FYP 2 Week 14

This week is the presentation day. My assessors were Dr. Haji Zainudin Kornain and Mdm. Izanoordina Bte. Ahmad. I was calm at first but getting more nervous because the assessors were arriving late. I think I did good in the presentation even though I can't answer a few questions from Dr. Haji Zainudin. I managed to speak in English even though the assessors were talking in Bahasa Malaysia. Although I didn't get the top 20 FYP, I still feel relief because the long awaited day had come and passed and I did my best and I accept whatever outcome that I deserve. For now, I have to actually finish the report for the FYP. Alhamdulillah, a weight has been lifted off my shoulder.

FYP 2 Week 13

This week, I still trying to learn how to do Fritzing but I still don't have enough time to absorb it all. In the end I accepted that my circuit doesn't work on PCB board and I have to present my project on breadboard. At least my project does work. Moving on, this week I managed to print out the poster for my presentation day next week.

FYP 2 Week 12

This week I still continue my etching work. Since I lack experience in etching, it's difficult for me to do it. I have to do my etching twice to make sure the PCB board has my circuit layout from Fritzing clearly. My mistake was I didn't choose the thick wiring for the layout on Fritzing. I only chose the standard wiring, so when I tried to soak the PCB board with acid, the wiring line became too thin and vanished. So I have to redo the etching process again. This time I managed to etch properly.

In the end the circuit constructed on PCB doesn't function because I made some mistakes on the Fritzing layout. I had to present my project on breadboard because I don't have enough time to do the layout on Fritzing again (I still lack the understanding to do the Fritzing). But I still feel relief because my circuit still works as I expected to.

FYP 2 Week 11

Since I managed to make the circuit work on breadboard, I attempted to construct the circuit on the PCB board using the etching method. First I used the easy-to-use etching software, Fritzing. It is easy to understand for beginners who have never done etching and it is also a free software.

After attempting to do the schematic but still failed to do the wiring, my friend helped me to do this. Here is the result: