AV Institute · Week 8Real-World Capstone Project
Practical Lab
Capstone — Design a Corporate Conference Room
Est. 180 minCompetency: Produce a complete, defensible design package for a real room.
Learning objectives
- Design a small-to-medium corporate conference room end to end.
- Cover BYOD, video conferencing, mics, DSP, dual displays, touchpanel, network.
- Produce all required technical and commissioning deliverables.
- Write a customer-facing explanation.
Lab brief & instructions
Design a complete AV system for a small-to-medium corporate conference room. This is the capstone project: a full, defensible design package.
Brief
Room: a small-to-medium corporate conference room for ~8–12 people. Requirements: laptop BYOD presentation on dual displays; video conferencing (camera, mics, codec); DSP with AEC and automixing; amplification as required; touchpanel control with Start/Shutdown; and AV network connectivity. The client wants 'easy control' and 'reliable hybrid meetings.'
Required deliverables
- 1System block diagram.
- 2Equipment schedule (mark | device | model/type | qty | location).
- 3Source-to-destination signal map (audio and video).
- 4IP plan with VLANs and device schedule.
- 5Control sequence of operations.
- 6DSP plan (flow with AEC reference, routing, processing).
- 7Commissioning checklist with acceptance criteria.
- 8A short customer-facing explanation in plain language.
Defend it
Be ready to explain each choice and tradeoff: why dual displays, why ceiling mics, active vs passive speakers, HDBaseT vs AV-over-IP, and how the design meets 'easy control' and 'reliable hybrid meetings.'
Implementation checklist
- ✓All eight deliverables produced.
- ✓Block diagram and signal map consistent with the equipment schedule.
- ✓DSP plan shows AEC reference and routing.
- ✓Network plan has VLANs and an IP schedule.
- ✓Commissioning checklist ties to requirements.
- ✓Customer-facing explanation included.
Downloadable study guide
study-guide.txtcopy-paste ready
01. Capstone deliverables: block diagram, equipment schedule, signal map, IP plan, control sequence, DSP plan, commissioning checklist, customer explanation. 02. Be able to defend each choice and tradeoff. 03. Tie every commissioning test to a requirement.