Tep`s EE x96 Projects
Spring 2008
Information
Sections
- EE 296 Section 003 (81241)
- EE 396 Section 003 (81271)
- EE 496 Section 004 (81294)
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
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 maintain a design notebook.
- Each team will submit a
written project report
at the end of the semester
in both electronic and hard-copy form. For EE 296 and 396 students, this
report is due on 9 May 08. For EE 496 students, the first draft of this
report is due on 1 Apr to allow time for feedback and revision for W credit.
Meetings
Our first, brief, orientation meeting will be held on Tuesday 22 Jan 08
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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Friday, 8 Feb and Saturday, 9 Feb.
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Preliminary Design Review Presentations
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Friday, 7 Mar and Saturday 8 Mar.
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Critical Design Review Meetings
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Thursday, 3 Apr
and
Tuesday, 8 Apr
(NOTE the change)
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uMouse mini-competition
(optional for uMouse teams and interested guests)
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Saturday, 5 Apr.; 1:30-4:30 PM
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Region 6 Central Area MicroMouse Competition Results
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Saturday, 3 May; San Jose State University
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Final Presentations
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Scheduled for Thursday, 8 May 08 and Friday, 9 May 08
from 8 am to 4 pm.
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uMouse mini-competition - take 2
(optional for uMouse teams and interested guests)
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Scheduled for Saturday, 10 May 08 at 1:30 to 4:30 PM in H408A
Tutorials
In addition, for uMouse teams, there will be three optional tutorials
(recommended for those new to Micromouse) on:
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Tutorial 1 - Introduction to MicroMouse
- Satruday, 26 Jan 08 from 2-4 PM (NOTE
the change) in POST 214
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Tutorial 2 - Sensors and Power Circuits
- Saturday, 2 Feb 08 in Holmes 408A. There will be 2 sessions,
from 10:00-12:00 and 1:00-3:00. See the schedule for your team's
tutorial time.
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Tutorial 3 - Stepper Motors and Rabbit
- Saturday, 9 Feb 08 in Holmes 408A. There will be 2 sessions,
from 10:00-12:00 and 1:00-3:00. See the schedule for your team's
tutorial time.
For Tutorials 2 and 3,
a schedule
for times for each team will be posted.