WEEK 12

WEEK 12

Date :29/04/2014 (Tuesday)

Introduction

This week is the last week in writing a project proposal. Student should be ensure all the task for the project proposal is completed and submitted during the due date that given. All the activities that has been made in this week will be discussed in this part.

Objective

• To finalize all the related matter with the project proposal.
• To show and submit first draft of the project proposal to the project supervisor.

Project Description

1. Do some research to obtain the technical specification for each part of materials that will be used in the entire of the proposed project
2. Finalize and compile all the technical specification that gathered
3. Record and written in the project proposal under material and methodology
4. Finishing all the desired task

Project Outcome

As the outcome for this week, all the desired task and objective is achieved which mean the first draft of the project proposal is completed and will be printed out for the purpose to show this entire draft to the project supervisor. Any comments from the project supervisor related with this draft is an important thing to do correction before binding and submitted. This method is very useful in term of to grab the desired/highest grade in the marking scheme

WEEK 11

WEEK 11

Date :24/04/2014 (Thursday)

Introduction

A project proposal assessment shall be carried out on individual basis for the purpose to fulfill the requirement of FYP 1 assessment. The project proposal shall be assessed by the appointed assessors. Student shall submit complete project proposal which shall include all the recommended amendment by panel of assessors within the time period specified by campus which is on week 13. This week, the project proposal will be made until on the due date that has given.

Objective

• To understand the assessment criteria that needed in the proposal report assessment
• To writing the project proposal according to the assessment criteria that provided

Project Description

The proposal report will be written according to the proposal report assessment that given. Each part in terms of the title, sub title and etc will be written in the recommended format and of appropriate length. Below is the proposal report assessment that will be make as a guidelines in implementing this proposal report.

Figure 1: Proposal Assessment (Page 1)

Figure 2: Proposal Assessment (Page 2)

Figure 3: Proposal Assessment (Page 3)

Figure 4: Proposal Assessment (Page 4)

All works related with the proposal report will be referred from this document

WEEK 10

WEEK 10

Date :18/04/2014 (Friday)

Introduction

This week is where a proposal presentation will be held. All requirements that needed on this week has been prepared before. Student shall present their complete project outcome as scheduled by Campus which is at the end of this week. Failure to attend the presentation will cause student to receive the failure grade (F). The proposal presentation will be held at Gemilang Hall and start from 2.00 p.m until 5.00 p.m. Student will be assessed by two person of invited assessor from related department with the project tittle.

Objective

• To finalize a preparation that should will be made for presentation day
• To ensure all the assessment criteria is achieved perfectly
• To makes some preparation for Q&A session

Project Description

The entire criteria that needed in presentation day will be fulfilled by referring the proposal presentation assessment that given by FYP committee. Below is a copy document that given:

Figure 1: Guidelines for presentation day

Figure 2: Guidelines for presentation day

Figure 3: Guidelines for presentation day

All the preparation for presentation day will be referred from this document

WEEK 9

WEEK 9

Date :01/04/2014-10/04/2014  (Tuesday - Thursday)

Introduction
Proposal presentation is one of the assessment in FYP 1 that will be made at the end of semester 6. The assessment is based on individually basis. It will be assessed by Project Supervisor and invited Assessor. The overall mark obtained by students is the average mark given by Supervisor and second Assessor. This week, a preparation for presentation day will be made and discussed clearly.

Objective

• To make some preparation before presentation day
• To making a PowerPoint presentation according to the assessment criteria that given

Project Description

All gathered information will be extracted in a simple way to understand according to the assessment criteria that needed. Each slide also will be decorated to look more attractive because sometimes people will bored when too much of word inserted in the slide.

Project Outcome

The figure below is a slide that has been made for presentation day:

Figure 1:PowerPoint Presentation that will be used on presentation day

Figure 2: PowerPoint Presentation (continued)

All the completed slides will be shown to the project supervisor before presentation day. As a conclusion, all the for this week completed perfectly and a PowerPoint presentation that has been made has been approved by project supervisor.

WEEK 8

WEEK 8

Date :04/03/2014-14/03/2014  (Tuesday - Friday)

Introduction

The budget process is a collecting all costs associated with finishing a project. In the other terms, it is aggregating the estimated costs of individual activities or work projects (establishing) an authorized cost baseline which helps ensure it is completed for the cost expected. This week, overall cost of the project that has been estimated will be listed and discussed in details.

