IoT System Development and Comprehensive Report Guidelines

Module Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of the module students will be able to:

1.Critically appraise knowledge-based relating to the use of Internet of Everything, including (passive and active) sensors, actuators, the physical communications layer, communications protocols, programming frameworks, and an understanding of energy and bandwidth constraints.

2.Evaluate design approaches used to design Internet of Everything applications.

3.Design and build a sensor network based on Internet of Everything technology.

4.Develop application software of moderate complexity for a well-used mobile platform.

Discuss current research issues and application areas of the Internet of Everything and mobile devices, including an understanding of the commercial context and privacy/security issues, and make well-informed speculations on the future of the area.

Rationale: Every individual should analyse and design a suitable solution using any IoT development board like raspberry pi/ Arduino/ ESP32/ ESP8266, etc and different services/ sensors. Note: You can plan and choose any IOT board sensors. This assignment will assess module learning outcomes 2, 3 and 4.

Expectations: The report should demonstrate an understanding of industry-based challenges given below. The awareness of various types of solutions should be shown and recommendations for potential solutions should be based on justified arguments. You should demonstrate how theories can be applied. The robustness and correctness of the system should be tested, and performance should be evaluated with known and innovative technological solutions. You should reflect upon measures/steps taken to incorporate ethical, accessibility and usability standards in the developed system and the resultant implications.

Deliverables: Your assignment only consists of one task. It should be submitted as a word document (2000 words in total including all documentation and description) via Turnitin on Moodle and must include all the required components related to the proposed design.

An IoT system needs to be developed along with a comprehensive report for the assignment based upon a realistic scenario.

The Scenario – IoE

You need to build a complete IoT system that can have real life application related to home, healthcare, transportation, and community, etc. For example, one can create a system that can measure and monitor humidity & temperature of home, measuring distance between the two objects, creating a Burglar alarm or any other system.

For this development, you need to develop a system using at least 1 esp32/ Arduino/ raspberry pi, 1 sensor device (any active or passive sensor) and 1 output device (Serial monitor/ LCD/ LED/ MQTT lens). Finally, you could also make use of wireless communication using either Wi-Fi/ Bluetooth or wired communication like UART, SPI and I2C.

Assignment Overview

A.The solution could use any type of output devices (i.e., LED/ MQTT Lens, I2C or SPI LCD or even Serial Monitor).

B.The solution could use any type of input devices (i.e., Passive Infrared sensor, Ultrasonic sound sensor or DHT sensor).

C.You can use any development IDE (Integrated development environment) and any programming language (Arduino C or Python, etc) of your choice.

D.You could demonstrate the use of Wi-Fi or Bluetooth to send or receive data from IoT devices to output devices.

E.You could demonstrate the use of UART, SPI or I2C communication to send or receive data from one IoT device to another IoT device.

Specific Deliverables: The lab report should include the following:

• Provide the explanations of the chosen system covering its functionalities.
• Description of the solution (what IoT system has been implemented?  What does it do?  What sensors and output devices have been used?)
• Provide the whole architectural design of the chosen IoT system.
• Provide explanations and working of all protocols used in your designed system.
• Provide the whole programming codes used in the whole system.
• Provide snapshots demonstrating the testing and working of the system.
• End the report with a section containing discussion on the issues and application areas of the system including an understanding of the commercial context and privacy/security issues.

Assignment Procedures and Guidelines 

Although you all will be guided throughout the module by your lecturer, you can get extra support for your assignment, just make an appointment with the ACE team for any language, research and study skills issues and/or talk, email the Computing ACE expert for any advice on how to approach your assignment. REMEMBER: they are not here to give you the answers!  

You need to state the word count at the end of their assignment. 10% over the stated word count is permitted without penalty.

If students go beyond this, then there is a penalty of 5 marks for every additional 10% beyond the word count with a maximum of a 15-mark penalty reduction.

There is no specific penalty for submitting a piece which is below the word count, but please note that shorter submissions are likely to attract poorer grades, particularly where they lack the necessary depth of analysis.

Tables and figures (e.g. diagrams, graphs, photographs, etc) may be used as evidence to support academic argument. They are mostly used in report writing. However, it is important that tables and figures are used purposefully (i.e. with good reasons) and when appropriate. They should also be referenced correctly.

How do you calculate the word count?

It is mandatory that you add the following statement to your assignment: ‘disclosure: diagrams, pictures or any other images used in this assignment are for educational purposes only’. 

Although images, diagrams and photographs etc..can be used in assignments, they MUST be referenced. However, you can access the following websites (copyright-friendly): 

• Pixabay 

Free photos for commercial and private use - no attribution necessary. Some photos may come from other websites, such as Shutterstock, which may not fall under public domain - check each photo to ensure that it is public domain. 

• Photos Public Domain 

Search public domain clip art and photos by category. All photos on this site were taken by the author and released as public domain. 

• Picdrome 

The Picdrome gallery is divided by categories (e.g. Abstract, Food & Drink, Nature, Technology, etc.). You may also search for specific images, but the search will take you to a custom Google search of Picdrome, which makes viewing the photos a bit more difficult. 

Browse images under categories such as medical, advertisements, people, sports, space, etc. 

• Public Domain Images 

Browse by category or search for images. Varied categories; the site also includes vintage photography and space images. 

"All photos published on Unsplash are licensed under Creative Commons Zero which means you can copy, modify, distribute and use the photos for free, including commercial purposes, without asking permission from or providing attribution to the photographer or Unsplash."