APRI0007: Major project in electronics - 2023-2024

·       Instructors:

o   M. Biron (mbi at melexis dot com): management

o   B. Boigelot (bernard dot boigelot at uliege dot be): embedded systems

o   G. Drion (gdrion at uliege dot be): control

o   J.M Redouté (jean-michel dot redoute at uliege dot be): electronics

·       T.A.s:

o   M. Fonder (michael dot fonder at uliege dot be)

o   T. Gillis (t dot gillis at uliege dot be)

o   N. Davister (ndavister at doct dot uliege dot be)

·       Electronics lab tech: J. Arban (jf dot arban at uliege dot be)

Class Schedule

o   1st quadrimester (Starting 18th of September 2023): Monday at 14H in R21, at B28 Montefiore.

o   2nd quadrimester (Starting 5th of February 2024): Monday ay 9H, Montefiore R21.

MAN = Management; ELE = Electronics; EMB = Embedded Systems; LCS = Linear Control Systems;





Constraints

o   Build an embedded system that includes a feedback controlled function and an electronic circuit (including for example a power converter and/or signal conditioning stage and/or motor control function, …)

o   The digital control sampling frequency should be equal to the switching frequency. Special care should be taken for the choice of the control processor.

o   The software architecture should involve concurrent tasks and real-time constraints. Embedded software has to be written in assembly language.

o   Intermediate progress reports are mandatory.

o   Focus should be placed on the correct modeling of the system. In case of mismatch between theoretical and practical results, further investigations and questioning are mandatory.

o   The goal of the deadlines is to help students. They can be exceptionally postponed if students request a new date not later than four weeks before the initial deadline.

o   Tabular and graphical data presentations are highly recommended for the comparison of theoretical, simulations and experimental results.

o   Report length has to be respected. The reports file name format is “deadline_<deadline number>_<project title>.pdf”. The first page of the report must include the deadline title, the project title and all team member names.

o   A mid-project presentation is foreseen mid-December. The bloc diagram and schematics of the complete project have to be presented. The micro-controller has to be programmed. A simulation (using LT Spice for example) has to be presented electronic part of the circuit.

o   Budget: 100 EUR.

o   Be rigorous and ingenious!