Week 14

Presentation day is on 8 November 2012 which is on UniKL BMI Industry Day. The 2 assessors for my project presentation is sir Zulkifli Mahmoodin and madam Siti Nur Amalia. Both assessors are from Medical Electronics and Electronics Engineering section. All preparation were done including presentation sheet and poster which is compulsory items that needed for assessment. Research and revision...

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Week 13

First PCB was failure because of many intermittent occurs within the board for unknown reasons. Several troubleshooting were done to find solution for the problems. To avoid wasting amount of time, new UV board was used due to faster and simpler process required to finished the PCB. Also, with the new design, the connection of each components was simpler and separated to prevent...

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Week 12

Breadboard failure discovered after several troubleshooting. It has many intermittance produced within the board.Action taken is buy new breadboard and reconstruct the overall circuit. By using DipTrace software, the PCB layout can be produced without putting more effort to measure each components dimension to determined its own pin configuration. Next step involve the cutting and etching...

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Week 11

Through out this week, some unexpected error occurs with the LCD component. It suddenly display some unknown symbol to understand. LED backlight still on and function properly. Research on the internet and consultation with the supervisor were done, to find the solution for the error. After 3 days of troubleshooting, the solution was found by consulting and findings during consultation with my friend. It is because the declaration and connection of LCD pin must be parallel with each other in order to make it fully function. Other works and development...

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Week 10

For mechanical development, sensor holder has arrived from Kota Bharu through courier. Both sensor plate were checked thoroughly to make sure there is no error or wrong position of placement at mechanical plate. After inspection process, 2 dimension hole were made on he main steel plate. These dimension were measured accordingly on sensor holder. And lastly, the overall circuit was sketched...

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Week 9

For display, several testing were attempt to visualize for each function. There are to possible ways to visualize the the function, by using serial monitor or Liquid Crystal Display (LCD). All connection of each LCD pin were followed based on Arduino tutorial. The LCD function correctly as desired and supposed to be. After consultation with co-supervisors, sir Zulkifli Mahmoodin and sir Hisham,...

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Week 8

To design the sensor/potentiometer holder, I have discuss with my family relative to assist me in designing AutoCAD  2012 for sensor holder. All the dimensions were measured to make sure it is accurately measure the angle of ROM. Using same material with mechanical, I decided to pick same thickness and material due to it's availability and sturdiness. These are pictures of sensor holder...

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Week 7

Based on all components that involved in the project, I have listed and bought all the components from cytron company. All the components are used to construct a circuit that look and function alike Arduino kit. After consultation with supervisor, she recommended different DC geared motor to be used in the project, to   drive the mechanical structure for moving smoothly. These are technical specification...

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Week 6

Based on the flowchart that I have design during previous semester, I found that it was just a basic overview for the total of this project. So, I expanded more and focus toward of each function to give a better understanding to write the assembly language for micro-controller. There are some minor issue to understanding the flow for re-direct into sub-routine of each function. Several testing were...

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Week 5

According to Mr. Fitri, the mechanical part has finished and ready to be operated for this project. Due to material that has been used, the mild steel is heavier than stainless steel which is will be more cost to this project. Total the weight of the mechanical part is around 10 kilograms or more. Couples of testing were done to check the functionality of the mechanical. The list of criteria is : -...

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Week 4

Week 4 is Eidul Fitri ceremony week. A little progress was done during this week by designing the sensor (potentiometer) holder that needed to be attached on the surface of the mechanical part. This is important element for this overall project because the sensor act as feedback for micro-controller to operate. Without it, the ROM cannot be measured correctly. This is basic sketch for the sensor ...

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Week 3

For electronics circuit, I have done some research on what components that are related this project during previous semester. But this time, the research is more toward on micro-controller circuit which is Arduino board. These are components that I have bought for testing the project. All the components are bought at Jalan Pasar near Pudu. List of components: 1.   Potentiometer 2.   Push buttons 3.   Crystal 16Mhz 4.   Resistor 5.   Ceramic capacitors 6.   Electrolytic capacitors 7.   Liquid Crystal Display...

