Project Elements :: Waddon

From Grahamsoft Labs

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• Abstract (as pdf doc) N/C
• Acknowledgements (as pdf doc) N/C

• Glossary
• Table of Contents

Contents 1 Chapter 1 - Introduction 2 Chapter 2 - Background Research 3 Chapter 3 - Method 4 Chapter 4 - Requirements Analysis 5 Chapter 5 - Design Specification 6 Chapter 7 - Implementation 7 Chapter 8 - Testing 8 Chapter 9 - Evaluation 9 Chapter 10 - Conclusion 10 Non-Chaptered 11 Appendices

[edit] Chapter 1 - Introduction

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• Introduction
• Background
• Purpose
• Objectives

[edit] Chapter 2 - Background Research

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• Introduction
• The Principals of Control Finished
• Control Technolgogies: The Microcontroller Finished
• Control Products: Lego Mindstorm Finished
• Types of Sensors Finished
• Abstraction Finished
• Routing for the Railways Finished
• Routing in Computing Needs Completing
• Summary

[edit] Chapter 3 - Method

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• Development Tools
• Choice of Programming Language
• Chosen Software Process Model
• Design Approach
• Developer Best Practice

[edit] Chapter 4 - Requirements Analysis

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• The Requirements method
• Elicitation from End Users
• Elicitation from Pre-existing technologies
• Creation of test specification

[edit] Chapter 5 - Design Specification

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• The Demo Layout
• Train Movement
• Train Positions
• Communications
• Managing Points
• Managing Signals
• Managing Opto Switches
• Selecting a Microcontroller
• Block Controller
• Software Design
• Operator Control

[edit] Chapter 7 - Implementation

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• Overview
• Implementation Issues

[edit] Chapter 8 - Testing

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• Overview
• Unit Testing
• Integration Testing
• Black Box Testing
• Strategy
• Defects
• Post Mortem

[edit] Chapter 9 - Evaluation

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• Evaluation of Process
  • Background Research Evaluation
  • Design Evaluation
  • Implementation Evaluation
  • Project Plan & Timeline
• Evaluation of Professionalism
• Further Developments

[edit] Chapter 10 - Conclusion

• Conclusion (as pdf doc)

[edit] Non-Chaptered

• Bibliography

[edit] Appendices

• Appendix A: Software Process Models (as pdf doc) First Draft Complete. Requires P. Knaggs inspection.
• Appendix B: Requirements Document (as pdf doc) First Draft Complete. Requires P. Knaggs inspection.
• Appendix C: Design Specification
  • System Wide
    • High Level Design‎ Dataflow Diagram
    • Track Block Layout
    • Communications Protocol
  • Block Controller
    • High Level Design‎ Dataflow Diagram
    • Pin Assignment
    • Schematic Diagram
    • Movement Routines Flow Diagram (as pdf doc)
    • Receive Communications Flow Diagram (as pdf doc)
    • Send Communications Flow Diagram (as pdf doc)
• Appendix D: Test Results (as pdf doc) First Draft Complete. Requires P. Knaggs inspection.
• Appendix E: Project Plans
• Appendix F: Project Diary (as pdf doc) First Draft Complete.
• Appendix G: CD Contents