| Week |
Lecture Topic, Laboratory
Exercise | Reading
Assignment
| Homework
Assignment
|
| 1
(8/24 - 8/28)
|
- course introduction
- Project
assignment
- mechatronics and measurement systems
- electric circuit
fundamentals
- input and output impedance
Lab (starts this week):
Introduction to Lab
policies and procedures
Lab
1: Introduction - resistor codes, breadboard, and basic measurements
(no
quiz this week)
| handouts,
Ch. 1;
App A.1;
2.1 - 2.4 | 0:
sign up for the MECH307-L
course Listserv
survey
sheet
(due Fri, 8/28)
1: 2.2 [20 pts], 2.10 [10 pts],
2.15 [10 pts], 2.18 [20 pts], 2.20 [10 pts],
2.28 [10 pts], 2.29 [20 pts]
[100 points total]
(due Fri, 9/4)
|
| 2
(8/31
- 9/4)
| group assignments announced
- AC circuits introduction
- semiconductors, diodes
- transistors
Lab
2: Instrument familiarization and basic electrical relations |
2.6 - 2.10;
| 2:
3.1 [5 pts], 3.4 [10 pts],
3.11 [5 pts], 3.12 [30 pts]
[50 points
total]
(due Mon, 9/14)
project
purchase a 3-ring binder and
set up "Week ##" dividers;
print,
read, and insert the
project description
(due
Week 3)
|
| 3
(9/7 - 9/11)
| Labor Day (no class on Monday, 9/7)
- digital
electronics
- number codes
- combinational logic
Lab
3: The oscilloscope |
Ch. 3;
6.1 - 6.5
|
project
watch videos
of past projects;
brainstorm ideas and
document with rough
sketches
and descriptions;
show evidence of evaluation
(e.g., a decision matrix)
based on project grading criteria
(due Week 4)
|
| 4
(9/14
- 9/18)
| - design of logic networks
-
sequential logic
- flip-flops
- project info
get ahead or catch up
originally scheduled: Lab
5 (not Lab 4): Transistor circuits
done instead: Lab
4: Bandwidth, filters, and diodes
|
6.6
- 6.9 | 3: 6.7 [45 pts], 6.13 [15
pts],
6.25 [15 pts], 6.33 [25 pts],
6.35 [20 pts], 6.42 [15 pts]
[135
points total]
(due Fri, 9/25)
|
| 5
(9/21
- 9/25)
| - flip-flop applications
- counters,
timers, oscillators
- Exam I Review
- microcontrollers and the PIC
Lab
7 (not Lab 6): Digital circuits - logic and latching |
6.10 - 6.13
7.1 - 7.4 | project
refine your project idea and
set realistic goals;
document your selected
idea with
a detailed sketch of the overall system
and with detailed sketches of important
hardware elements
(due Week 6)
|
| 6
(9/28
- 10/2)
|
EXAM
I - Wednesday, 9/30
Lab
8: Digital circuits - counter and LED display |
7.5 - 7.9 | project
develop and document
project plans, define your problem,
draw a functional
diagram,
list I/O requirements, start the proposal
(due
Week 7)
|
| 7
(10/5 - 10/9)
|
- PIC examples
- PIC interfacing
- measurement system characteristics
- Fourier
series
- frequency response
Lab
9: Programming a PIC Microcontroller - Part I
Project work
| 4.1-4.7 |
project
complete the proposal,
research
and order sensors,
actuators, and special
components (e.g., interface chips, and
additional or
alternative PICs)
(due Week 8)
prepare file and schematic for the
"alternative design" in Section 10.3
of Lab
10
(in lieu of quiz)
|
| 8
(10/12
- 10/16)
| - system response (0th, 1st,
2nd order systems)
- 2nd order system response
- modeling analogies
Project proposal due (Wednesday, 10/14)
midterm group
and course evaluations
Lab
10: Programming a PIC Microcontroller - Part II
|
4.8-4.11;
5.1-5.4 |
4: 4.4 [10 pts], 4.6 [30 pts],
4.8 [10 pts], 4.10
[20 pts],
4.21 [15 pts], 4.26 [15 pts],
