Your FDR’s should include most of these items (not necessarily but mostly in this order). Take a look at some of the examples of good final design reports posted.
Cover Page: – Project title, group name and names of group members
Table of Contents:
Introduction/Project Summary (Abstract): – Give a summary of what your project is about. Also give motivation why your project is necessary or needed. Project introduction needs to show an ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors.
Project Features/Objectives: – Explain all the features that your project has and/or what objectives or requirements it meets.
Competitive Products: – Optional, Briefly show what else is out there, if anything, that solves the same problems your project does.
Concept/Technology Selection: – Describe why you chose to implement your project in the way that you are. Describe the concepts and technologies that you used and explain why you didn’t choose other concepts or technologies.
Project Architecture: – A high level description of how the parts in your project work together.
Hardware/Software – Selection:
Design Procedure Used: – Explain how you came up with your current design such that if someone of similar background (i.e. another EE) could follow your design to make the same project.
Flowcharts & Diagrams: – Include flowcharts and diagrams to help you explain how you realized your features and obtained your objectives in both hardware and software.
Obstacles overcome: Describe the necessary re-engineering, engineering fixes and software changes you had to do to make your project work after your boards were fabricated. Show your detective skills and ability to adapt in an engineering effort. Show your ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.
User Manual (if necessary) – Explain how to use your device in a few paragraphs
Bill of Materials (BOM):– Include a list of the materials you used and the price of those materials. If a product if being made then develop a business case.
Clear Identification of who did what in the project, (if this is a two person project)
Gantt Chart/Project Schedule – Include a Gantt Chart or project schedule that shows the major and mid-level steps you took to complete your project. For more info on Gantt Charts, see ganttchart.com (Links to an external site.). (Links to an external site.)
Collaboration with your consulting partner. How did you help each other? For semesters with two person teams, discuss your ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives
Appendices – Include simulations, experimental setups and any other information important to your project but too cumbersome to be presented in main body of the report. Do not include code.
Your FDR’s should include most of these items (not necessarily but mostly in this order). Take a look at some of the examples of good final design reports posted.
Cover Page: – Project title, group name and names of group members Table of Contents:
Collaboration with your consulting partner. How did you help each other? For semesters with two person teams, discuss your ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives