Final Year Project (UniKL BMI) Solar Panel Control Using Arduino

Title: Submit the complete proposal of FYP 1 Activity: Complete all chapter 1,2 and 3 of the proposal submit the proposal to the supervisor, madam punitha Objective: To complete the requirement of the FYP 1 subject To finish all the chapter from 1 until 3 of the FYP 1  Content: Result: The proposal of FYP 1 was submitted to my supervisor Conclusion: The requirement of the FYP 1 has been complete The proposal is made based on the research that I have done throughout the previous weeks This log book will be continued on the next semester and it will be about my developing of the system.

Title: Research on others information about the project for chapter 3 activity: Do continuing research to improve the project design Start find the components of the project Finish the chapter 3 Objective: To complete the chapter 3 To start design the project prototype To select the right components Content/Procedure: select the information from the 4 journals that suitable for the project finish and complete the chapter 3 improve the proposal of the project before submit to supervisor Result and Analysis: Gantt chart Components Circuit Diagram Arduino and motor Conclusion: All the chapter 1,2 was finished before but the chapter 3 is still on research.The information  will be repaired from time to time because it is still on the first stage of research.

Title: Presentation day Activity: Prepare the slide presentation and start completing FYP proposal report.  Date    : 7th June 2017 (Wednesday) Time   : 2.00pm - 5.30pm Venue : Gemilang Hall Objective: To present the purpose of the FYP project  Content / Procedure: Accessor: Result and Analysis: The Final Year Project presentation was conducted at Dewan Gemilang British Malaysian Institute at 2pm to 5pm. For the proposal i have already done for chapter 1 and chapter 2 for the chapter 3 still ongoing and also will do a research to add more information for the proposal that I've been working on. Conclusion: Proceeding to the next chapter everything went well for the presentation. After the presentation is time to prepare the report.

Title: Final FYP 1 Briefing Activity: The briefing was conducted by  Dr. Siti Marwangi binti Mohamad Maharum The attendance are compulsory to all who are taking FYP 1 o   Date      : 31st MAY 2017  o   Time      : 3.00pm – 5.00pm o   Venue    : TTL2 Objective: To know detail about FYP 1 Assessment Schemes and FYP 1 Submission Process Content /Procedure: In the briefing : FYP 1 Assessment Scheme Presentation Day Progress Report Submission Proposal Report Submission Result and Analysis: This briefing is focusing on the FYP 1 Assessment Schemes and FYP 1 Submission Process presented by Dr. Siti Marwangi binti Mohamad Maharum. At the end of this workshop, students will be able to: know about FYP 1 Assessment Scheme  know the situation on the presentation day progress report submission proposal r...

Title: Preparing for FYP 1 presentation Activity: Preparing the slides of FYP projects Understanding the project more before the presentation Content/Procedure: The content of the slide are Introduction, Objectives, Problem statement, Scope and limitation, Literature review, Methodology and Expected outcome The slide also shows the flowchart and block diagram Put the References and Conclusion at the end of the slides Result and Analysis: The slide that i have prepared

Title; 4th FYP 1 Briefing Activity: The briefing was conducted by     Dr. Mohammed Reyasudin Basir Khan The attendance are compulsory to all who are taking FYP 1 o   Date      : 19th MAY 2017  o   Time      : 3.00pm – 5.00pm o   Venue    : TTL2 Objective: To know more details about the presentation day Content/procedure : In the briefing : How to defend your proposal like professional? Technical depth To defend your final year project work Comply with Bachelor or Diploma Standard Achievable within FYP timeframe Analysis: This briefing is focusing on workshop for Presentation Skills for Project Proposal Presentation presented by Dr. Mohammed Reyasudin Basir Khan At the end of this workshop, students will be able to: Give the assessor a sense of what the idea/work is Make them want to know more...

