Calendar for Prototyping Intelligent Appliances (Spring 2018)
Last Revised: 3/8/18
Please refer back frequently for updates! Chapters refer to the textbook Practical Electronics for Inventors (2000 edition) by Paul Scherz. The textbook should be downloadable from the GT library.
Week # | Class | Lessons/Study Material for *BEFORE* class | Skill demo | Due before class on ** |
1 | Jan 9 | Classes canceled | ||
Jan 11 | Introduction | Thurs Jan 25 | ||
2 | Jan 16 | CS3651 - Using Multimeter in a Circuit CS 3651 Introduction to Circuit Schematics CS 3651 Introduction to Resistors CS 3651 Introduction to Capacitors PEI book pages 1-14 | Thurs Jan 25 | |
Jan 18 | Classes canceled | Thurs Jan 25 | ||
3 | Jan 23 | Tues Jan 25 | ||
Jan 25 | Tues Jan 30 | |||
4 | Jan 30 | Tues Feb 6 | ||
Feb 1 | Tues Feb 6 | |||
5 | Feb 6 | Digital to Analog Converter CS 3651 – APIA - Part 1 Digital to Analog Converter CS 3651 – APIA - Part 2 | Tues Feb 13 | |
Feb 8 | Tues Feb 13 | |||
6 | Feb 13 | (Practical Electronics for Inventors 2000 edition): pages 14-30. | Tues Feb 20 | |
Feb 15 | Tues Feb 20 | |||
7 | Feb 20 | CS 3651 - APIA - switches+relays - Part 1/2 CS 3651 - APIA - switches+relays - Part 2/2 CS 3651 - APIA - transistor as switch CS 3651 - APIA - Using a Darlington Pair to make a touch sensor | Tues Feb 27 | |
Feb 22 | Tues Feb 27 | |||
8 | Feb 27 | PEI book: Chapter 13 (p. 409-422) | Tues Mar 6 | |
| Mar 1 | GVU prototyping lab safety course for students with last names starting with A-K. Those students with last names starting A-K should meet at TSRB Room 027 (85 5th St. - basement of Moe’s building). Everyone else should meet in CCB 337 as normal. | Tues Mar 6 | |
9 | Mar 6 | PEI book: Chapter 13: 409-421 (motors), 206-210 (phototransistors), 138-147 (transistors), 168-177 (MOSFETs) GVU prototyping lab safety course for students with last names starting with L-Z. Those students with last names starting L-Z should meet at TSRB Room 027 (85 5th St. - basement of Moe’s building). Everyone else should meet in CCB 337 as normal. | Tues Mar 13 | |
Mar 8 | Tues Mar 13 | |||
10 | Mar 13 | Safety Lecture slides & Architecture Safety Manual PDF CS 3651 - APIA - full wave rectifier - Part 1/2 CS 3651 - APIA - full wave rectifier - Part 2/2 CS 3651 - APIA - using an oscilloscope How to test the internal resistance of a battery PEI book: 20-21 PID Article: http://brettbeauregard.com/blog/2011/04/improving-the-beginners-pid-introduction/ | Tues Mar 27 | |
Mar 15 | Quiz on Safety Lecture slides & Architecture Safety Manual PDF | Tues Mar 27 | ||
11 | Mar 20 | Spring Break | ||
Mar 22 | Spring Break | |||
12 | Mar 27 | Propose project to professor and receive an approval | Skill Demo #10 | Tues Apr 3 |
Mar 29 | Propose project to professor and receive an approval | Skill Demo #10 | Tues Apr 3 | |
13 | Apr 3 | Tues Apr 10 | ||
Apr 5 | Tues Apr 10 | |||
14 | Apr 10 | Project | ||
Apr 12 | Project | May 3 | ||
15 | Apr 17 | Project | May 3 | |
Apr 19 | Project | May 3 | ||
16 | Apr 24 | Last day of classes | Project | May 3 |
May 3 | 11:30-2:20 FINAL PROJECT PRESENTATIONS & PAPER |
** - Ideally, students will have been checked off on the skill demo by the end of the previous class. Instructor and TAs will have hours outside of class where students can work in the lab and be checked off on their skill demos.
All Videos
CS3651 - Using Multimeter in a Circuit
CS 3651 Introduction to Circuit Schematics
CS 3651 Introduction to Resistors
CS 3651 Introduction to Capacitors
CS 3651 - APIA - Pull down resistors
CS 3651 - APIA - Sensing: Photoresistor
Digital to Analog Converter CS 3651 APIA Parts One Two Three
CS 3651 APIA using an oscilloscope
CS 3651 - APIA - full wave rectifier - Parts One Two
How to test the internal resistance of a battery
CS 3651 - APIA - switches+relays - Part One Two
CS 3651 - APIA - transistor as switch
CS 3651 - APIA - Using a Darlington Pair to make a touch sensor