Workshop on Prototype Design and Development

On 15.05.2023 and 16.05.2023 Entrepreneurship Development Cell of ECE department and IIC organized a Workshop on "Prototype Design and Development". The session was handled by Dr. A. Andrew Roobert, In-charge of Advanced Electronic System Design Incubation Centre, Associative Professor, Department of ECE, Francis Xavier Engineering College from 09.30 AM - 04.30 PM on both a day. 53 students and one faculty participated.

The program started with the welcome address by Dr R Prem Ananth, IIC Convener, Francis Xavier Engineering College. He started his welcome address by explaining the motto of IIC and the activities carried out through IIC. He introduced the speaker Dr. A. Andrew Roobert, Professor FXEC. On the first day the speaker explained the concept of prototype, he stated that prototype as first or preliminary version of a product from which the final product is developed. He said that there are four type of prototyping they are Feasibility Prototypes, Low-fidelity User Prototypes, High-fidelity User Prototypes and Live-data Prototypes. He explained each prototyping with live example. He said for prototyping new technology is called as Feasibility Prototypes and he said that Low-fidelity User Prototypes were created by interactive designers to test the workflow. Realistic looking and working simulation is a High-fidelity User Prototypes and finally access to real data and is sent real live traffic is Live-data Prototypes. During his speech he explained the process involved in preparing a prototype. As the speaker is involved in the Advanced Electronic System Incubation centre, he highlighted the importance of developing the prototype with the help of his own experience in the product development. He said that the prototyping is the experimental model of a proposed solution used to test or validate ideas. As the prototype gives a model of the final product, it can be tested and verified for its durability, reliability and readiness for the market fit.

On the second day the resource person explained the term Minimum Viable Product (MVP) and Proof of Concept (PoC). He defined Proof of Concept is a demonstration of a product in which work is focused on determining whether an idea can be turned into a reality. He also stated that Minimum Viable Product is a product with enough features to attract early-adopter customers and validate a product idea early in the product development cycle. He also explained the difference between Proof of Concept, Minimum Viable Product and Prototyping. Later he gave an example in the field of IOT which can be used for prototyping for IOT based solutions. The speaker also explained three words such as Challenging, frustrating and Rewarding in Prototyping and he explained each term with examples from IOT based prototyping. Further he explained the IOT based Prototype development process and step in IOT prototype. He concluded the two days workshop by addressing the quires raised by the students and encouraged the students