BioNB 440: Lab 9

Final Project.

Introduction.

This assignment will last for about a month. You will specify, design, simulate, and build a device which is complete enough so that you can take it back to the lab (or home) and use it. When choosing a project you will need to consider availability of hardware, time available, and your construction skill.

During this period there will be no other assignments, so we expect you to spend all of your time for this course on the project. You will be expected to be in lab at the usual times and to show significant progress each week of the project. Each week in lab a one-page progress report will be due.

Assignment

You will be graded on several aspects of the project:

1. Appropriate level of hardware complexity.
2. A project which works according to specification (which you will write).
3. Level of effort and organization shown in lab.
4. A demonstration of the final project during the final exam period.
5. Completeness and understandability of the final report. The report must be handed in when you do the project demo. The report which you hand in must be printed directly from a web page which you construct and show during the demo. The web page may be optionally submitted for inclusion on the class web page.
   Documentation must include:
   1. Introduction -- what you did and why.
   2. High level design -- rationale, math, logical structure.
   3. Hardware design -- schematics, hardware details, photographs.
   4. Results of the design -- speeds, accuracy, usability, frequency response, etc.
   5. What you would do differently next time.
   6. Appendix with schematics and mechanical design details.