1. ECE 4951 – Design Workshop Course Deliverables

2. Senior Design Handbook www.d.umn.edu/ece/students/index.html

3. Technical Writing Write to a Specific Audience Make an Outline for the entire paper The First Page is Priceless! Write it last. Summarize.

4. Technical Writing Use plain English. Limit the length of phrases. Use strong Verbs (show confidence) –Weak: It is hoped that the design demonstrates robustness. –Strong: The design demonstrates robustness. Test the document with the intended audience –(proof read by you and at least one other person)

5. Technical Writing Format to emphasize important information (bold, bullets, color, etc) Invest time in the quality of your illustrations and the way you describe them Avoid common grammar and punctuation errors: –Do a word search for every instance of your common mistakes –My pet peeves: to, too ; your, you’re their, there, they’re

6. Technical Writing Professional Documents are written in the third person: –Good: “The experiment was performed to satisfaction.” –Poor: “We performed the experiment satisfactorily.”

7. Deadlines: 1 st draft of paper: April 11 1 st draft of presentation: April 18 Abstract and Presentation Announcement due in ECE office the week of April 16 Demonstration fully operational: April 20 Presentation: Week of April 30

8. For Next Week: Team 1: –Panel View Progress –Plan for Testing of Algorithm –BOM Team 2: –Sketch of Mechanical Layout –Electrical Schematic –BOM Team 3: –Drawings –BOM