6.46 (from Ch. 6) [15 pts]
[115
points total]
(due Mon, 10/19)
project
finish researching and ordering
sensors, actuators, and special
components
(due
Week 9)
prepare files for Lab 11
(in lieu of quiz)
|
| 9
(10/19 - 10/23)
|
- operational amplifier
- characteristics
of real op amps
- data acquisition
- digital to analog,
analog to digital conversion
- project info/advice/help
- batteries
- relays
- power rating
Lab
11: Pulse-Width-Modulation Motor Speed Control with a PIC |
5.5-5.14;
Ch. 8;
Lab
15
|
5: 5.5 [20 pts], 5.10 [20 pts],
5.14 [50 pts], 5.18 [10
pts]
[100 points total]
(due Mon, 10/26)
project
get basic components from your TA;
demonstrate a working PIC circuit
for your project with basic input and/or output
(due Week 10)
|
| 10
(10/26 - 10/30)
|
- position measurement
- switches
- potentiometer
- LVDT
- digital
encoder
- Exam II Review
originally scheduled: Lab
4 (not Lab 12): Bandwidth, filters, and diodes
instead, do: Lab
5: Transistor circuits |
9.1, 9.2
| 6: 8.5
[20 pts], 8.6 [15 pts],
8.7 [15 pts]
[50 points total]
(due Fri, 10/30)
project
start designing and testing
circuits for additional functional elements
(e.g., audio, sensor, actuator),
developing
the PicBasic code
incrementally
(due Week 11)
|
|
11
(11/2 - 11/6)
|
- motor
fundamentals
- stepper motor control
No class on Friday, 11/6 (PLI Day)
EXAM
II - originally scheduled: Friday, 11/6
(moved to Monday, 11/9)
Lab
6: Operational amplifier circuits
choose a time slot for your Lab Practical Exam | Ch. 10
| project
draw functional diagram;
draw detailed wiring diagram showing
all components, wires, and used pin numbers;
work
on mechanical components
and support hardware
(due Week 12)
|
| 12
(11/9 - 11/13)
| EXAM II - Monday, 11/9
- stress/strain introduction
- strain gages
- Wheatstone bridge
- strain
gage rosette
- Strain Gage Lab analysis
get ahead or catch up
Lab
Practical Exam (see Course Policies for more info)
(show up at the time scheduled with your TA)
|
App C;
9.3, 9.5 | project
assemble the final circuits,
create a complete
software flowchart,
and continue to develop
PicBasic code incrementally
(due Week 13)
|
| 13
(11/16 - 11/20)
|
Project
extra-early-bird award deadline (for +10 points)
(5 pm, Tuesday, 11/17)
No class on Wednesday, 11/18
- piezoelectric accelerometers
- temperature measurement - introduction
-
thermocouple relations
These Labs are for demonstration only. No analysis or summary sheets will be required. However, there will still be a quiz as usual.
Lab
12: A/D conversion
Lab
13: Strain gage
Lab
14: Vibration measurement with an accelerometer
Project
work |
9.4 |
7: 9.5 [15 pts], 9.9 [30 pts],
9.16 [25 pts], 9.21 [30
pts]
[100 points total]
(due Fri, 12/4)
project
finish fabricating and programming
the entire system
|
| 14
(11/23
- 11/27)
| Thanksgiving Break (no classes) | |
|
| 15
(11/30
- 12/4)
| Project early-bird award deadline
(5
pm, Tuesday, 12/1)
- comprehensive case study example
Project
work | |
project
testing, final tweaking,
finishing
touches |
| 16
(12/7 - 12/11)
|
- comprehensive case study example (continued)
final group
and course evaluations
- Final Exam review
- selected Project
presentations
Project final reviews
in Lab
Project final reports due (Friday,
12/11) |
|
project
evaluation |
| |
FINAL EXAM (Wednesday, 12/16, 7-9am)
in
same room as lectures |
| |