Week 12

      Meeting Purpose: Allocated Architecture

Meeting Date: 26/4/2021(Monday)

Meeting Time: 9 P.M

Meeting Location: MS Teams Platform

Meeting Facilitator: Muhammad Nasir bin Aziz

Attendees: Mohamad Saifullah bin Zolkefly, Muhammad Firdaus bin Khalid

Decision Made:

Figure 1: Allocated architecture

Discussion:

Figure 1 shows the allocated architecture, the process for automatic bottle filling machine can be seen through this figure. F which means function indicates the function on the Physical found in the project. Starting from the machine is turned on at F1 with a power supply and ending with data monitoring on the Cloud.

 

Conclusion:

The combination of Functional Architecture and Allocated Architecture is closely related in producing allocated architecture.

Updated by: Muhammad Nasir bin Aziz

Week 11

Meeting Purpose: Type of architecture framework

Meeting Date: 19/4/2021 (Monday)

Meeting Time: 9 P.M

Meeting Location: MS Teams Platform

Meeting Facilitator: Muhammad Nasir bin Aziz

Attendees: Mohamad Saifullah bin Zolkefly, Muhammad Firdaus bin Khalid

Decision Made:

Functional Architecture

        The functional architecture is performed mainly at the start of the systems engineering project effort. It describes the functions, or actions, that must be performed while completing the system’s objective or mission.

 

Figure 1: Functional Architecture

 

Physical Architecture

        Physical architecture is the actual system components and subsystems are developed. These are typically in a physical block diagram that shows the actual components that make up the system. The components may also be grouped together that make up the subsystem. The subsystems may also be grouped together to make up the system.

 

Figure 2: Physical Architecture

 

Allocated Architecture

Figure 3: Allocated Architecture

Discussion:

Figure 3 show where the functions and physical architectures merge, in order to determine if we have all the functions and physical components properly allocated. This is a simple accounting of which functions are performed by which components within the system.

Conclusion: We know how to design the architecture framework by using functional, physical, and allocated.

Updated by: Muhammad Nasir bin Aziz

Week 10

 FLOWCHART OF THE PROJECT

Meeting Purpose:         To produce a flowchart for the automatic bottle filling machine
Meeting Date:               7/4/2021 (Wednesday)
Meeting Time:              9 P.M

Meeting Location:        MS Teams Platform

Meeting Facilitator:     Mohamad Saifullah bin Zolkefly

Attendees:                     Muhammad Firdaus bin Khaled, Muhammad Nasir bin Aziz.

Decision Made:

 1. Flowchart:

Figure 1: Project flowchart.

Discussion:

    Figure 1 shows the finalized version of the flowchart used in this project. The flowchart is basically on the running operation for the filling machine. The process begins when the machine is turned on by the users or operator. MCU then starts to execute the machine programs by turn on the DC motor for moving the conveyor. At this stage, operators can start placing the empty bottle or monitoring and fix the position of the bottle nicely before entering the filling section. If the bottle has reached in front of the IR sensor then the sensor going to send the signal to the MCU for turning off the conveyor. The filling process begins when MCU turns on the water pump for 5 seconds and then turns off back. The timers are not a constant parameter for this project since it just an example taken for 500 ml bottles. If there are bigger bottles used, therefore the timers need to adjust a little bit by increasing the filling times. In other words, the timers used in this project are adjustable for the multipurpose filling process. After the filling process is done, MCU going to turn on back the conveyor motor for the next operation. During the movements, if the bottles reached in front of the second IR sensor, then the completed filling process is count. The counting data then being transfer to the Arduino IoT Cloud based which is in the Blynk. The supervisor can monitor the counting yield in the Blynk platform either on the smartphone or the computer.

Conclusion:

In the conclusion, the outcome we get is able to finalize the project flowchart. The flowchart consists of multiple input and output processes for the filling machine operation. 

Updated by: Mohamad Saifullah bin Zolkefly

Week 9

 CONTEXT DIAGRAM OF THE PROJECT

Meeting Purpose:         To produce a context diagram for the bottle filling machine
Meeting Date:               31/3/2021 (Wednesday)
Meeting Time:              9 P.M

Meeting Location:        MS Teams Platform

Meeting Facilitator:     Mohamad Saifullah bin Zolkefly

Attendees:                     Muhammad Firdaus bin Khaled, Muhammad Nasir bin Aziz.

Decision Made:

1. Types of Actors involve

        - For certain operations, there are several actors involved. The actor is basically a human being who is responsible for a specific task. In this project, there are 3 actors involve which consist of the operator, supervisor, and maintainer. All of these 3 actors performing their designated roles which been stated in their job description.

2. Types of Entities involve

        - The entities consist of an object that involves in this project. These entities consist of mechanical parts such as the conveyor motor and water pump. 

3. Context Diagram

Figure 1: Project context diagram.

Discussion:

    Figure 1 shows the finalized version of the context diagram used in this project. The actors consist of the operator which responsible for bottle placement onto the conveyor, the maintainer which responsible for maintaining the machine in good condition, and the supervisor who is responsible for monitoring yield for documentation purposes. The energy source uses is electrical energy for operating the MCU, sensors, and other mechanical parts. For MCU operation, the required operating signal is coming from the IR sensors which are used to sense the bottle's presents and then being processed by the MCU to produce outputs process in form of controlling the conveyor motor and the water pump.

Conclusion:

In the conclusion, the outcome we get is able to finalize the project context diagram as well as gain our basic knowledge about producing the context diagram.

Updated by: Mohamad Saifullah bin Zolkefly