ME430 Mechatronics - Fisher and Boutell

ME430 MECHATRONICS -- Fisher and Boutell -- Winter 2009-2010

Calendar

Labs

Courseware

Day	Date	Class Topics	To Do for Next Class	Due
1	Monday Nov 30	Administrative Handout Discuss Projects Project Brainstorming	Bring $20 for lab kit Identify a partner for the labs and the project Install MPLAB and the PIC18 C Compiler Watch "Introduction to MPLAB" video, prepare for a quiz	--
2	Tuesday Dec 1	Buy lab kits for $20 Record lab partners and assign lockers Quiz on "Introduction to MPLAB" Intro to Using Embedded Systems (video)	Watch "Number Systems" video and prepare for a quiz Order "free" PICs for use in Labs and Project	$20 for lab kit
3	Thursday Dec 3	Quiz on "Number Systems" Using the PICDEM demo board Time for Lab 1	Watch "Variable Types and Operations" video and prepare for a quiz	Order PICs for Labs and Project
4	Monday Dec 7	Quiz on "Variable Types and Operations" Intro to using Debugger Watch Window Time for Lab 2	Watch "Instruction Cycles and Special Function Registers" video and prepare for a quiz. 3 project ideas (written!) due Day 5	Lab 1, due at start of period
5	Tuesday Dec 8	Project meetings for port teams (left side of room) Quiz on "Instruction Cycles and Special Function Registers" Time for Lab 2	Watch "Writing Functions" video and prepare for a quiz. Supporting.c Supporting.h For BONUS you can also watch "Debugging" video and complete the bonus quiz. Here is the sample code to use with that video	Week 2 Project meetings Port teams (left side)
6	Thursday Dec 10	Project meetings for starboard teams (right side of room) Quiz on "Writing Functions" Using a breadboard intro Time for Lab 2	Watch "Transistors" video and prepare for a quiz	Week 2 Project meetings Starboard teams (righ side)
7	Monday Dec 14	Quiz on "Transistors" ICD2 as debugger/programmer Time for Lab 3	Watch "Snubber Diodes, Decoupling Capacitors, and H-Bridges" video and prepare for a quiz	Lab 2, due at start of period
8	Tuesday Dec 15	Quiz on "Snubber Diodes, Decoupling Capacitors, and H-Bridges" Project meetings all teams Time for Lab 3	Watch "Motors" video and prepare for a quiz	Week 3 Project meetings
9	Thursday Dec 17	Motor "quiz" Time for Lab 4	Watch "Timers" video and prepare for a quiz. sample code	Lab 3, due at start of period
Christmas Break
10	Monday Jan 4	Quiz on "Timers" In class timer exercise Starting code Time for Lab 4	Watch "Interrupts, day 1 of 2" video and prepare for a quiz. Finalize detailed project proposal
11	Tuesday Jan 5	EXAM 1 -- IN CLASS (more details)
12	Thursday Jan 7	Quiz on "Interrupts, day 1 of 2" Time for Lab 4	Watch "Interrupts, day 2 of 2" video and prepare for a quiz.	Week 4 Project Proposal due on Angel
13	Monday Jan 11	Quiz on "Interrupts, day 2 of 2" Time for Lab 5	Watch "Analog-to-Digital Conversions" video and prepare for a quiz.	Lab 4, due at start of period
14	Tuesday Jan 12	Quiz on "Analog-to-Digital Conversions" Hands on ADC Starting code Discuss revised project proposal and shopping list, starboard teams Time for Lab 5	Watch "IR Circuits" video and prepare for a quiz.	Week 5 Project meetings Starboard teams (right)
15	Thursday Jan 14	Quiz on "IR Circuits" Discuss revised project proposal and shopping list, port teams Time for Lab 5	Watch "Pulse Width Modulation" video and prepare for a quiz.	Week 5 Project meetings Port teams (left)
16	Monday Jan 18 Convo Day!	Quiz on "Pulse Width Modulation" Hands on PWM Time for Lab 5	Watch "UART Communication" video and prepare for a quiz Sorry, but the "click to continues" sometimers requires like 10 clicks Complete example code using the More Advanced Rx Interrupt
17	Tuesday Jan 19	Quiz on "UART Communication" Hands on UART (Fisher only, Boutell in Lab 7/8) Starting code Time for Lab 6	Watch "MATLAB GUI Communication Day 1" video and prepare for quiz	Lab 5, due at start of period
18	Thursday Jan 21	Quiz on "MATLAB GUI Communication Day 1" Project meetings for all teams Time for Lab 6	Watch "MATLAB GUI Communication Day 2" video and prepare for quiz If you get stuck print this out as a guide picdemGUI.pdf	Week 6 Project meetings Show receipt of project purchases
19	Monday Jan 25	Quiz on "MATLAB GUI Communication Day 2" Time for Lab 6	Watch "Using SolidEdge" video. Print out your solid edge drawing to turn in.
20	Tuesday Jan 26	No quiz! Bring requested SolidEdge printout. Soldering Day (all day, in lab). Bring your computers anyway.	Watch "Intro to PLCs" video and prepare for a quiz Prepare for Exam 2!	SolidEdge printout
21	Thursday Jan 28	Quiz on "Intro to PLCs" Go over "Prior to Exam" handout Project meetings for all teams Time for Lab 7/8	Download Picosoft Watch "Learning Picosoft" video and prepare for a quiz	Lab 6, due at start of period Week 7 Project Meetings
22	Monday Feb 1	Quiz on "Learning Picosoft" Work on Lab 7/8	Watch "Finite State Machines" video and prepare for a quiz on day 24 Prepare for Exam 2!
23	Tuesday Feb 2	EXAM 2 - Evening Exam Wednesday night, Feb 3rd (not Tuesday) (more details)	-- No required regular class on Tuesday to compensate for evening exam --
24	Thursday Feb 4	Quiz on "Finite State Machines" Tank and Conveyor Demonstration Hand out Lab 9 Project Work time Work on Lab 7/8	Make a Finite State Machine for the Tank and Conveyor Lab problems	Week 8 Project Meeting ME Core Component
25	Monday Feb 8	Go over FSM, discuss translating FSM to Picosoft Ladder Logic Concept Questions on Ladder Logic Work on Lab 9		FSM for Tank and Conveyor Lab 7/8, due at start of period
26	Tuesday Feb 9	Project Work time Work on Lab 9	Prepare project Week 9 code demo
27	Thursday Feb 11	Week 9 Project Meetings Project Work time Work on Lab 9		Week 9 Project Meeting CS/EE Core Component Lab 9, due by end of period
28	Monday Feb 15	Project Work time	--
29	Tuesday Feb 16	Course Evaluations Overview/Review of Course Discuss Final Project Work time	--
30	Thursday Feb 18	Project Demonstrations! Clean out lockers and check out	Bring your computers to the final Project documentation due before walking into final	Project completely working and ready to be demonstrated.
Final	TBD			Project Documentation