Kaylee NRC

Introduction and Overview

With the recent spike in water and air based pollution illness is on the rise. The center of disease control has hired you to work on the newly funded project testing different types of nano robotics on the ill and dying. Your patient, Jessy, has volunteered to go through this trial and has entrusted their well being to you and your ability to work with these nano robotics. Jessy is ravaged with disease please program a nano robot to travel through their body, diagnose their diseases and cure them or they'll die.

Specifications

Using the virtual or physical model of Jessy depicting the location of the diseases, try to determine what the disease could be based on how the leds are acting in the body and compare that to the disease list found below.

There are two programs available to work with the nano robot, python and a digital program.

Cost Estimate

You will need to create a cost estimate using quotes from a reputable vendors. You are not limited to these vendors. When doing your cost estimate, be sure to include specification sheets from the vendors.

Create a cost estimate on a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. The cost estimate should include the following:

• Labor cost breakdown with hours and rates
• All chips should be itemized with quantity, price per chip, and total cost per chip type
• No decimal places; this is an estimate after all. Round appropriately
• Total cost must be shown in the bottom right corner

Milestones, Benchmarks, and Deliverables

As work is done on the project, three Milestone presentations will report on the project's progress. All of the items assigned in each phase of the project are called Benchmark deliverables. These deliverables often consist of a combination of written submissions, presentations, and demonstrations. Benchmark assessments evaluate the progress of the project.

Preliminary Design Investigation

The Preliminary Design Investigation (PDI) is extremely important, as it lays the groundwork for the project. It outlines the project idea, inspiration, and goals.

The PDI must include:

• Cover Page
• Project Overview
• Goals & Objectives
• Design & Approach
• Cost Estimate
• Project Schedule
• Relevant Pictures

An example PDI template can be found here. The PDI is due by Benchmark A. Do not forget to include the items listed above. Use this link to access the VEX PDI Rubric.

Milestone 1

Prepare a preliminary assessment of the track system using digital logic (truth table, Karnaugh maps, and Boolean equations), a cost estimate, and an MS Project plan.

Look Ahead: What tasks are planned between now and Milestone 2?

See How To Give a Milestone Presentation for the format of a Milestone presentation.

Milestone 1 Deliverables:

• Presentation:
  • Project description
  • Design approach
  • Mission statement
  • How will the logic be implemented? (by inspection, partition, truth tables, etc.)
  • Cost estimate
  • MS Project schedule
  • Progress update: current state of the project

Presentation notes:

• Be sure to include any special features and benefits of your design.

Benchmark Assessment A

C:\SLDP Railroad Train Guidance System\Benchmark Assessment A.vi

on the PC connected to the train layout. Your TA will test your VI by running your program with various combinations of tracks being blocked.

Milestone 2

Look Ahead: What tasks are planned between now and Milestone 3?

See How To Give a Milestone Presentation for the format of a Milestone presentation.

Milestone 2 Deliverables:

• Presentation:
  • Project description
  • Design approach
  • Design changes since Milestone 1
  • Mission statement
  • Samples of logic design

Benchmark Assessment B

Your VI will interface with the RTGS test track by using a custom VI provided by EG. It is located at

C:\SLDP Railroad Train Guidance System\Commissioning Test.vi

on the PC connected to the train layout. Your TA will test your VI by running your program with various combinations of tracks being blocked.

Important: If you are having difficulties completing the requirements for Benchmark Assessment B, please go to Open Lab sessions and ask for help, or otherwise get in touch with your lab TAs, recitation TAs, or come to the TA office in RH515A.

Milestone 3

Look ahead: What tasks are planned between now and the completion of the project?

See How To Give a Milestone Presentation for the format of a Milestone presentation.

