Multi-disciplinary design project
Learning objectives
- Getting hands-on experience with the multi-disciplinary nature of embedded systems design.
- Taking resource constraints (on the process and product) into account in the design trajectory.
- In-depth study of a topic related to embedded systems.
- Exercising engineering practice in designing embedded systems.
- Improving the abilities regarding project planning and management as well as reporting and documentation.
Contents
In order to reach the goals, the team ideally consists of Embedded Systems students (2 to 3) with different background (EE, CS), and the team chooses the specific project to do. Due to the size and place in the curriculum, the supervisors do present interesting and challenging projects. Because the topics of MDDP are typical for the research of the chair hosting it, interest in and focus on the chair's work is worthwhile. The main theme of MDDP is Co-operative Design of Embedded Systems and all phases of the design cycles (specification, design, realization, and testing/validation) must be addressed. MDDP is strictly planned, with a feasibility study (including a study of prior art), project plan and mid-term presentation after about one-third of the project duration. Also a final report and final presentation must be delivered. The students are supposed to maintain a diary of their activities throughout the project.
The project is in principle supposed to take a semester (two quarters) but the exact duration is fixed at the beginning of each project. The dates for the feasibility study presentation and final presentation are set at the time of the commencement of the project together with the supervisor and the students.