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| Sept. 4, 2008 R |
Introduction
- Intro
- Lottery details
- Class goals
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| Sept. 9, 2008 T |
Analog 1
- What is voltage and current
- What are sources of voltage and current
- AC versus DC
- Electricity nomenclature and symbols
- KVL and KCL
- Resistors: What are they? What kinds are available?
- Voltage divider equations
- Resistors in parallel and series
- Capacitors: What are they? What kinds are available?
- Inductors: What are they? What kinds are available?
- Complex impedance analysis
- Capacitors and inductors as frequency dependent resistors
- What are potentiometers, variable capacitors and inductors?
- Types of potentiometers and variable capacitors and inductors
Final class roster set. No new students will be accepted from this point forward.
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| Sept. 11, 2008 R |
Analog 2
- What are diodes?
- Peak detector
- Half wave and full wave rectification
- Power supplies and the 78xx series
- Zener diodes
- Voltage clamping
- What are transistors?
- What types of transistors exist?
- How do transistors work?
- Common applications of transistors
- Limitations of transistors
- Lab 1:
- How to use equipment
- Power supplies
- Multimeters
- LCR meters
- Function generators
- Oscilloscopes
- Spectrum analyzers
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| Sept. 16, 2008 T |
Analog 3
- What are opamps?
- Theoretical opamp behavior
- Practical limitations to this model
- Opamp selection
- Three basic opamp amplifier circuits
- Opamp filters
- Opamp oscillators
- Active clamps and peak detectors
- Comparator
- Schmitt trigger comparator
- Biasing opamps
- Switched capacitor filters
- Voltage controlled amplifiers
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| Sept. 18, 2008 R |
Analog 4
- Practical building techniques
- Solder-less breadboards
- Component selection
- Major suppliers of parts
- Surplus houses
- Online circuit calculators
- Sparkfun.com
- Lab 2:
- Building circuits
- Building a pass-band amplifier on a breadboard
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| Sept. 23, 2008 T |
Analog 5
- Force sensitive resistors
- Piezo material properties
- Strain gauges
- Accelerometers
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| Sept. 25, 2008 R |
Analog 6
- Light dependent resistors
- Photodiodes
- Phototransistors
- Modulation and demodulation
- Synchronous demodulation
- Thermal sensing
- Acoustic sensing
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| Sept. 30, 2008 T |
Analog 7
- Capacitive and electric field sensing
- Inductive and magnetic field sensing
- Lab 3:
- Using sensors
- Build signal conditioning for a piezo sensor and LDR
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| Oct. 2, 2008 R |
Digital 1: Understanding Parts
- Datasheet reading (transitions from analog to digital)
- What?s in a datasheet
- How to find different values
- What do all those graphs mean?
- Reading analog datasheets
- Reading digital datasheets
- Logic diagrams
- Making sense of application circuits
- Dealing with information overload
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| Oct. 7, 2008 T |
Digital 2: Logic Circuits
- Discrete logic
- Gates
- Multiplexers/Decoders
- Flip-flops, latches, registers and other micro-memory devices
- Memory
- The 10,000 uses of a 555 timer
- Lab: Build a gadget with gates and timers alone
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| Oct. 9, 2008 R |
Digital 3: Microcontrollers
- Microcontroller: Atmel AVR
- Basic functional breakdown
- Common components
- How they work: basic internal architecture
- Other microcontrollers
- Connecting MCU for programming
- Mini-Lab: Set up computer for MCU programming
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| Oct. 14, 2008 T |
Digital 4: MCU programming
- Programming the MCU
- Tool walkthrough: AVRStudio and WinAVR
- IO Ports
- Walkthrough of configuring one internal peripheral
- Interrupt handling
- Types of data buses
- Parallel
- Serial
- SPI
- I2C
- RS485 and friends
- Differential buses
- Lab
- get MCU programming working
- write your own program
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| Oct. 16, 2008 R |
Digital 5: Schematic Capture and Routing
- Intro to Eagle
- Laying out a package
- Schematic capture from a given diagram
- Routing a given schematic
- Lab: Follow along and complete each subtask
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| Oct. 21, 2008 T |
Digital 6: Other considerations
- Power considerations
- PCB fabrication
- PCB layout techniques for low noise circuits
- Noise sources in circuits
- Shot, Johnson and flicker noise
- Pickup noise capacitive and inductive
- Ground loops
- Bypass caps
- High-speed digital design
- FPGAs, DSPs, PLDs: What are they for?
