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LOG BOOK
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FINAL YEAR PROJECT PROGRESS REPORT

PROJECT TITLE

Development of Lego Sorting Machine Prototype

KHAIRUNISA NAJWA BINTI ZAHIRUDDIN

IC NO: 960930105502
STUDENT ID: 2017806836

SEMESTER 07 SESSION 2019 - 2020

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FINAL YEAR PROJECT

BACHELOR ENGINEERING (HONS) MECHANICAL

STUDENT INFORMATION

Semester/Session: 7/2019

Student Name: KHAIRUNISA NAJWA BINTI ZAHIRUDDIN

UiTM ID. : 2017806836 IC No. : 960930105502

Email : [email protected] No Tel/HP : 013-7545483

Hostel Address : ML-4A-06-24 (A), Kolej Melati

Project Title:

Development of Lego Sorting Machine Prototype

Supervisor(s):

Dr. Nursalbiah Nasir

019 – 278 0034

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MEETING DATE BETWEEN STUDENT AND SUPERVISOR

Freq. Week Meeting Date Summary of Discussion Supervisor

Signature
Discussion on project title
1 2 19/09/2019

Finalize the project title and project summary

2 4 27/09/2019

Discussion on introduction and literature

3 6 11/10/2019 review

Update progress of the proposal

4 9 6/11/2019

Review the draft proposal

5 11 18/11/2019

Submission of proposal
6 12 29/11/2019

Mock presentation
7 13 5/12/2019

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The first week basically is about the briefing of the Final Year Project (FYP) 1. The briefing was
conducted in DKB and the attendance of all the student that are taking the FYP 1 was compulsory.
The briefing was conducted by the FYP1 Coordinator.

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

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.
Title Registration
(W1 – W4)

FYP 1 Briefing (Today)

(W3)

FYP 1 Research workshop

(W4 – W11)

Submission of project monitoring form and FYP 1 proposal

(W12)

FYP 1 Presentation
(W13)

Logbook submission to supervisor

(W14)

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Title: Surveying Topics

As was briefed, students may choose the titles that are offered by lecturers (FYP supervisors) or come
out with own ideas. After doing some thinking, I decided to go for titles that are offered. The titles that
are offered can be seen at the ilearn student portal. I read through the list of the titles and each
synopsis of the project so that I can understand the requirement and criteria needed to complete the
project.

So I went to meet one of the lecturer which is Dr Nursalbiah Nasir. Dr. Nursalbiah showed me the
tittles that can be taken under her supervision. I was interested in one of the title which is “Lego
Sorting Machine”. Dr Nursalbiah suggested for me to do some research first before confirming to take
the title.

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26/09/2019

Title: Project titles confirmation

After the meeting with Dr. Nursalbiah, I made some basic research about the tittle. I felt that with
enough research and knowledge, I can complete this project. Dr. Nursalbiah would be a great
supervisor based on his wide knowledge about engineering.

After much thinking and researching, I have decided to take Dr Nursalbiah’s title. My supervisor
suggested that the Lego Sorting Machine should sort into colour and size. She also suggested that the
machine is made to be portable.

After meeting, Dr NurSalbiah asked me to come out with my own synopsis for the project to be placed
on the FYP 1 form.

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The title for the project:
Development of Lego Sorting Machine Prototype

The synopsis of the project:

The goal of this project is to develop a portable automatic prototype system to separate sizes and sort
the colour of LEGO pieces. LEGO Sorting Machine is a fully automated sorting machine made up of
simple parts that are easily replaceable. In this study, the prototype will automatically start and begin
sorting randomized LEGO bricks that will be put on the conveyor. The object will be defined by
determining color of the LEGO bricks while the system will figure out which location the bricks
should be located. With the Arduino as a controller for the system, a manually put the object which is
the LEGO brick will be determined by the machine to take them to designated bins with the use of
colour sensor. There are five locations at the designated bins; four prime colour (green, yellow, red,
blue) and one for other colours. By using this colour sensor in conjunction with the microcontroller,
sorting LEGO brick would be quick and efficient the decision will be made by servo motor.