Title: Block Diagram and Flowchart of the project Activity: Plan and Sketch the flowchart of the project Try make the draft the block diagram of the project Objective: To understand the function of the project  To get the information about the solar panel using arduino Content/Procedure: Do initial planning about the project flow based on the objective of this project Divide the process of system that happened in the project Result and analysis: flowchart block diagram Conclusion: Proceeding to find the components and others journals that can related into this project

Title: Recognize and select the type of solar panel for the project Activity: Find the information about the type of solar panels Select the type of solar panel that want to put into the project Objective: To get more information about the solar panel To understand which solar panel is more efficiency and lower cost  Content and Procedure: list out the information about the type solar panel do research about the efficiency  list out the advantages from type of solar panel  Result and Analysis: There are 3 types of solar panel found The solar panels have different efficiency Thin film solar cell poly crystalline silicon solar cell mono crystalline solar cell      mono crystalline                               poly crystalline                         thin film Sunn...

Title: Objective and Scope of the project. Activity : List the objective and scope of the project Write draft about the objective and explain it more detail Content/Procedure: List all the problem statement of the project and explain it more detail Find the way and plan to solve the problem of the project Result and Analysis: Objective: To design the project that can be easily detect the light To save many there is no need to paid for the energy  To create a project that can be used in home to power the appliance using solar power Scope: focused to design and build the prototype of solar tracking system. applied to generate power from solar energy to the electricity. Conclusion: Proceeding research on the literature review

Title: ContrnThird FYP 1 Briefing Activity: The briefing was conducted by   Dr. Imran Mohamad Sofi The attendance are compulsory to all who are taking FYP 1 o   Date      : 12th APRIL 2017  o   Time      : 3.00pm – 5.00pm o   Venue    : TTL 2 Objective: To get the information and understanding about  Methodology and Results & Discussion Writing for FYP Report Content /Prosedure: In the briefing : Workshop slides on chapter 3 and chapter 4 what is Research? How many type of research? What is Methodology? What is Result and Discussion? How to write chapter 3 How to write chapter 4 Result and Analysis: This briefing is focusing on workshop for Methodology and Results & Discussion Writing for FYP Report presented by Dr. Imran Mohamad Sofi At the end of this workshop, students will be able to: know ...

Title: Introduction of chapter 1 Activity: From the research,find the information about the problem statement of this project. Objective: To understand what requirement of the project To make sure the problem statement of the project Content/Procedure: Standard outline in this chapter: 1.1 Background of the Project 1.2 Problem Statement 1.3 Objectives of the Project 1.4 Significance of the Project 1.5 Scopes and Limitations of the Project 1.6 Chapter Summary Result and Analysis: Background of the project explain about the history of the solar panel Solar panels are used to  generating electricity and power throughout the world. The earliest solar cells and panels that were created were extremely wasteful  and the energy conversation received from the sun stood under 1% The three American researchers Gerald Pearson, Calvin Fuller and Daryl Chapin were able to create a solar panel that could the had the efficiency level o...

Title:  2nd FYP 1 briefing Activity:   The briefing was conducted by Madam  SITI MARWANGI BINTI MOHAMAD        MAHARUM The attendance are compulsory to all who are taking FYP 1 o   Date      : 29th March 2017  o   Time      : 3.00pm – 5.00pm o   Venue    : TTL2 Objective: To know the detail in Introduction and Literature Review Writing for FYP 1 Technical Proposal Content/Procedure: In the briefing : Workshop slides on chapter 1 and chapter 2 what is technical proposal writing How to write chapter 1 How to write chapter 2 Break the final report in several chapter Result and Analysis: This briefing is focusing on workshop for Introduction and Literature Review Writing for FYP 1 Technical Proposal presented by Dr. Siti Marwangi binti Mohamad Maharum. Conclusion: In the week 6,the ...

