Lecture Materials

EE400 Lecture 1 (13 Sep 2011):     Syllabus     Don't Cheat Sheet     Phase I Project Suggestions     Phase I Project Adoption Form

EE400 Lecture 1b (15 Sep 2011):     Group Divisions.

EE400 Lecture 2 (20 Sep 2011):     Syllabus     Phase II Projects, Group Formation, and Ranking Sheet Due 4PM Tuesday 27 Sep 2011

EE400 Lecture 3 (27 Sep 2011):     Requirements Specifications: Slides     Requirements Specifications Assignment Due 4PM 07 Oct 2011

EE400 Lecture 4 (04 Oct 2011):     Lab Book Assignment     Client Interaction     A Systems Approach to Design     Suggestion: expecting to have a board manufactured via the course? Start learning Eagle (available from Cadsoft) now!

EE400 Lecture 5 (11 Oct 2011):     Interfacing     MCU Selection

EE400 Lecture 6 (18 Oct 2011):     ..continued     Critical Design Review Assignment (draft): this has been updated and linked to, below

EE400 Lecture 7 (25 Oct 2011):     New Course Technician: Alan Lim     Critical Design Review Assignment (includes schedule, locations)     Pert Chart Example (in-class: no slides)     Smart Room Equipment Tryouts

Updated CDR Presentation Schedule     This schedule supersedes the one included in the CDR Assignment document:      Lab Date Location Group Designators Monday (X02) 31 Oct 2011 CCIS 1-160 01, 08, 11, 02, 09, 12 Tuesday (X03) 01 Nov 2011 CCIS L2-190 14, 22, 15, 23, 16, 24, 18 Wednesday (X04) 02 Nov 2011 MEC 2-3 25, 29, 33, 26, 30, 34, 27 Thursday (X05) 03 Nov 2011 NRE 1-003 37, 38, 17 Monday (X02) 07 Nov 2011 CCIS 1-160 04, 10, 13, 05, 06, 07, 20, 03 Wednesday (X04) 09 Nov 2011 MEC 2-3 28, 31, 35, 32, 36, 19, 21

EE400 Lecture 8 (15 Nov 2011):     Parts Procurement (includes first parts order protocol)     Part Order Form (this older version is deprecated: link removed)     Initial parts order deadline: Friday, 25 November 2011     Please have your lab books signed each week by either your primary GTA or advisor.     (These signatures are used during evaluation of lab books.)

EE400 Lecture 9 (22 Nov 2011):     Ratings of Instruction     Revised Design and Work Report Assignment (reposted on 23 Nov 2011 to correct Budget criteria rubric entry)

EE401 Lecture 10V (a virtual lecture; posted 24 Nov 2011):     A set of materials intended to promote professional-level soft-skills.     Many of these were materials were collected by Lindsey Tache, formerly with the ECE Department!      Ground Rules (PDF)      Team Roles for Meetings (PDF)      Group Work Tips (PDF)      Active Listening (PDF)      Exercise: Communicating Expectations (PDF) (toward opening communication)      Sample Agreement (PDF)      (This sample agreement is one of four well-done agreements for a prior group that appeared to work very well together.)

EE400 Lecture 11 (06 Dec 2011):     EE400 Wrap Up (PDF)

EE401 Lecture 1 (10 Jan 2012):     EE401 Syllabus (PDF)     Checkpoint Reports Assignment (PDF) (for both Checkpoint Reports 1 and 2)     Lab Books Assignment (PDF) (unchanged from EE400)

EE401 Lecture 2 (17 Jan 2012):     PCB Heads-up: use Eagle version 5.xx!     Assessment of Project Completion (PDF)     Engineering Change Order/Notice Template (ECO) (DOC)     Revised parts ordering protocol:       ;  ;  1. Complete this spreadsheet form: xx_partsorder.xls       ;  ;  2. Submit an email copy to your advisor via email.       Orders are collected to reduce shipping/handling overhead.     Atmel AVR Firmware Development Cycle Demonstration

EE401 Lecture 3 (24 Jan 2012):     Printed Circuit Board Design - Part I (PDF)     Printed Circuit Board Design - Part II (PDF)

EE401 Lecture 4 (31 Jan 2012):     PCB Fabrication Worksheet (PDF) (updated 31 Jan 2012)     PCB Production Methods (PDF)     PCB Fabrication Parameters (update in Lecture 5)

EE401 Lecture 5 (07 Feb 2012):     Please submit the PCB Fabrication Worksheet by 4PM, Friday 10 Feb 2012 to course submission box     (submit even if your group does not require a PCB, or already has them manufactured!)     PCB Fabrication Parameters (PDF) (r0.2 07 Feb 2012) Changes to Milling fabrication method, including drill sizes     Return of graded Checkpoint Report 1     GTA Feedback Regarding Checkpoints, Time Management! (PDF)     From Course Tech: Clean up after yourselves in the lab.