Lego is also
being use in the
education field,
so it is time taken
to sort

Why we need
Lego Sorting
Machine
Currently, there is Sorting by
only manual manual can
sorter in the produces error by
market which mixing up the
only sort size colours

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Title: Research and findings

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

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Title: Research and findings

In this week I’m continuing my research about the controller board that I want to use for my project.
The relation to this study is to determine the suitable controller boards used for Lego Sorting Machine.

Arduino is a microcontroller, with no interpreter, no operating system and no firmware. Only control
electronic component. Thus, suitable to control motor, sensor and hardware directly. Simple robotic
project is suitable using the Arduino such as Bluetooth controlled toy car.

Raspberry Pi on the other hand is a microprocessor. Also known as Single Board Computer (SBC),
and are good at processing. Like camera or video, complex math or graphic interfaces are more to its
advantages. Simple robotic project is suitable using the Arduino such as Bluetooth controlled toy car
with webcam that livestream to twitch.

Discussion:
All of the controller boards investigated have their own advantages and purposes. Different boards are
used for different application. Arduino is somehow considered the most suitable board to be used as it
has the overall criteria on building the Lego Sorting Machine.

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Title: Research and findings

I made some basic research about the title and I felt interesting to complete this project. Programming
is the important thing in my project because Arduino UNO need to program by using C/C++
programming language.

The history about C language

 The C programming language is a structure oriented programming language, developed at Bell
Laboratories in 1972 by Dennis Ritchie
 C programming language features were derived from an earlier language called “B” (Basic
Combined Programming Language – BCPL)
 C language was invented for implementing UNIX operating system
 In 1978, Dennis Ritchie and Brian Kernighan published the first edition “The C Programming
Language” and commonly known as K&R C
 In 1983, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) established a committee to provide
a modern, comprehensive definition of C. The resulting definition, the ANSI standard, or
“ANSI C”, was completed late 198
What is an Arduino?
Arduino is an open-source platform used for building electronics projects. Arduino consists of both a
physical programmable circuit board (often referred to as a microcontroller) and a piece of software,
or IDE (Integrated Development Environment) that runs on your computer, used to write and upload
computer code to the physical board. The Arduino platform has become quite popular with people just
starting out with electronics, and for good reason. Unlike most previous programmable circuit boards,
the Arduino does not need a separate piece of hardware (called a programmer) in order to load new
code onto the board – you can simply use a USB cable. Additionally, the Arduino IDE uses a
simplified version of C++, making it easier to learn to program. Finally, Arduino provides a standard
form factor that breaks out the functions of the microcontroller into a more accessible package.

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Title: Learn about Arduino and C language 

In this week I’m continuing my research about C programming language to use in Arduino UNO. This
time the research is going into learn about basic introduction in C language, flow control, function,
array and structure & file. In programming, functions and flow control is very important to write the
code.  I also need to take a long time to study this part. As mentioned, it’s a good language to start
learning programming. If you know C programming, you will not just understand how your program
works, but you will also be able to create a mental picture on how a computer works. Programming is
a very fun and interesting to learn!

Download Arduino Software

Firstly, you need to download the Arduino Software package for your operating system from
the Arduino download page. When you’ve downloaded and opened the application you should see
something like this:

Arduino Software

This is where you type the code you want to compile and send to the Arduino board.

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The Initial Setup

We need to setup the environment to Tools menu and select Board.
Tools Menu > Board
Then select the type of Arduino you want to program, in our case it’s the Arduino Uno.

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The Code
The code you write for your Arduino are known as sketches. They are written in C++.
Every sketch needs two void type functions, setup() and loop(). A void type function doesn’t return
any value.
The setup() method is ran once at the just after the Arduino is powered up and the loop() method is ran
continuously afterwards. The setup() is where you want to do any initialisation steps, and in loop() you
want to run the code you want to run over and over again.

Simple code for LED blinking

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Title: Learn about colour sensor TCS3200 

In this week I’m continuing my research about the type of colour sensor that will be use in the Lego
Sorting Machine. The sensor is use to detect the colour of the Lego so that the servo can make its
decision.

