CSE 477 – Digital System Design
Spring 2003
Carl Ebeling

CSE477 Project

This is a capstone design course in which you apply what you have learned in your undergraduate major to the design, construction, and documentation of a sizable engineering product. We will split the class into teams of 3 or 4, and each team will design and build a unique project. Your project must include the following components:

• Interacting hardware and software.
• The hardware must communicate with the environment (camera, accelerometer, A/D converter, D/A converter, etc).
• The software must have to deal with reactive, real-time situations.
• The project must employ a communications interface either between components of the system, or to another system.

A primary focus of this class is exposing you to the engineering-design practices you will use in industry. In CSE477 you will work in teams on large-scale projects, and you will document your designs at every step in the process. You will conduct preliminary, aka architecture, and final design reviews, both in writing and orally, and you will also review another team's design for correctness. Engineers in industry rarely work alone, and always review each other's designs; indeed, no product ever comes to market without having been reviewed multiple times by other engineers.

You must complete the following to pass the class.

1. A 5-page project proposal
2. An architecture design package, including a parts list
3. An oral presentation of your architecture design
4. A detailed review of another team's architecture design package
5. A final design package
6. An oral presentation of your final design
7. A detailed review of another team's final-design package
8. A 1-page product brochure (web brochure)
9. A laboratory demonstration of your completed project
10. A final report, that includes all your design information

You must post all your written material electronically, in an editable format, on a web page dedicated to your project.

Project web page template

Documentation and Design Review Guidelines