Objective

• To estimate overall costs of the project
• To list cost of the entire material that will be used in this proposed project

Project Description
In terms to find the best and a cheapest products, a few store that sell required materials in this project will be reviewed and listed. The method that used is by searching all related stores. In various website and the another methods is by refer a person that familiar in that matter (i.e friends, lecturers).

Project Outcome

The result that obtained from this is such as a table that show below:

Table 1: Estimation on overall cost of the project

Overall cost to develop this project is about RM 248.90. It is reasonable price. However, this is the best and the lowest price that obtained from the survey

WEEK 7

WEEK 7

Date :25/02/2014-27/02/2014  (Tuesday - Thursday)

Title of activity 
Research and Findings (RF Module)

Function of RF Module

An RF Module is a small electronic circuit which is used to receive, transmit or transceive radio waves on one of a number of carrier frequencies, RF Modules are often used in consumer applications including wireless alarm systems, garage door openers, industrial remote controls, wireless home automation systems and smart sensor applications. Due to RF module not requiring line-of-sight operation, they are often used instead of infrared remote controls. A module is a self-contained component of a system, which has a well defined interface to other components. An RF module is a functional integration of semiconductor devices.

Conclusion
This project will be  separate for two parts which are transmit data from Android phone and Personal Computer (PC) to PIC via RF Module and PIC will receive data from two devices. Likely, my project is more towards how Android phone and Personal Computer (PC) communicate with PIC through RF Module.

WEEK 6

WEEK 6

Date :20/02/2014  (Thursday)

Title of activity 
Draw a flow chart

Procedure

1. To define some of important element that should be used in flow chart design
2. To discuss some important part in the flow chart design and create the flow chart

Conclusion
From this week activity, a flow chart is a graphical of a process. Each step in the process is represented by a different symbol and contain a short description of the process step. The flow symbol are linked together with arrows showing the process flow direction.

WEEK 5

WEEK 5

Date : 11/02/2014  (Tuesday)

Title of activity 
Redraw a block diagram

Procedure

1.  Doing some more research from the previous block diagram to identify the input, process and the output from the project. Helping from the supervisor is also included in making of the process.
2. Explanation on how the components work and functioning. I will recover the explanation further in this logbook.

Conclusion
From this week activity, Supervisor gave some recommendation and suggestion to give some improvement for this block diagram. Therefore, I need to do more research on how reliable of this project to the society. Reliable means how far this project can overcome the problem of hackers out there that try to hack the coding system.

WEEK 4

WEEK 4

Date : 03/02/2014  (Monday)

Title of activity 
Draw a block diagram

Procedure

1. To compress all the information that obtained from research to make it as best solution for the project.
2. To design the block diagram that exactly with the required specification for this project
3. Meet an appointment with supervisor and explain the block diagram. 
   

Conclusion
The concept that will be used in Development Of Controlling Home Appliances Using PC and Android App is such as block diagram above. Others will be continued on the next week.

WEEK 3

WEEK 3

Date : 27/01/2014  (Monday)

Title of activity 
Research and findings

Procedure

1. Doing a research about controlling home appliances using PC and and android apps seeks information on how it works
2. I have gathered some useful information from Internets that use the same technology and idea with my project. The information provided can be a guideline for me to begin the progress.
3. I will list some of the existed company that use the PC and smartphone application for controlling home appliances.

List of Company

Crestron

Crestron is one of the leading brands for home automation. Though each installation usually comes with its own universal remote control. Crestron also provides apps for iOS and Android devices. These apps connect to the Crestron system using Wi-Fi and allow you to remotely control the home appliances or gizmos that are wired to the system. You don't even need to be at home to control your air conditioning or lighting; you could do it from any place that you can acess data connection.

HomeSeer

HomeSeer lets you monitor and control virtually every aspect of your home, including lighting, climate, appliances, audio/video equipment, security systems, shades & blinds, irrigation, energy managemnet and more. And you can monitor and control your home from anywhere in the world

Life Goods (LG)

"Using smart phones or PC, they can see how much longer their food has to cook, check temperatures and contents of the refrigerator remotely. Consumer can even remotely start their robotic vacuum cleaners to clean up or watch over the house while they are out."