How does the TCS3200 sensor work?

The TCS3200 has an array of photodiodes with 4 different filters. A photodiode is simply a
semiconductor device that converts light into current. The sensor has:
 16 photodiodes with red filter – sensitive to red wavelength
 16 photodiodes with green filter – sensitive to green wavelength
 16 photodiodes with blue filter – sensitive to blue wavelength
 16 photodiodes without filter
If you take a closer look at the TCS3200 chip you can see the different filters.

By selectively choosing the photodiode filter’s readings, you’re able to detect the intensity of the
different colours. The sensor has a current-to-frequency converter that converts the photodiodes’
readings into a square wave with a frequency that is proportional to the light intensity of the chosen
colour. This frequency is then, read by the Arduino – this is shown in the figure below.

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Title: Research and findings

My literature review includes to study the type of sorting machine available in the market, to study on
the mechanism that will be used in the machine and to study the suitable material that will be use in
the machine. The literature review goes on with some articles and books below:

[1] C. Z. and K. S. Suslick, “Colorimetric Sensor Array for Soft Drink Analysis Journal of
Agricultural and Food Chemistry,” Color. Sens. Array Soft Drink Anal., 2006.
[2] A. Pacquit et al., “Development of a smart packaging for the monitoring of fish spoilage,”
Food Chem., vol. 102, no. 2, pp. 466–470, 2007.
[3] J. V. P.-R. et Al., “Sensors Free Full-Text Investigations of Bread Production with Postponed
Staling Applying Instrumental Measurements of Bread Crumb Color HTML,” Investig. bread
Prod. with postponed staling Appl. Instrum. Meas. bread crumb Color, vol. 9, pp. 8613–8623,
2009.
[4] A. A. Lins, J. M. de Oliveira, J. J. P. C. Rodrigues, and V. H. C. de Albuquerque, “Robot-
assisted therapy for rehabilitation of children with cerebral palsy - A complementary and
alternative approach,” Comput. Human Behav., vol. 100, pp. 152–167, 2019.
[5] V. M. Ramesh, “Spatial abilities in early childhood,” Proc. - Front. Educ. Conf. FIE, vol. 2018-
Octob, pp. 1–7, 2019.
[6] L. C. Goudet, “M&M’s® Color Sorter,” 2009.
[7] M. A. Nuño-Maganda et al., “Automated Inspection and Grading of Vegetables Using
Multisorting System Based on Embedded Platform,” Electron. Publ., vol. 4, no. 6, pp. 29–39,
2015.
[8] A. H. Amer Eissa and A. A. Abdel Khalik, “Understanding Color Image Processing by
Machine Vision for Biological Materials,” Struct. Funct. Food Eng., 2012.
[9] M. Firdaus and B. Mohd, “Mango ( Harum Manis ) Quality Grading System,” 2014.
[10] N. D. King, “Super Speedy Serial Skittle Sorter,” 2014.

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Title: Design concept

In this week I come out with 3 design concepts to be selected for the final concept. I also do the
Product Design Specification (PDS). The product design specification (PDS) is a document created
during the problem definition activity very early in the design process. It details the requirements that
must be met in order for the product or process to be successful. The document lays the groundwork
for all engineering design activities and ensures that all relevant factors are accounted for and all
stakeholders are heard from. A typical PDS includes the following information:

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Title: Design Concept

Morphological chart
Morphological analysis is a method for representing and exploring all the relationship in
multidimensional problems. It is also a way of creating new forms. Morphological method have been
recorded in science as a way to enumerate and investigate solution alternative.

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Morphological chart

Based on the concept selection above, I have applied all on each of the design concept. Every sub-
function concept selection have to be justify why it has been chosen. I also briefly describe each of the
design concept mechanism.

Pugh chart
A Pugh chart is a quantitative technique used to rank the multi-dimensional options of an option set.
And most importantly, it is not weighted to allow a quick selection process. It is named after Stuart
Pugh who was a professor and head of the design division at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow.

