Schedule for ECE 3400 Fall 2018

Week 1:

• Aug 24th, Friday: Introduction
• Aug 25th, Saturday: Deadline @midnight: 1) Fill out google form. 2) Sign up for Piazza

Week 2:

• Lab 1 Microcontrollers
• Aug 27th, Monday: Working with Arduinos, embedded control
• Aug 29th, Wednesday: Effective team work/time management by Robin Parker, Center for Teaching Excellence
• Aug 31st, Friday: Team meetings. Deadline @midnight: 1) Make a team contract, 2) make your team website (you have to use Github), 3) add a link to your contract, and 4) send your website link to the instructor.

Week 3:

• Work on milestone 1
• Sep 3rd, Mon: Labor day
• Sep 5th, Wed: How to make good websites, online communication
• Sep 7th, Fri: Team meetings. Deadline @midnight: The websites will be graded for contents on lab 1.
• Sep 9th, Sun: Deadline @midnight: Fill out the team assessment form.

Week 4:

• Work on milestone 1
• Sep 10th, Mon: Sensors and Analog filters
• Sep 12th, Wed: Digital filters
• Sep 14th, Fri: Team meetings. Deadline @midnight: The websites will be graded for contents on milestone 1.

Week 5:

• Lab 2 Analog circuitry and FFT
• Sep 17th, Mon: Actuators, feedback control
• Sep 19th, Wed: Feedback Control, how servos work.
• Sep 21st, Fri: Team meetings.
• Sep 23rd, Sun: Deadline @midnight: Fill out the team assessment form.

Week 6:

• Work on milestone 2 and Lab 2
• Sep 24th, Mon: Wired communication (by Haron Abdel Raziq)
• Sep 26th, Wed: Wireless communication and storage management
• Sep 28th, Fri: Team meetings.

Week 7:

• Lab 3 Wireless Communication
• Oct 1st, Mon: FPGA lecture by Bruce Land
• Oct 3rd, Wed: VGA/Camera
• Oct 5th, Fri: Team meetings. Deadline @midnight: The websites will be graded for contents on lab 2.
• Oct 7th, Sun: Deadline @midnight: Fill out the team assessment form.

Week 8:

• Work on milestone 2 and lab 3
• Oct 8th, Mon: Fall break
• Oct 10th, Wed: EMI and Mechanical prototyping
• Oct 12th, Fri: Team meetings. Deadline @midnight: The websites will be graded for contents on milestone 2.

Week 9:

• Work on Lab 3
• Oct 15th, Mon: Tutorial on 3D printers, laser cutters, and design strategies.
• Oct 17th, Wed: EE prototyping (PCB layout)
• Oct 19th, Fri: Team meetings. Deadline @midnight: The websites will be graded for contents on lab 3.
• Oct 21st, Sun: Deadline @midnight: Fill out the team assessment form.

Week 10:

• Lab 4 FPGA / Vision
• Oct 22nd, Mon: Conflict resolution by Erica Dawson
• Oct 24th, Wed: Algorithms
• Oct 26th, Fri: Team meetings.

Week 11:

• Work on lab 4
• Oct 29th, Mon: Algorithms
• Oct 31st, Wed: Algorithms
• Nov 2nd, Fri: Team meetings. Deadline @midnight: The websites will be graded for contents on lab 4.
• Nov 4th, Sun: Deadline @midnight: Fill out the team assessment form.

Week 12:

• Work on milestone 3
• Nov 5th, Mon: Evaluating IPS
• Nov 7th, Wed: Probability and Localization
• Nov 9th, Fri: Team meetings. Deadline @midnight: The websites will be graded for contents on milestone 3.

Week 13:

• Work on milestone 4
• Nov 12th, Mon: Cornell Engineering Career Center (Christa Downey)
• Nov 14th, Wed: Recap
• Nov 16th, Fri: Team meetings.
• Nov 18th, Sun: Deadline @midnight: Fill out the team assessment form.

Week 14:

• Work on milestone 4
• Nov 19th, Mon: Alternative Approaches to IPS
• Nov 21st, Wed: Thanksgiving recess
• Nov 23rd, Fri: Thanksgiving recess

Week 15:

• Work on final system
• Nov 26th, Mon: IPS Ethics (Park Atkinson Doing). Deadline @midnight: The websites will be graded for contents on milestone 4.
• Nov 28th, Wed: IPS Ethics (Park Atkinson Doing)
• Nov 30th, Fri: Practice Competition

Week 16:

• Dec 3rd, Mon: Team meetings.
• Dec 4th, Tuesday: FINAL COMPETITION 9-12. Deadline @midnight Grading of final websites! Deadline @midnight: Ethics homework hand-in. Deadline @midnight: Fill out the team assessment form.