FYP PROGRESS - WEEK 13 & WEEK 14

Title: Submission of the Project Proposal

Basically nothing much in both week. The Project Proposal was submitted to Madam Azliza. After the submission, I continued on how to develop my system. From all the research I’ve made, I was trying to create the system. This log book will be continued on the next semester and it will be about my developing of the system.

Conclusion :

As a conclusion, I am grateful to Allah S.W.T for the strength to complete my 1st FYP. And also thanks to Madam Azliza Bte Mohamad Arshad, which helped me a lot and guiding me to complete the whole task of the FYP1. I really hope this will improve my study and also my knowledge about this project and also improve my current CGPA for this semester. Special THANKS to Madam Azliza for helping me throughout the process.

FYP PROGRESS - WEEK 12

Title : Presentation Day

The presentation started at 2.30 pm at Gemilang Hall.
The assessors that assessed me were DR AIZAT FAIZ B. RAMLI
and MUHYI YAAKOB. Both lecturers are from the Electronics Technology Section. The whole presentation went well.

Figure 1 : Detail of the assessors

Slide Show of Electric Train System Using Microcontroller

FYP PROGRESS - WEEK 11

FLOW CHART OF PROJECT

Figure 1 : Overview flowchart

 Figure 2 : Automatic gate flowchart

  Figure 3: Obstacle Avoidance flowchart

 Figure 4 : Train material and boarding process flowchart

FYP PROGRESS - WEEK 10

Title of activity

- Creating a Microsoft Power Point Presentation Slide for FYP 1 Presentation

- Finalize a Gantt Chart for FYP 1 

Objective

- Create a Power Point Presentation Slide for FYP 1 Presentation to show to my supervisor for verification

- Finalize a Gantt Chart  for FYP 1 

Content

- The Power Point Presentation Slide for FYP 1 Presentation are shown to my supervisor for verification and approved with some modification recommended from my supervisor

-The finalize Gantt Chart for FYP 1 Presentation

FYP PROGRESS - WEEK 9

• Attend the second briefing Final Year Project 1 for degree student.
• The briefing was conducted by Madam Nulida Binti Ab.Aziz and Miss Pusparani at Seminar Room.
• Miss Puspa has briefing about how to write a technical proposal.
• what is technical proposal - document that conceptually defines a propose project and the technical 
• requirements in the context of the approach(methodology), design cost and project schedule.

• The proposal content : 
• abstract
• introduction
• literature review
• methodology

FYP PROGRESS - WEEK 8

Background Study (literature review)

Rail transport in Malaysia comprises heavy rail (including commuter rail), light rapid transit (LRT), monorail, airport rail link and a funicular railway line. Heavy rail is mostly used for intercity passenger and freight transport as well as some urban public transport, while LRTs are used for intra-city urban public transport and some special uses, such as transporting passengers between airport buildings. There are two commuter rail services linking Kuala Lumpur with the Kuala Lumpur International Airport. The sole monorail line in the country is also used for public transport in Kuala Lumpur, while the only funicular railway line is in Penang.

The railway network covers most of the 11 states in Peninsular Malaysia. In East Malaysia, only the state of Sabah has railways. The network is also connected to the Thai railway 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) network in the north. If the Burma Railway is rebuilt, services to Myanmar, India, and China could be initiated.

The intercity railway network in Peninsular Malaysia consists of two main lines: The KTM West Coast Line between Singapore and Padang Besar, Perlis, on the Malaysian-Thai border, and the KTM East Coast Line between Gemas in Negeri Sembilan and Tumpat in Kelantan. There are also several branch lines – between Kuala Lumpur and Port Klang, Batu Junction and Batu Caves, Bukit Mertajam and Butterworth, Tapah Road and Teluk Intan, Kempas and Tanjung Pelepas, Kempas and Pasir Gudang, and between Pasir Mas and Rantau Panjang. The entire 1,699 km network uses 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) metre gauge tracks. The network uses ballasted setup with locally manufactured concrete sleepers. Since the early 1980s, companies formed via international collaboration, such as Mastrak Sdn Bhd had been producing these sleepers via technology transfer.[2][3][4] In the five years period of 1982-1987 alone, it was estimated that about 500,000 pieces of sleepers had been laid for the Kerdau-Jerantut and Sungai Yu-Tumpat lines, giving clear preference due to its advantages over wooden sleepers. This was also evident in the changes made by Sabah State Railway in 2006 for the network under their control.

The network is linked with the Thai railway network at Padang Besar and Rantau Panjang.

A total of 438 km of the network is double track and electrified. They include portions of the West Coast Line between Gemas and Ipoh and the entire Kuala Lumpur-Port Klang branch line as well as the stretch between Kuala Lumpur and Sentul – Batu Caves branch line. The double-track and electrified portions between Kuala Kubu Bharu and Seremban and the Port Klang to Kuala Lumpur branch lines are used as the commuter train services.

Standard type of rail lines in Malaysia

• ·         Airport Rail Link
• ·         Light Rapid Transit (LRT)
• ·         Mass Rapid Transit (MRT)
• ·         Monorail
• ·         Cable Car Rail System (Funicular)

FYP PROGRESS - WEEK 7

OVERVIEW OF METHODOLOGY

Some Journal and References :-

1. Arduino Based Automatic Railway Gate Control and Obstacle Detection System

2. Automatic Train Track Switching System with Computerized Control from the Central Monitoring Unit

3. Journal 3
4. Journal 4

FYP PROGRESS - WEEK 6

Railway electric traction

Railway electric traction describes the various types of locomotive and multiple units that are used on electrification systems around the world.

