Electrical Engineering
“Electrical Engineers: More frequency, less resistance."
–MIT wall
Date |
Topics |
Assignments |
T 11/5 A W 11/6 F |
Debrief
on UCD project |
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W 11/6 A Th 11/7 F |
Intro
to electronics: batteries, resistors,
LEDs V
= IR, P = IV |
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Th 11/7 A F 11/8 F |
Read
the resistor color code |
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F 11/8 A T 11/12 F |
Build your first
program with the Basic Stamp microcontroller Understand
positive, negative, and current direction Use the Board of
Education breadboard area |
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T 11/12 A W 11/13 F |
Create simple
circuits with programs controlling their operation L1: Draw circuits with TinyCAD |
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Th 11/14 |
Work
on lab |
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F 11/15 |
Finish
lab |
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M 11/18 A T 11/19 F |
Handle input
signals with program |
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T 11/19 A W 11/20 F |
Work on lab |
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W 11/20 A Th 11/21 F |
Work on lab |
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Th 11/21 A F 11/22 F |
Finish lab |
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F 11/22 A M 11/25 F |
Describe
potentiometers and capacitors Use RC timing
circuits for measuring resistance |
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T 11/26 |
Work
on lab |
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W 11/27 20 min |
Work on lab |
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T 12/3 A W 12/4 F |
Work on lab |
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W 12/4 A Th 12/5 F |
Finish
lab |
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Th 12/5 A F 12/6 F |
Introduce
"Instrument" Project Use
phototransistor, piezo speaker, and 7-segment LED
display |
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F 12/6 – T 12/17 A M 129 – W 12/18 F |
Work
on project |
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W 12/18 A Th 12/19 F |
Kick off Midyear Projects |
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Th 12/18 A |
(Free block – Field
trip on drop day) |
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F 12/19 |
Olin Expo Day field trip! |
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Enjoy the break |
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Th 1/2 - F 1/3 |
Midyear Project
work day |
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M 1/6 A T 1/7 F |
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T 1/7 A W 1/8 F |
EE Quiz |
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More Resources for this Unit…
“What’s
a Microcontroller” (WAM) Student Guide – latest version from Parallax
Basic
Stamp Editor download – latest version from Parallax
PBasic documentation:
web link and .pdf download
TinyCAD
Download – from SourceForge
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