ECE 3400 Intelligent Physical Systems
Cornell University, Fall 2017
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Schedule
You can access the PH427 lab any time a TA is available. Be aware that if a lab session is ongoing you will have to yield the space to those who are signed up.
You can also access the PH414 Skunkworks lab during open lab hours, IF both you and your TA has been trained. We will be using the buddy system - basically, you are NEVER allowed to be in there without at least one other person present. That also counts if your buddy just need to step out for a couple of minutes! If we find that anyone does not follow the Buddy system, or mistreats equipment in that space, you will loose access for the rest of the semester.
Week 1:
- Aug 23rd, Wednesday: Introduction. Deadline @midnight: Fill out google form.
- Aug 25th, Friday: Working with Arduinos
Week 2:
- Lab 1 Microcontrollers
- Aug 28th, Monday: Effective team work/time management (Erica Cantrell Dawson, Director for the Engineering Leadership Program).
- Aug 30th, Wed: IPS fundamentals and how to make good websites.
- Sep 1st, Fri: Mandatory team meeting during class hours.
- Sep 2nd, Saturday @8am: Submit team contract to the lecturer. Make your first team website and add names and photos of your team members, and a link to the contract.
Week 3:
- Work on milestone 1
- Sep 4th, Mon: Labor day
- Sep 6th, Wed: Sensors and signal processing (Vidya Ramesh).
- Sep 8th, Fri: Digital filters and FFT + mandatory group meeting.
- Deadline one week after the day of your lab 1 session: The websites will be graded for contents on lab 1.
Week 4:
- Lab 2 Analog circuitry and FFT
- Sep 11th, Mon: Embedded Systems (Joe Skovira)
- Sep 13th, Wed: Embedded Control (Daniel Kim)
- Sep 15th, Fri: Mandatory team meeting, remember to upload your meeting notes to the website.
Week 5:
- Work on milestone 1
- Sep 18th, Mon: Actuators
- Sep 20th, Wed: Feedback Control (Adarsh Jayakumar)
- Sep 22nd, Fri: How servos work (Justin Selig) + mandatory group meeting.
- Deadline one week after the day of your lab 2 session: The websites will be graded for contents on lab 2, and milestone 1.
Week 6:
- Work on milestone 2
- Sep 25th, Mon: FPGA (Bruce Land)
- Sep 27th, Wed: FPGA/VGA (Claire Chen)
- Sep 29th, Fri: Mandatory team meeting, remember to upload your meeting notes to the website.
- Deadline one week after the day of your lab session: The websites will be graded for contents on milestone 2.
- Sep 30th, Sat: Deadline @8am: Fill out and send the team assessment form to the instructor.
Week 7:
- Lab 3 FPGA
- Oct 2nd, Mon: Mechanical prototyping
- Oct 4th, Wed: Tutorial on 3D printers, laser cutters, and design strategies (Christopher Fedors).
- Oct 6th, Fri: Choose to either meet for a mandatory team meeting, or join for an optional lecture on how to debug analog circuitry in Kimball B11!
Week 8:
- Oct 9th, Mon: Fall break
- Oct 11th, Wed: Wireless Communication and protocols (Ryan O’Hern).
- Oct 13th, Fri: Wired communication + Mandatory group meeting.
Week 9:
- Lab 4 Wireless communication
- Oct 16th, Mon: IPS wiring, soldering, EMC concerns.
- Oct 18th, Wed: Board layout (Leah Forrest)
- Oct 20th, Fri: Mandatory team meeting, remember to upload your meeting notes to the website.
- Deadline two weeks after the day of your lab 3 session: The websites will be graded for contents on lab 3.
Week 10:
- Work on milestone 3
- Oct 23rd, Mon: Algorithms
- Oct 25th, Wed: Algorithms
- Oct 27th, Fri: Mandatory team meeting, remember to upload your meeting notes to the website.
- Deadline one week after the day of your lab 4 session: The websites will be graded for contents on lab 4.
Week 11:
- Work on milestone 3
- Oct 30th, Mon: Algorithms
- Nov 1st, Wed: Algorithms
- Nov 3rd, Fri: Mandatory team meeting, remember to upload your meeting notes to the website.
Week 12:
- Work on milestone 3 and 4
- Nov 6th, Mon: Evaluating and debugging IPS
- Nov 8th, Wed: Macro-Ethics
- Nov 10th, Fri: Mandatory team meeting, remember to upload your meeting notes to the website.
- Deadline one week after the day of your lab session: The websites will be graded for contents on milestone 3.
- Nov 11th, Sat: Deadline @8am: Fill out and send the team assessment form to the instructor.
Week 13:
- Work on milestone 4
- Nov 13th, Mon: Mandatory team meeting, remember to upload your meeting notes to the website.
- Nov 15th, Wed: Alternative approaches to IPS: Human Robot Interaction (Prof. Guy Hofman)
- Nov 17th, Fri: Power and batteries (Vaidehi Garg)
Week 14:
- Work on final system
- Nov 20th, Mon: Micro-Ethics
- FIXED deadline Nov 21st, Tuesday: The websites will be graded for contents on milestone 4.
- Nov 22nd, Wed: Thanksgiving recess
- Nov 24th, Fri: Thanksgiving recess
Week 15:
- Work on final system
- Nov 27th, Mon: Recap and where to go from here?!
- Nov 27th, Mon, FIXED DEADLINE: Ethics homework due
- Nov 29th, Wed: Cornell Engineering Career Center (Christa Downey)
- Dec 1st, Fri: Mandatory team meeting, remember to upload your meeting notes to the website.
Week 16:
- Dec 4th, Mon: COMPETITION DAY 10-12.30am! (Duffield Hall) Participation is mandatory
- Dec 6th, Wed: Deadline @8am: The final websites will be graded.