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This document provides guidelines for laying out and structuring the final year project document for an Industrial Electronics degree at MCAST. It outlines the proper formatting for text, including font size, spacing, margins, and pagination. It also lists the required sections and chapters, including an abstract, introduction, literature review, methodology, project implementation and results, conclusions, and limitations. Sample sections like the abstract, literature review structure, and milestone plan are provided. The document emphasizes saving work electronically with backups and meticulous editing of layout and formatting towards the end. Proper referencing using styles like Chicago or Harvard is also required.

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Planning and Writing Your Project1

This document provides guidelines for laying out and structuring the final year project document for an Industrial Electronics degree at MCAST. It outlines the proper formatting for text, including font size, spacing, margins, and pagination. It also lists the required sections and chapters, including an abstract, introduction, literature review, methodology, project implementation and results, conclusions, and limitations. Sample sections like the abstract, literature review structure, and milestone plan are provided. The document emphasizes saving work electronically with backups and meticulous editing of layout and formatting towards the end. Proper referencing using styles like Chicago or Harvard is also required.

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Planning & Writing your Final Year Project Document.

Industrial Electronics/HND.
MCAST

Layout of Script
Make sure you save all you write electronically and with a backup. The editing of text layout, page layout, headers, footers, titles, etc. will be carried out meticulously towards the end of your work. In general; Font 12 (usually Arial) One and a half line spacing Right and left justified Text spacing two inches (5cm) margin from left, one inch (2.5cm) from right, one inch (2.5cm) from top and bottom. Pagination bottom right, roman for introductions, numerals for Chapter 1 onwards List of Tables (Table 1; Table 2) and List of Figures (Fig. 1, Fig. 2) required. Chicago or Harvard style to be adopted

Layout of Main Script:


ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION LITERATURE REVIEW METHODOLOGY
Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4

PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION & RESULTS

CONCLUSIONS LIMITATIONS

Final Chapter

Layout of Main Script:


Header Page Declaration of Authenticity Acknowledgements Table of Contents

ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION LITERATURE REVIEW METHODOLOGY


Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4

List of Figures
List of Tables Appendices Bibliography

PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION & RESULTS

CONCLUSIONS LIMITATIONS

Chapter 5

Prior to the Main Script, the Header Page:


Title: By: Whom? And? Stating
Automated 3-Phase Pump Controller by:

A report submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the Industrial Electronics Studies at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology Malta June 2009

Date (month & year):

The Abstract:
The abstract is not a chapter of the main text, but is a one page overview of the entire project. This is the page of your work that will be read most! The abstract is usually around 10 to 20 lines, where each line has 10 to 15 words. Around 15 lines is the ideal. The abstract should include the following information: What is project about? Why did I choose it? Final objective/s of project, where to arrive at? Project bounded/scoped (how far to arrive).

The Abstract. Example:


Abstract
The project consists of the design and construction of an automated 3-phase pump controller. This is essentially an electronic, closed-loop control system utilizing programmable logic controller (PLC) technology.
My interest in this field of research is a result of earlier student work carried out on pump efficiency testing. Over 10% of the national energy consumption is utilized by various pumping systems and techniques. Globally, pump efficiency is still an evolving field. The main objective of this project is to utilize PLC technology, identified by my research as the most recent and effective, to automate and fully control the speed of a 3-phase, 10Kw pump. The project shall include the design of the control system through use of digital electronic circuitry, particularly the EI233 chip set, and the programming of the system through the adoption of PLC macro-programming techniques. Construction and site testing of the system shall also be a requisite of the project.

Following the Abstract, the Declaration of Authenticity:


This directly follows the abstract page, and is also not part of the main text.
DECLARATION OF AUTHENTICITY

I (we), the undersigned, declare that the report entitled:


Automated 3-Phase Pump Controller is authentic in so far as it is the result of my (our) own study and research and that any conclusions, statements, recommendations or assumptions are mine (ours) unless otherwise stated.

This page will follow you for life!


June 2009

Table of Contents (Sample)


Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION ... 1 Block Diagram Brief Description Project Objectives Chapter 2. LITERATURE REVIEW. 5 Existing Technology and Previous studies Research and Reading on Components Review of Interfacing Software and Language Issues Conceptual Framework to be adopted Chapter 3. METHODOLOGY... 31 Milestone Plan Milestone Description Chapter 4. PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION AND RESULTS....34 Hardware Programming the Pic Controller Programming an Excel Worksheet Chapter 5 CONCLUSION AND LIMITATIONS...68 Interpretation Final Overview
List Of Figures Fig 1 Project Block Diagram..2 Fig 2 Thermocouple Output Manufactures Datasheet..14 Fig 3 Thermocouple Reading Block Diagram..15 Fig 4 Temperature Reading Circuit Diagram.....15 Fig 5 Conceptual Framework Block Diagram.....30 List Of Tables Table1 Pic Search Table by No of Analogue inputs.16 Bibliography.. .. 71 Appendices....72

The Literature Review

Chapter 2

Justify the WHY? Of the project. Anything from 10 to 45 pages, graphics included. This should be completed first, i.e. before chapter 1. The review should delve into the following points: Existing technology/literature/usage Previous studies/research/developments/projects Research & reading on components/parts/sub-systems Research on applicability/environment/necessity Research on alternatives/options The conceptual framework to be adopted

This chapter is a vital one, and a minimum input of 40 hours should be dedicated towards it. The conceptual framework is a paragraph describing the theory/model/concept that forms the basis of your project. In the previous example, it was the use of a varying 3-phase supply frequency to slow down or speed up a

pump, in accordance to the need of the user, this need being conveyed via closedloop feedback control that changes the frequency setting according to need.

Example of Literature Map


Existing Technology and Previous Studies
www.dataacquisitionsystems.com www.sensorsmag.com www.evidencia.biz

Research and Reading of Components


www.microchip.com www.webopedia.com

Review Of Interfacing

www.howstuffworks.com www.webopedia.com

Software and Languages Issues


www.howstuffworks.com www.webopedia.com

Conceptual Framework to be Adopted

The Methodology

Chapter 3

This consists of the milestone plan and a description of each milestone, with a special emphasis on those milestones that relate to tools and techniques that shall be used.

Work Area Due Date

Work Area D Design & Development

Work Area R
Research/Reading/Writing/

Diploma in Industrial Electronics, Final Year Project

Minimum Time Input Weeks (W)

Implementation
Hardware/Software

Presentations/Acceptance

Milestone Plan Milestones:

Jan-04

R1

R1: Initial research and literature review. General area and topic of project chosen.

2W

Feb-04 D1 Mar-04 D2 Apr-04


I1: Design of functional diagram. D2: Excel spreadsheet; table of digital in/out, analog in/out. D1: Functional diagram. Digital/Analog input and output lines

1W

1W

2W

I1 May-04 R2 Jun-04
R2: Presentation to, and acceptance of Project Brief by Dissertation Committee .

1W

Jul-04
R3: Detailed literature review. A good understanding of project area and topic obtained. D3: Work on gathering all relevant documentation completed. D4: Utilize CAD to draw and simulate schematic. Complete bill of materials (component list).

4W 2W 3W

Aug-04

D3 D4

R3

Sep-04 D5 Oct-04 D6 Nov-04


D6: Completion of PCB layout on CAD. I2: Etching, building and testing of PCB. D5: Breadboarding and testing. Preparation of testing schedule/sheet.

6W

1W 1W

Project Implementation

Chapter 4

Defending your project with a dissertation that does not include a complete circuit diagram will automatically lead to failure

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