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Week 2

For the construction of mechanical parts, I have consult with the 3rd party person, which is Mr. Fitri that has specialization doing steel works. He ask for duration to designing the mechanical parts into AutoCAD (Computer Aided Design) for 2~3 week(s). I agreed to deal with him by conditions to follow the design of the sketch. ...

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Degree Semester 2, Week 1

For this week, I have sketch the mechanical structure for KJT device. It is consists of bearing, screw shaft, ball nut, hinge, guiding set, and others. All were made from mild steel because it is to reduce cost as to achieve the main purpose for this project. I have measured all the length of leg parts for common people. By referring to measurement that has been done, the first...

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Week 14

Knee Joint Therapy cost: Based on some survey that I have done through the internet, I have list down all the components that related with KJT device. After some consideration on wage cost and mechanical frame/structure, I have set estimated price because the cost is dependant on labour and type of material used. These are the budget for each components in KJT device: ...

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Week 13

These are project planning for this semester and next semester: Starting from 16/1/2012 and estimated finished at 9/11/2012 Final Year Project Semester 1 Final Year Project Semester 2 ...

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Week 12

KJT device benefits/contibutions for soicial environment: Portability: These machines are light weight and can be used from hospital bed. Upon discharge from the hospital, a range of motion machine can be use at home. Decreased Recovery Time: The constant slow motion of the machine can help reduce pain and swelling while soothing the joint. The range of motion machine will help reduce...

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Week 11

What is the objectives of KJT device? These are objective of this KJT device: - to improve recovery by stimulating the healing of articular tissues - to increase the amount of knee flexion for knee patients in the acute hospital setting - to reduce the adverse effects of trauma or immobilization following surgery - alternatives and adjuncts to conventional physical therapy following surgery or injury - avoid arthrofibrosis following trauma or surgery on joints that are prone to stiffness Anterior interval arthrofibrosis...

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Week 10

Programming flowchart draft I have sketched basic programming flowchart for KJT device but later it will need to be discussed with supervisor to make sure it is proper as function for device to work. ...

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Week 9

Methodology of Knee Joint Therapy Device The main operation for this Knee Joint Therapy (KJT) device is basically on ability to move knee joint in forward and reverse direction. This means the motion of knee can flex during the treatment by determine specific angle for knee flexion or based on range of motion.  The KJT device is powered by AC or DC power supply whether it is operated in plugged...

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Week 8

Literature review is crucial for understanding the importance and getting information about previous development... A literature review is a body of text that aims to review the critical points of current knowledge including substantive findings as well as theoretical and methodological contributions to a particular topic. Literature reviews are secondary sources, and as such, do not report any new or original experimental work.... These are some journal that I have read: 1. Cheryl Rudisile, The effect of continuous passive motion on knee...

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Week 7

Week 7 is the phase test week... So, I managed to completed some part of proposal that is problem statement... Problem statement is a short summary of the research problem.... This is the problem statement of KJT devices... These are main reasons of why this project and research .... 1. Knee replacement, or knee arthroplasty, is a surgical procedure to replace the weight-bearing surfaces of the...

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Week 6

Based on what I have research on the internet, I found a video that shows on how the KJT device working... Here is the video....  The guideline for proposal FYP Degree Sem1 has been uploaded on rps.bmi.edu.my... These are the list of main focus on writing the proposal... 1. Abstract 2. Introduction 3. Problem Statement 4. Literature Review 5. Methodology 6. ...

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Week 5

Introduction of this project is main overview to indicate of main idea and proper methods to execute it. The introduction also should be at a level that make it easy to understand for readers with a general science background... Many researches on internet have been done to gathered all main informations... This is the introduction of this project... Introduction Orthopaedic surgeons nowadays...

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