94R Course Outline

Week
Material Covered
Chapters
Assignment
4/2/09
  • Introductions,
  • Project and $$
  • Class format
7 and 3
  • Order parts
  • Install Arduino software
  • run "Hello World" program
4/9/09
  • Polling buttons/basic sensors
  • PWM
  • LEDs and Potentiometers
  • MOSFETs and Motors
4 and 5
  • Complete labs as listed in the text
  • Make RGB LED change color with pot postion
  • Start brainstorming project ideas
4/16/09
  • LCD lab - using LCDs with last weeks project
  • How to do a project proposal

  • Use LCD to display something useful
  • Draft project proposals
4/23/09
  • Teh Interwebs!
  • RSS parsing and use with Arduino
  • review project proposals/ individual project meetings
6
  • Chapter 6 project described in text
  • Typed finalized project proposals
  • use LCD?
  • order parts
4/30/09
  • More Project meetings / finalize project proposals
  • "Telephone" game

  • Order parts
5/7/09
  • Waiting on parts? / working on project
  • Misc uC related lecture
  • questions/help  

  • Work on project
5/14/09
  • Questions/help/how to

  • Work on project
5/21/09
  • Questions/help/how to

  • Work on project
5/28/09
  • Reports and Poster Boards

  • Work on project
  • Poster board presentation / report
6/5/09
Presentations