Week 6: (21/10/13 - 25/10/13)

Project Planing (Gantt Chart)

After coming back from mid semester break, I start planing for my FYP1 and FYP2 by doing a Gantt chart. There are many ways to create a Gantt chart. For example, Microsoft Project, a task-planning program, makes it easy to track and chart project timelines with a built-in Gantt chart view. Another option is to use Excel. However Excel does not contain a built-in Gantt chart format. Therefore I decided to use Microsoft Project to produce my Gantt chart because it is friendly user.

A Gantt chart, commonly used in project management, is one of the most popular and useful ways of showing activities (tasks or events) displayed against time. On the left of the chart is a list of the activities and along the top is a suitable time scale. Each activity is represented by a bar; the position and length of the bar reflects the start date, duration and end date of the activity. This allows me to see at a glance and keep me in track.

On Friday 25/10/13, there was a second FYP1 briefing being held at TTL2. The FYP's committee told us about Proposal Presentation and also Progress Report. For next week I will start on introduction and also block diagram for this project. Here are the links to my Gantt Chart:

• FYP1 Planing
• FYP2 Planing

Week 5: (7/10/13 - 11/10/13)

Confirmation of FYP Title

After several research on Buck-Boost Converter, I came up with an abstract about the project. I went to meet Dr Izhar on last Thursday, and he agreed with my title. On Friday morning, I went to see Madam Nulida to inform her about my new title. Later that evening, my name its officially on FYP page. http://fyp.bmi.unikl.edu.my/ Next week is mid semester break, so on the following week I will start with project planing. 

Name: Mohd Helmi b Ismail

ID: 51210211499

Advisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr Mohd Izhar bin Abu Bakar

Title: A Development of A Simple Buck Boost Converter using PWM

Description:

Fundamentally, there are two common topologies for changing a source voltage to that required by a load. Buck regulation steps down the input voltage, while boost is a voltage step-up topology. Nevertheless, many mobile or battery-powered applications have a need for a third option, the buck-boost. In this case, the input voltage can range from above to below the voltage required by the output load.

In this project, student will be able to create a prototype of Buck Boost Converter using PWM. The prototype will be able to regulate the voltage either to decrease (buck) or increase (boost). This prototype can be useful in charging a battery or in USB application. 

Week 4: (30/9/13 - 4/10/13)

Problem with FYP Title

This week, as I was fear about the rumor, and unfortunately it is true. My friend and I went to meet Madam Nulida on last Monday. As we expected, we have to change our supervisor and even our title. After a short meeting with her, she suggested that we may see Dr Izhar as our new supervisor. She also gave us some time until next week to come up with a new title related to our course under the supervision of Dr Izhar. Dr Izhar is our Deputy Dean and he is from electrical section.

Later that week, on Friday we went to meet Dr Izhar. He was glad to be our new supervisor. He also want us to come up with a new title. I gave him a title about Power Factor Correction. This title is more related to my course. However he wanted me to research on Buck-Boost Converter and come up with an abstract by next week.

Also on this week, we gave a good farewell to Dr Zaki and wish him good luck with two new students that replaced us. For next week I have to do some research about the Buck-Boost Converter also known as Step Up, Step Down Converter.