored

X

X


Relay voltage



X

Door strike voltage



X

Microcontroller output



X

Light sensor sensitivity

X


X

Communication between RFID reader and authorization point



X










6.

You will most likely be implementing your project in hardware and/or
software. For each
“Must Achieve” specification

above
, state how you could quantitatively demonstrate that
your design meets that specification
.

-

RFID Range: can measure required distance between tag and reader for proper reading.

-

Power Draw: can calcula
te/measure total power usage of system by summing power draw
of individual components.

-

% users accurately monitored: can simulate multiple users entering and exiting and keep
track of database accuracy

-

Light sensor sensitivity: can measure power received

by photocell at threshold of light
sensor


7.

Propose 3
-
5 significant technical milestones which, if achieved, will clearly demonstrate that
high risk and/or critical path tasks have been completed
.

-

RFID programmed to allow authorization and keep track of u
sers

-

Microcontroller programmed to output proper signals

-

Building of circuitry (door locks, lights, motion/light sensors)