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After doing the pugh chart. The cconcept selsction can be justify. Below is the justification on why I
choose concept 3.
Based on the final net score calculated, concept 1 come out with 8 net score, concept 2 with 4
net score, concept 3 with 10 net score. Hence, the best concept compared to other is concept 3 with 10
net score.
In term of cost, concept 3 is quite expensive compared to the datum because concept 3 is using
Arduino mechanism to make it fully automatic. In term of run time, concept 3 is better than the datum
because it is fully automatic and uses conveyor while the datum need to sort manually. Thus, the run
time of sorting the LEGO bricks of concept 3 is faster compared to the datum.
The next criteria is weight. The weight of concept 3 is higher than the weight of datum because
it is using gear and belt for the mechanism to make it even more efficient. Thus, the weight also
increase. Concept 3 also equipped with several bins for the colour sorting, so the weight also increase.
In the term of size, concept 3 is approximately same with the datum.
For the criteria of safety, concept 3 is much more safety than the datum because the
mechanism of the machine is placed inside the body. It is safe for children used. Concept 3 is easy to
use because it is fully automatic. Next, in the criteria of effectiveness, concept 3 is quite better than the
benchmark because concept 3 can sort size and colours while the benchmark only focus on the size.
In the term of aesthetics, concept 3 is better than the datum because concept 3 is fully covered
mechanism, so it is safer for the user. Hence, concept 1 has better aesthetics value than the datum.
Other than that, in the term of comfortability, concept 3 is better than the benchmark because
concept 3 is an automatic LEGO sorting machine, so it will be easier for the user. Besides, in the term
of maintenance, concept 3 is better than the benchmark because the maintenance in concept 3 can be
done by opening the perspex at the front of the machine. So maintenance work such as changing the
battery can be done easily.
In the next criteria which is portable, concept 3 and the benchmark has the same score because
both machine is portable. Next, in the criteria of fabrication difficulty, concept 3 is quite difficult to be
fabricated compared to the datum because concept 3 is more complicated. Concept 3 has to use
Arduino, colour sensor and belts and gears while the benchmark is fully manual. So concept 3 is
harder to be fabricated compared to the datum. In the term of power needed, concept 3 need more
power compared to the datum because concept 3 uses motor and Arduino microcontroller.
Last but not least, in the criteria of vibration and noise, concept 3 have less noise than the
datum since the datum need to shake manually to sort size and make higher noise. As a conclusion, it
is proved that concept 1 is better than the benchmark.

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Title: Preliminary design

In this week I was busy doing the preliminary design of the Lego Sorting Machine. I am using Catia
Software to make the Lego Sorting Machine design. Preliminary Design means that part of the
Development Phase where all of the geometric design elements, including a preliminary estimate of
the preferred design solution are documented for input to the Detailed Design Stage. Below are the
results of the preliminary design.

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Title: Preparation for proposal submission

All the FYP 1 students are required to write a proposal for the project. The proposal must contain:

·         Title Page
·         Abstract
·        Table of Contents
·         Introduction
·         Problem Statement
·         Literature Review
·         Methodology
·         Objectives
·         Benefits/ Contributions
·         Work Plan
·         Budget
·         Conclusion
·         References

The proposal is made based on the research that I have done throughout the previous weeks.

Date: 29/12/2013 (Friday)

Title: Submission of the Project Proposal

Basically nothing much in this week. The Project Proposal was submitted to Dr. Nursalbiah, Dr. Noor
Hafiez and Sir Mohd Syahar. After the submission, I continued on how to develop my machine. From
all the research I’ve made, I was trying to build the machine prototype. This log book will be
continued on the next semester and it will be about my developing of the Lego Sorting Machine.

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Title: Preparation for proposal presentation

In this time, I was preparing the slides and understanding about my project. The time given for each
student to present is 10 minutes and 10 minutes for Q&A session. The content of the slide are
Introduction, Objectives, Problem statement, Scope and limitation, Literature review, Methodology,
Expected outcome and Planning.

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Title: FYP 1 Presentation day

The presentation started at 9.00 am at B3-A11-3/4.