Conclusion
From the information gathered, I believe I will achieve my objectives by making a project that is more to security procedure. Futhermore, PC and smartphone application will continue to combine with web enabled devices and equipment to help to manage home appliances from PC and smartphone. This will make lighting control, security, and energy monitoring safer, easier and more efficient.

Date : 30/01/2014  (Thursday)

Title of activity 
Research and findings

Procedure

1. Doing a research and list the requirement needed to meet the objectives
2. After making some research on the internet and guidance from the supervisor, I managed to get an idea, technique, and method to imagine my project flow. The first requirement needed to run the project is to identify the components. The components are:

      

Conclusion
From this week activity, during session discussion between me and my supervisor Sir Shahrudin several components that we decide to be use in my project. Indirectly, I know all the functions of the components used in my project.

WEEK 2

Week 2

Date : 20/01/2014  (Monday)

Title of activity 
Discuss with the supervisor for applying a project title

Procedure

1. Make a discussion with the supervisor on how to get the idea of the project title. Sir Shaharudin has given a few topic suggestions.
2. After making some research on the internet, I have decided to choose my own title and synopsis of what I plan to do. Therefore, before I proceed with the title I get an appointment with supervisor and explain the project to make sure the title meets the requirement for degree student

Conclusion
As a result for this week, I have bring along some literature review and show the innovativeness of my project ideas to Sir Shaharudin.


Date : 22/01/2014  (Wednesday)

Title of activity 
Register project title

Procedure

1. After Sir Shaharudin willing to take my title and the topic suggested by own meets the requirement, she sends my title using online FYP under her name to be registered. I should be able to check the application status online once the supervisor approved my application. The topic chosen is Development of controlling home appliances using PC and Android apps.
2. Once a project has been assigned to me, Sir Shaharudin set up the requirements of the project and i will have meet the requirements. The supervisor will guide me in the project; recommend approaches, techniques and methods appropriate to achieve the project's objectives.

Conclusion
As a result for this week, Sir Shaharudin Bin Osman has select one of several project that was proposed and name it as Development of controlling home appliances using PC and android apps and this was approved and registered successfully in UniKLBMI FYP website.

Date : 24/01/2014  (Friday)

Title of activity 
Project scheduling

Procedure
In developing a project, all the activities that will be performed must be managed systematically. It is to ensure each tasks complete on time. In order to fulfill project in this week, a gantt chart will be created according each activities that will performed by using Microsoft Excel.

Conclusion
A gantt chart is a tool that used illustrates a project schedule.It will become a guideline in developing a project. All activities in this FYP 1 will be referred through this gantt chart for the purpose to ensure all task complete and submitted on time. For the next progress report, result from investigation that has accomplished will be shown and discussion.

WEEK 1

Week 1

Date : 13/01/2014  (Monday)

Title of activity 
Selecting a supervisor

Procedure

Meets with the lecturer who had taught me the technical subject previously named Sir Shaharudin Bin Osman

Conclusion
After discussion he agreed to take me as his Final Year Project's student

Date : 15/01/2014 (Wednesday)

Title  of activity
Briefing about Final Year Project 1 for student Diploma and Degree

Procedure

The briefing is about to give some explanation for the student who taking the final project for Diploma and Degree programmes. The briefing is about :

• Introduction
• Objectives
• Credits and duration
• Scope of project
• Tittle selection
• Project Assessment
• Presentation Day
• Submission date of project

Conclusion
From this week activity,student know what they should do to achieve a main objective of final year before they go through the next procedure which to prepare log book/blog, presentation and final report

Date : 17/01/2014  (Friday)

Title of activity 
Surveying Topics

Procedure

1. As mentioned in the briefing, student may choose to either select the title proposed by the academic supervisors or propose a project of their own interest.
2. Applying for a title projects are available at http:// fyp.bmi.unikl.edu.my/fyp/index.php. I have gone through the list and the synopsis

Conclusion
From this week activity, several titles of project will be proposed by student to the supervisor and his/her will select one of several titles of that been proposed to register officially in this subject