Railway electrification as a means of traction emerged at the end of the nineteenth century, although experiments in electric rail have been traced back to the mid-nineteenth century.Thomas Davenport, in Brandon, Vermont, erected a circular model railroad on which ran battery-powered locomotives (or locomotives running on battery-powered rails) in 1834. Robert Davidson, of Aberdeen, Scotland, created an electric locomotive in 1839 and ran it on the Edinburgh-Glasgow railway at 4 miles per hour. The earliest electric locomotives tended to be battery-powered. In 1880, Thomas Edison built a small electrical railway, using a dynamo as the motor and the rails as the current-carrying medium. The electric current flowed through the metal rim of otherwise wooden wheels, being picked up via contact brushes.

Electrical traction offered several benefits over the then predominant steam traction, particularly in respect of its quick acceleration (ideal for urban (metro) and suburban (commuter) services) and power (ideal for heavy freight trains through mountainous/hilly sections). A plethora of systems emerged in the first twenty years of the twentieth century.

FYP PROGRESS - WEEK 5

PROBLEM STATEMENT

In Malaysia, as we know, we have many type of train operating in our country such as KTMB, LRT, MONOREL and other. Sadly, the system and the train itself are build or using other country technical expertise where we rely too much to other country in locomotive field. Not just in train manufacturing industry, but also in the train operation system. It also consume to much cost when we using outside expertise for the train’s field and even until now, we still had huge debt with other country for train and railway construction, and in few month before, we signed a new project of railway construction in Malaysia  with the china which cost more than 50 billion ringgit. Thus, with this domination in the locomotive filed by other country it made us thinking about how crucial a locomotive industry that affect our country and has given an idea to implement and review a basic electric train system for studies.

OBJECTIVE OF STUDY

·           To study the electric train traction concept using arduino

·           To observe the auto gate crossing controlling system

·           To learn about train traction operation concept.

FYP PROGRESS - WEEK 4

Title: Research and findings

In this week, Madam Azliza registered my name and the title of the project under her supervision on the FYP website. I should be able to check the application status online once the supervisor approved my application. I have now officially under the supervision of Madam Azliza for my FYP. As my supervisor, Madam Azliza will guide me in the project; recommend approaches, techniques and methods appropriate to achieve the project’s objectives.

A successful project needs to have the right steps and approaches for it to be success. I have came out with a flowchart showing the process and steps that I have to take.

FYP PROGRESS - WEEK 3

Title: Project Titles Confirmation

After much thinking and researching, I have decided to take about train system. After meeting with her and discussing, some amendments have to do to the title. Madam Azliza suggested to do more research about train system concept. She also suggest the system must using the microcontroller.

After meeting, Madam Azliza asked me to come out with my own synopsis for the project to be placed on the FYP website.

The  title for the project :

Development of Electric Train System using Microcontroller.

The synopsis of the project :

•      The project aims in designing a Electric Train System using microcontroller

•      The intelligent device which performs the project is a Microcontroller.

•      The gateway system also will implented in this project

•      The MicroC is loaded with intelligent program written using embedded ‘C’ language.

FYP PROGRESS - WEEK 2

Title: Selecting a supervisor

I decided to search for lecturers that are still available to be the supervisor for FYP.  So, I went to find lecturer that available and I meet Madam Azliza Bte Mohamad Arshad which is the one lecturer of Section of the Electronics Engineering.

After a few discussion with her, I'm proceed with a project which is "Development of Electric Train system using Microcontroller". 

Madam Azliza suggested for me to do some research first before confirming to take the title.

Information of FYP supervisor : 

FYP PROGRESS - WEEK 1

Title : First FYP Briefing

Activity :

The first week basically is about the briefing of the FYP 1. The briefing was conducted in TTL 2 and the attendance of all the student that are taking the FYP 1 was compulsory.

The briefing was conducted by Madam Nulida Bt Ab.Aziz.

• Date      : 5^th Oktober 2016 (Wednesday)
• Time      : 2.00pm – 4.00pm
• Venue    : TTL2

Objective :

• To know the detail about FYP title.
• To determine the requirements needed in FYP.

Content :

In the briefing, the FYP committees have briefed us about :

•  Introduction
• Objectives
•  Credits and duration
• Scope of projects
• Title selection
• Project Assessment
• Presentation day
• Submission date of project

Conclusion :

The students were required to carefully select the title of the project. For degree students, the title must reflect the capability and knowledge of a degree student. Students may select the titles that are offered by lecturers (FYP supervisors) or come out with own ideas.

Welcome To My FYP Blog

Assalamualaikum and salam sejahtera, ,my name is NABIL HARITH BIN MOHD NAJIB. I am a student in Universiti Kuala Lumpur British Malaysian Institute. My course is Bachelor of Engineering Technology (HONS) in Electronics. Now, I'm doing my final project. Basically this blog is about my logbook/progress report on my Final Year Project. My final year projects title is Development of Electric Train System using Microcontroller. All the works or research that I've made will be updated in this blog. 

STUDENT INFO

• Name : Nabil Harith Bin Mohd Najib
• Matric No. : 51211214063
• Course : BET Electronics

You can easily see the progress by clicking the button "Week 1 - Week 14".

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