- UCAS course code
- H600
- UCAS institution code
- M20
Bachelor of Engineering (BEng)
BEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering
*This course is now closed for applications for 2025 entry.
Duration: 3 years
Year of entry: 2025
UCAS course code: H600 / Institution code: M20
- Key features:
Scholarships available
Accredited course
- Typical A-level offer: AAA including specific subjects
- Typical contextual A-level offer: AAB including specific subjects
- Refugee/care-experienced offer: ABB including specific subjects
- Typical International Baccalaureate offer: 36 points overall with 6,6,6 at HL, including specific requirements
Course unit details:
Embedded Systems Project
| Unit code | EEEN21000 |
|---|---|
| Credit rating | 20 |
| Unit level | Level 2 |
| Teaching period(s) | Full year |
| Available as a free choice unit? | No |
Overview
Students will work in teams to create a battery-powered robot buggy. The robot will autonomously navigate around a track using one or more sensor types. The project culminates with a competition to find the fastest buggy.
A working robot buggy requires many technical skills to combine: a battery power source, gearbox selection, control circuits for motor drives, drive shaft encoders as well as an array of sensors and the software to control the robot.
The project also enables the development of team working and project management skills, which are central to modern engineering.
Project teams will be formed a mix of degree programmes and abilities
The Embedded Systems Project will begin in the first semester with lectures, laboratories and workshops which deal with topics such as:
- Motors and sensors
- Introduction to Software Design
- PWM and the STM32 microcontroller
- Control systems
- Engineering Drawing
Additional Lectures will be organised on a year-by-year basis to reflect changes to the project.
Pre/co-requisites
| Unit title | Unit code | Requirement type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microcontroller Engineering I | EEEN10202 | Pre-Requisite | Compulsory |
| Microcontroller Engineering II | EEEN20011 | Co-Requisite | Compulsory |
| Electronics Project | EEEN10141 | Pre-Requisite | Compulsory |
Aims
The course unit aims to provide a practical introduction to microcontrollers and embedded systems.
Learning outcomes
ILO 1: Describe the steps involved in the specification, analysis, design, implementation and testing of embedded systems.
ILO 2: Generate engineering diagrams for manufacture.
ILO 3: Analyse measurement errors when they occur during experiments.
ILO 4: Design experiments capable of evaluating important performance criteria of hardware
ILO 5: Identify symptoms quickly and diagnose problems within a faulty system.
ILO 6: Create elegant, maintainable and efficient program code.
ILO 7: Develop basic project management and team-working skills.
ILO 8: Develop report writing and oral presentation skills.
ILO 9: Develop a systematic approach to testing and debugging both hardware and software.
Teaching and learning methods
Didactic lectures
Problem based learning
Laboratory based learning
Assessment methods
| Assessment Task | Length | Weighting within unit (if relevant) |
| Design Report #1: Motor characterisation report. | 10 pages, A4 | 10% |
| Design report #2 : Software Sensor selection and Control Algorithm. | 22 pages, A4 | 25% |
| Proposal | 10 minutes | 10% |
| Technical Demonstration 1 | 15 minutes | 7% |
| Technical Demonstration 2 | 15 minutes | 7% |
| Technical Demonstration 3 | 15 minutes | 8% |
| Technical Demonstration 4 / Heats | 2 hours | 10% |
| Design Documents | 4 Engineering Documents | 3% |
| Final Report | 18 pages, A4 | 20% |
Feedback methods
Written feedback within two weeks of submission (Design Reports, Proposal Report, Final Report).
Technical demonstrations (verbal feedback, immediate)
Results released within two weeks of assessment (Blackboard Quizzes)
Study hours
| Scheduled activity hours | |
|---|---|
| Lectures | 12 |
| Practical classes & workshops | 47 |
| Tutorials | 11 |
| Independent study hours | |
|---|---|
| Independent study | 130 |
Teaching staff
| Staff member | Role |
|---|---|
| Paul Wright | Unit coordinator |
| Liam Marsh | Unit coordinator |
| Robin Preece | Unit coordinator |
| Michael O'Toole | Unit coordinator |