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GOVERNMENT ENGINEERING COLLEGE,

DAHOD

Design Engineering-IIA
A
Report on

Automatic voltage detection switch using

microcontroller

B.E. Semester-5
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

Submitted by

Name Enrollment No.

Aliasgar Kacheriwala 150180109006
Shabbir Boriwala 150180109017
Hozefa Jesawada 150180109035
Murtaza Nimachwala 150180109054

Prof. Ishaq Sheikh

(Faculty guide)
Academic year - 2017-18
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Acknowledgement
The satisfaction that accompanies that that the successful completion of any task
would be incomplete without the mention of people whose ceaseless
cooperation made it possible, whose constant guidance and encouragement
crown all efforts with success. We are grateful to our project guide Prof. Ishaq
Sheikh the guidance, inspiration and constructive suggestions that were helpful
to us in the preparation of the project
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CONTENTS
1. Acknowledgement02
2. Introduction...04
3. Empathy Mapping Canvas 06
4. Ideation Canvas...09
5. Production Development Canvas..11
6. AEIOU Canvas.. ......... 14
7. Conclusion ......................................................................................................... 16
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INTRODUCTION
Designing means evolving goal oriented processes. At the beginning of
the design process only goals are known while at the end, both the
goals and plans are known and that to with more clarity. Goal and
plans evolve together and they influencing each other. In designing
process some goals are more important than others and similarly some
plans are better than others. Designing does not guarantee that the
design will work. Design thinking process:
(1) Find goals or need
(2) Evaluate goals or need
(3) Generate proposals to satisfy goals
(4) Evaluate proposals
(5) Improve goals and proposals

To achieve this goal we visited MISHKAT AGRO INDUSTRIES, a

flour mill.

First we made a entry in security register, then we entered the office

department and met a engineer. He guided us through the whole
process of manufacturing plant.
The manufacturing unit consisted of departments as follows:
1. Cleaning department
2. Grinding department
3. Chakki
There we also visited electrical control room where we saw MCBs,
relays, etc. Then the engineer told us about the tripping problem of
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MCBs. He told that due to variable voltage the voltage used to get
higher then recommended. So the MCBs got tripped every time the
voltage increased due to every time a man had to go to control room and
reset the MCB, which caused very much inconvenience in working of
plant.
So we suggested them to automate the resetting of MCB
using microcontroller.
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EMPATHY CANVAS

USERS
The product of this industry is used by following people:
Flour Mills
Flour Millers
Hospitals
Hostels

1. STAKE HOLDERS
Businessmen
Product Consumers
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Manufacturers
Dealers

2. ACTIVITIES
Purchasing of raw material
Weighing and inspection of raw material
Cleaning and grinding of wheat
Packaging of product
Transporting
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3. STORY BOARDING

HAPPY
A flour mill owner used to have a traditional Chakki machine to yield flour
now with the pace of advancement of technology the owner introduced
hydraulic chakki machine. As a result he was able to set the fineness of
the flour as per customer's requirement

HAPPY
A Miller used traditional stones in his chakki machine but slowly with the
accelerating pace of both science and technology he changes the
stones with Vitrified stones in his chakki machine which rendered him
with betters quality of products as result he earned better profits

SAD
Once in industry due to overload short circuit occurred and a motor was
damaged, at the same time a worker was working near it due to which
he got a minor injury.

SAD
A group of visitor once visited to factory. A visitor while talking on cell
phone accidentally got himselfnear to Phase shifter, a machine used to
separate different types of product. This machine vibrates at high speed
so the visitor got badly injured on his shoulder
.
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Ideation Canvas

1. PEOPLE
List of people who work there
Engineers
Lab technician
Accountant
Labourers

2. ACTIVITIES
Purchasing of raw material
Weighing and inspection of raw
material Unloading of raw material
Cleaning and Grinding of wheat
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Packaging of product
Transporting

3. SITUATION/CONTEXT/LOCATION
It states the situation at which the problem occurs or the
locations at which the possibilities are more. Since the project is
on
Advance Chakki Machine, the comfort of customer is the main
concern. The situation can be explained as:
Manufacturing to sell in company
Purchasing to use in factory
Designing to produce in workshop
Cleaning to maintain quality

4. PROPS/POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS
Various problem occurring in plants are as follows:

Short circuiting in motors

Wear and tear of bearings
Jamming of gear in gear
box Damaging of sieves
To maintain power factor
Tripping of MCBs and their manual resetting

We found the possible solution of manual resetting problem of MCB

which can be achieved by using microcontroller.
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PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT CANVAS

Now since problems have been identified, we will start with the product
development canvas. This is the overview of the product we are making.
In this we will start building a structure of our product around the needs
of our users. The Product Canvas is a strategic product planning tool
that allows you to quickly capture, describe, challenge, and pivot your
product strategy on just a single page.

1. PURPOSE

The major purpose to design this machine is to get:

Automation in industry
Reliability
Less time consuming
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2. PEOPLE

It includes the people who will use this product

Industries
Military
Hospitals
Transportation
Consumer electronics

3. PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE
The product is economical and easy to use

4. PRODUCT FUNCTION

By using this product, we can bring automation in control unit factory

5. COMPONENTS
It includes the components through which the product will be
made, these are:
CPU
RAM
Flash memory
Peripherals
Clock generator
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6. CUSTOMER REVALIDATION
It includes customer reviews about product, the way they look
towards product, we need to take reviews about how this
Project helps them and in which way. According to suggestions
given by customers we would make changes in our product
according to their requirements.

Easy to use
Cheap
Durability

7. REJECT/ REDESIGN & RETAIN

Rejection and Redesigning are important parts in any project. The
major defects we observed that the product on which the direction
constrains.

Complex architecture
Development time
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AEIOU Canvas
AEIOU is an investigative tool to help interpret observations gathered
by ethnographic practices in the field. It is an Observation tool. AEIOU
stands for 5 elements to be coded: Activity, Environment, Interaction,
Object, and User

1. ACTIVITIES
Purchasing of raw material
Weighing and inspection of raw
material
Unloading of raw material
Cleaning and Grinding of
wheat
Packaging of product
Transporting
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2. ENVIRONMENT
Environment there was eco-friendly, clean but was noisy

3. OBJECTS
Following objects are used in factory:

Grinders
Motors
Sortex machine
Centrifuge
Control unit

4. USERS
It includes those personalities that are going to use the
industry.
Security
Accountant
Manager
Engineers
Lab technician
Consumers
Residential use
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CONCLUSION
From the above project in design engineering we conclude that,
we can bring automation in the control unit of factory using
MICROCONTROLLER