- Going multi-core
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| Oct. 23, 2008 R |
Mechatronics 1: Cad software I
- Motivation
- Roadmap
- Resources
- Definition of Mechatronics
- Cad software I
- Intro to geometric modeling
- Surface modeler
- Solid modeler
- Parametric modeler
- Animate constraints (Catia)
- Resources:
- Rhino, Corel Draw, Omax, Eagle, WinAVR, PartWizard, MillWizard (All available as either Freeware or through WinHub)
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| Oct. 27-31, 2008 |
Fall Sponsor Week
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| Nov. 4, 2008 T |
Mechatronics 2: Cad software II
- Visualization
- 2D drawings
- Renderings
- Animations
- Lab
- Rhino skills
- Model a part (motor, gear, atmel, pcbs)
- Model an assembly (gearbox and motor)
- Render still image of CAD model
- Render animation of CAD assembly
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| Nov. 6, 2008 R |
Mechatronics3: Fabrication I
- Prepare and Export CAD files
- Offsets for friction-fit connections
- Layering for laser cutting
- Corel Draw (for Laser cutter)
- Omax (for Waterjet)
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| Nov. 10-11, 2008 |
Veteran’s Day Vacation
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| Nov. 13, 2008 R |
Mechatronics 4: Fabrication II
- Shopbot software (Mill- and PartWizard)
- Introduction to Laser Cutter, Waterjet, Shopbot
- Lab
- Creating parts using the Laser Cutter, Waterjet, Shopbot
- Assembling parts and integrating electronics
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| Nov. 18, 2008 T |
Mechatronics 5: Coding and Debugging
- This class will only be required for those not taking the Electronics segment
- WinAVR
- Establish connection to the microcontroller
- “Hello World” (LED flashing)
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| Nov. 20, 2008 R |
Mechatronics 6: Testing Software and Device Functionality
- Control techniques using microcontroller code
- Sample code discussion
- Upload sample code
- Functional tests
- Lab:
- Use the sample code and adapt it to fit individual student devices. Upload code and do functional debugging and testing
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| Nov. 25, 2008 T |
Materials 1: Materials Introduction
- Basic Materials Science
- Materials properties and selection (CES)
- Composites
- Lab: making a carbon fiber composite
- Reading:
- Ashby Michael. Materials and Design: The Art and Science of Material Selection in Product Design. Chapter 7.
- Michelle Addington. Smart Materials and Technologies for the Architecture and Design Profession. Chapter 4.
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| Nov. 27-28, 2008 |
Thanksgiving
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| Dec. 2, 2008 T |
Materials 2: Smart Materials
- Color and Optically Changing Smart Materials
- Shape-Changing Smart Materials
- Lab: Hands on demo of different materials
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| Dec. 4, 2008 R |
Materials 3: Smart Materials
- Assignment due: designing with smart materials
- Reading:
- Rehmy Post. E-Broidery.
- Marcelo Coelho. Pulp-Based Computing.
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| Dec. 9, 2008 T |
Materials 4: Materials Hacking
- Alternative building techniques: e-textiles
- Alternative building techniques: silk-screening and casting
- Lab:
- hands on silkscreening and casting
- Lab: hands-on e-textiles
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| Dec. 10, 2008 |
Last day of Classes
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| Tuesday, Dec. 16, 9am-12pm |
Final Presentations (room E15-235, NOTE TIME CHANGE!)
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