Title: Research and Findings Activity: Find the information of solar energy and solar panel Objective: To get the information about solar energy To understand the function of solar panel Content/Procedure: Find the journals about the solar energy and solar panel Highlight the information in the journals Start doing the concept of the solar panel project based on the information Results and Analysis: For my FYP 1 project ,i refer to the two journals to get some information and idea before show to the my supervisor [1] Kaur, T., Mahajan, S., Verma, S., P., & Gambhir, J. (2016). Arduino based low cost active dual axis solar tracker. 2016 IEEE 1st International Conference on Power Electronics, Intelligent Control and Energy Systems (ICPEICES), pp.1-5. [2] Zolkapli, M., Al-Junid, S. A., Othman, Z., Manut, A., & Zulkifli, M. A. (2013). High-efficiency dual-axis solar tracking developement using Arduino. 2013 International Conference on Techn...

Title: The first FYP 1 Briefing Activity: The First FYP 1 Breifing The briefing was conducted by Madam SITI MARWANGI BINTI MOHAMAD MAHARUM The attendance are compulsory to all who are taking the FYP 1 Date  : 17 March 2017    Time :3.00 pm -5.00 pm Venue : TTL2 Objective: To know details about the requirement needed in FYP 1 Content / Procedure: The FYP committees had implemented a new attendance scheme using scan code in which the attendance can be monitored by the supervisor from the FYP database. In the Briefing: ·           Introduction ·           Objectives ·           Credits and duration ·           Scope of projects ·           Title selection ·         ...

Title: Project Title Confirmation Activity: The confirmation of the project The selection of the method that used in the project Objective: To get the title confirmation  of the project To select the method that used in the project Content/Procedure: Meeting with the supervisor to confirm the project title Show the supervisor the title of the project " solar panel using arduino" Result and Analysis: Officially my FYP title project was confirmed as "Solar Panel Using Arduino" The title was added at website "fyp.bmi.unikl.edu.my" For this project ,my supervisor suggest me to use solar energy as renewable energy Renewable energy  is energy that is collected from  renewable resources , which are naturally replenished on a  human timescale , such as  sunlight ,  wind ,  rain ,  tides ,  waves , and  geothermal hea t solar panel Solar energy  is radiant light and heat from the  Sun  ...

Title: Project title Activity: Show the information about the project title to the supervisor Attend for the second meeting with the supervisor Objective: Talk and discuss the idea of the project to the supervisor Content/Procedure: Meeting with the supervisor to ask about the idea of the project that have been found in the internet Discuss about the FYP blog on detail Result and Analysis: My supervisor suggested the idea of the project to use the stepper motor and solar panel Show the information about the FYP project that have been selected Show the coding of the  project circuit   Conclusion: During the second weeks meeting,I can conclude that the meeting was successfully done and got some feedback from my supervisor about the FYP project.

INTRODUCTION My name is Muhammad Fitri bin Ibrahim . I am a student in University Kuala Lumpur British Malaysia Institute . My course is Bachelor of Engineering Technology(HONS) in Electrical .Basically this blog is about my logbook/progress report on my Final Year Project.All the works or research that i have made will be updated in this blog. You can easily see he progress by clicking the button "week 1- week 14". Thank you for visiting my blog.

Title: Supervisor for FYP 1 and FYP 2 Activity:  select and meet the supervisor Objective: Select and meet the supervisor to get some advice and suggestion about the project title. Content/Procedure: Find the supervisor and discuss about the FYP 1 title Give the title of the project to the  supervisor for approval and comformation Meeting with the supervisor next week with the project title and its information Result and Analysis: Pn. Punithavathi D/O Thirunavakkarasu from Communication Engineering Department was selected as my supervisor The title of the project must be related to the renewable energy as suggested by my supervisor Conclusion: In my conclusion, the objective to meet and select the supervisor for the FYP 1 was successfully done .From the meeting,my supervisor want to know some information of the project that been suggested to her. Candidate info as follow: MUHAMMAD FITRI BIN IBRAHIM 51211114249