EGM 180 Schedule

Week

Lectures & In-Class Work

Assignments & Exams

1/17-1/18

DAY 1: Overview, Charge, & Current

DAY 2: Voltage, & Resistors

DAY 1: Exercise 1

DAY 2: Exercise 2, Exercise 3

1/24-1/25

DAY 1: Kirchhoff's Voltage Law, & Kirchhoff's Current Law

DAY 2: LEDs

DAY 1: Exercise 4, Extra Credit Exercise


DAY 2: Exercise 5

1/31-2/1

DAY 1: Basic Stamp Programming


DAY 2: Snow Day---No Class

DAY 1: Quiz 1, Exercise 6,
Exercise 7, & Exercise 8

DAY 2:

2/7-2/8

DAY 1: Basic Stamp IO

DAY 2: DC Motors & Servos

DAY 1: Exercise 9, & ExtraCredit2

DAY 2: Quiz 2 & Exercise 10

2/14-2/15

DAY 1: Motor Control

DAY 2: Pololu DC Motor Controller

DAY 1: Exercise 11

DAY 2: Exercise 12

2/21-2/22

DAY 1: Power & Thevenin Equivalent Sources

DAY 2: Geartrains

DAY 1: Quiz 3 & Exercise 13


DAY 2: Exercise 14

2/28-3/1

DAY 1: The Vex Kit

DAY 2: Sheet metal

DAY 1: Exercise 15

DAY 2: Quiz 4, & Exercise 16

3/7-3/8

DAY 1: SPRING BREAK

DAY 2: SPRING BREAK

 
3/14-3/15

DAY 1: IR Communication

DAY 2: IR Control

DAY 1: Exercise 17

DAY 2: Exercise 18

3/21-3/22

DAY 1: Project 1

DAY 2: Project 1

DAY 1: Quiz 5

DAY 2: Project 1 Proposal Due

3/28-3/29

DAY 1: Project 1

DAY 2: Project 1

4/4-4/5

DAY 1: Project 1

DAY 2: Project 1 Competition
Score Card

 

DAY 2: Project 1 Report Due

4/11-4/12

DAY 1: No Class

DAY 2: Sensors

DAY 1:

DAY 2: Exercise 19 & Exercise 20

4/18-4/19

DAY 1: Robot Control

DAY 2: Project 2

DAY 1: Exercise 21

DAY 2: Quiz 6

4/25-4/26

DAY 1: Project 2

DAY 2: Project 2

DAY 1: Project 2 Proposal Due

5/2-5/3 (Officially Reading Days)

DAY 1: Project 2

DAY 2: Project 2

Thur., May 10: 11:30am-2:00pm
Final Exam

Project 2 Competition
Tournement Scoring


Project 2 Report Due