Tep`s EE x96 Projects
Fall 17
Information
Sections
- EE 296 Section 003
- EE 396 Section 003
- EE 496 Section 004
Requirements
- Each team will make three presentations and one design
review meeting over the semester:
- A 10 minute proposal presentation near the beginning of the semester
- A 15 minute preliminary design review presentation in mid-semester
- A 45 minute critical design review meeting with me
- A 30 minute final presentation at the end of the semester
Each team will submit their ppt file for each of the presentations
on Laulima
two days in advance of the presentation.
The presentations will be run "conference" style, and due to the large number
of teams,there will be two or three sessions on the presentation dates.
Each team will present in, and is expected to attend,
one of these sessions. A schedule will be posted for each presentation.
- Each team will sign up for a 45 minute time slot for the
critical design review meeting later in the semester.
- Each team will assigne a "blogger" member to maintain a weekly blog
using the "Clog" tool on Laulima
to document their design.
- Each team will submit a
written project report
at the end of the semester
in electronic form. For EE 296 and 396 students, this
report is due on 8 Dec 17. For EE 496 students, the first draft of this
report is due on
27 Oct
to allow time for feedback and revision for W credit.
- This semester, I would like each INDIVIDUAL to maintain a design notebook.
Meetings
Our first, brief, orientation meeting will be held on Friday 25 Aug 2017
at 4:30 pm in POST 214 for
introductions and discussion of the requirements. The meeting times for
the remaining presentations, demos and meetings are tentively scheduled
as follows:
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Proposal Presentations
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Saturday, 16 Sep 2017 in POST 214
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Preliminary Design Review Presentations
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Saturday 21 Oct 2017 in POST 214
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Critical Design Review Meetings
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Individual team meetings as scheduled on
10 and 11 Nov.
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uMouse 1st mini-competition
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TBD. Due to rescheduled PDR and delays with motors, the 1st mini-comp
will be delayed to a later date, and may be replaced with practice
runs prior to the final competition.
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Final Presentations
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Scheduled for Friday 8 Dec 2017 in POST 214.
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uMouse final mini-competition
(for uMouse teams and interested guests)
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Scheduled for
Saturday, 9 Dec 2017
in H408A (enter through H 411)
beginning at 10:00 am.
Tutorials
In addition, for uMouse teams, there will be two tutorials
for those new to Micromouse on:
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Tutorial 1 - uMouse Design Overview
- Saturday, 2 Sep 2017,
10:00am - 12:00 noon in POST 214
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Tutorial 2 - Sensors and Power Circuits
- Saturday, 9 Sep 2017 in Holmes 408A.
The hands-on tutorials will be from 10am to 12 noon.
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Tutorial 3 - Stepper Motors and PIC
- Saturday, 23 Sep 2017 in Holmes 408A.
The hands-on tutorials will be from 10am to 12 noon.