The assessors that assessed me were Dr. Noor Hafiez Mohd Noor and Sir Mohd Syahar bin Mohd
Syawal. Both lecturers are from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. The whole presentation went
well. During the Q&A session the assessors have ask me and give opinion about my project. Some of
the questions are:
 How the colour sensor works?
 How is the mechanism for sorting size of the Lego?
 In your morphological chart, how do you justify the concept selection for each design? Do you
have references?
 Include the product methodology in the methodology section not the project methodology.

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Progresss Report No. : 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 Week No: ___________ Date : ___/____/ 2019

PLANNING: STATUS: ACTION PLAN:

Describe the activities that you have been (Describe the latest status of your (Describe the steps you should take
planned for this week project progress) to achieve your goals)

Confirmation of final year project Research on the selected title. Submit the final year project
title by week 4 Gather much information form to Hal Ehwal Akademik.
about the title. Discuss with
the supervisor about the title.

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Signature of Student: Signature of Supervisor:

______________________ _____________________
Student’s Name: Khairunisa Najwa Zahiruddin Name:

Progresss Report No. : 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 Week No: ___________ Date : ___/____/ 2019

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PLANNING: STATUS: ACTION PLAN:

Describe the activities that you have been (Describe the latest status of your (Describe the steps you should take
planned for this week project progress) to achieve your goals)

Literature review Gather as much as article Make the literature review into
related to the study. The study one table and submit to
should consist the study of supervisor to check.
Arduino, sensors and
programming. The literature
review also includes the study
of previous project of sorting
machine

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Signature of Student: Signature of Supervisor:

______________________ _____________________
Student’s Name: Khairunisa Najwa Zahiruddin Name:

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PLANNING: STATUS: ACTION PLAN:

Describe the activities that you have been (Describe the latest status of your (Describe the steps you should take
planned for this week project progress) to achieve your goals)

Methodology of the project Methodology includes the Update the methodology in the
process to do the project. As proposal.
Im doing design development,
the process flow chart is
slightly similar to design
process flowchart.

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Signature of Student: Signature of Supervisor:

______________________ _____________________
Student’s Name: Khairunisa Najwa Zahiruddin Name:

Progresss Report No. : 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 Week No: ___________ Date : ___/____/ 2019

PLANNING: STATUS: ACTION PLAN:

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Describe the activities that you have been (Describe the latest status of your (Describe the steps you should take
planned for this week project progress) to achieve your goals)

Preliminary outcome Using Catia Software to make Show the preliminary outcome
the design of the Lego Sorting in the final year project
Machine. The design can be proposal and presentation.
change due to corrections and
updates.

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Student’s Name: Khairunisa Najwa Zahiruddin Name:

Appendix 1.0

THE POSSIBLE RECORD IN LOG BOOK

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 Sketches/doodling  Research findings

 Customer needs/requirements  Sources of ideas
 Class notes  Evaluation of data/results
 Project objectives  Design reviews
 Meeting notes  Decision criteria
 Action Items  Design process
 Half-baked Ideas  Rationale for decisions
 Math calculations  Project reflections
 Work-in-progress  Professional development
 Design alternatives
 Vendor notes

The possible question you can ask and answer after several project activities such as

Meeting
• What were the main outcomes of the meeting?
• Was the meeting productive, and why?
• What are your personal action items before the next meeting?
• Is the team heading in the right direction?

Brainstorming
• Which ideas seem more feasible, and why?
• Are there enough good ideas?
• How could better ideas be developed based on this session?

Engineering Analysis
• What were the governing equations?
• What were the most important findings?
• What do the results mean and how should they be applied?

Visualization
• What are the major features/discoveries and why are these significant?
• What was learned about the problem or solution possibilities?
• What problems were resolved and what still needs to be addressed?
• How does this piece integrate with the whole?

Searching
• What key information did I find? How does it help achieve the project objectives?
• Are there other sources that should be pursued?
• What new questions were generated?

Refer to www.engr.mun.ca/~sbruneau/teaching/.../logbookinstructions.pdf

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