Milestone 3 Deliverables:

• Presentation:
  • Project description
  • Design approach
  • Design changes since Milestone 2
  • Mission statement
  • Updates to logic design
    • Truth tables
    • Karnaugh maps
    • Boolean equations
    • VI interface
  • Cost estimate (previous and current). What changes were made?
  • MS Project schedule (previous and current). What changes were made?
  • Progress update: current state of the project (time, budget, etc.)

Commissioning

Refer to the syllabus for the commissioning deadline. There are penalties for not completing on time. Refer to the EG1003 Grading Policy for more information.

Load your VI into the PC connected to the train layout, and interface it with the Commissioning Test VI. The Commissioning Test VI can be located at

C:\SLDP Railroad Train Guidance System\Commissioning Test.vi

Finally, your TA will test your VI such that it indicates no path correctly. If your VI completes all tests successfully, you will be commissioned.

Final Presentation

The Final Presentation will be a technical briefing, similar to the Milestones, but also serves as a sales presentation explaining why your company should be selected instead of the competition.

Your Final Presentation must include:

• Company profile
  • Company name
  • Employee profile, role(s), and qualifications
  • Mission statement
• Problem statement
  • Why is the project happening?
  • What does the audience need to know?
• Project objective
  • What is the purpose of your project?
  • Who does your project help?
  • What problem does your project solve?
• Project description
  • Specify LEED certification
    • Examples of LEED implementations in Revit
  • Revit drawings
    • All floor plan drawings
    • Dimensions
    • 1:240 scale
  • Views of exterior of building: front elevation, side elevation, isometric elevation
    • Dimensions
• Market and product viability
  • Does your company have competitors?
  • What makes your project unique?
  • How does your design compare to competitors - cost, quality, features?
  • Is the project versatile?
  • What is the price of your project?
• Conclusion
  • Reiterating project purpose
  • Highlight project features
  • Future goals of the company
  • Why should your company be awarded this contract?
• Video pitch
  • Price of project
  • Walkthrough animation of building in Revit
  • Embedded into Final Presentation
• A description of the problem
• An overview of your solution
• A description of your company and why it is qualified to successfully do this job
• A sample of the truth tables you created
• The resulting logic equations derived and simplified via your K-Map
• Your final LabVIEW programs
• The cost estimate
• Your MS Project from each milestone showing your progress
• A video of the locomotive traversing the layout from left to right and returning
• Why your company is the best choice in awarding this contract

Submission

All SLDPs must be submitted online. Please visit this page for the link to the Project Submission form and each project’s individualized login information. To submit, login to the EG1004 website using this special login information. Submitting with an NYU account or any other account will generate an error. Components may be resubmitted at any time before the deadline. Please note that submission times are based on the most recent submission.

Please note the deliverables for this project are as follows. If any of the following items are omitted, there will be a penalty. Be sure to click "Submit" at the bottom of the form and allow sufficient time for uploading. The following list includes deliverable items that are required:

• Submission deliverables:
  • Final presentation
  • Cover page and table of contents
  • Truth tables
  • K-maps
  • Simplified Boolean equations
  • LabVIEW VI
  • Video
  • Final MS Project Schedule
  • Final cost estimate
  • Resume(s) (No fictitious resumes will be accepted.)

Late Submission

Late submission is not allowed. If a project does not Commission or receive Partial Commission by the deadline set forth in the syllabus, the project will not be allowed to submit and will receive a 0 for the project grade. To receive Partial Commissioning, two TAs must evaluate the project and determine its degree of completion according to the Commissioning requirements and the project will be given a grade accordingly. Please refer to the EG1004 Grading Policy for more information.

Appendix C: Drop Down Selection Box

Boolean Algebra

Note that terms are independent of the order of their arguments, meaning that we can rearrange variables in an equation and still mean the same thing. [Commutative property]

$out=c+ab=ab+c\,\!$

In the RTGS project, each blocking signal acts as an input variable, and each sector switch acts as an output. Obtaining the simplest Boolean equation will be important to streamline any troubleshooting later and to implement the logic in LabVIEW in the simplest manner possible.