EE 410-510 ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTATION AND DESIGN
COURSE DESCRIPTION -
Design of electronic instruments, with emphasis on the use of integrated circuits, both analog and digital. Topics include power supplies; signal conditioning, and active filters; frequency counters and micro-controllers; measurement of temperature, displacement, light, and other physical quantities. Individual or group projects required. The instrument is demonstrated and a report is written.
COURSE OBJECTIVES -
COURSE INFORMATION -
Pre-requisite: EE 310, or instructor permission
Text: Not required - "Circuit Design for Electronic Instrumentation," D. Wobschall, 2nd Ed (Reprinted)
Credits: 4.0
Class meetings: Tuesday and Thursday, 5:00 PM - 6:20 PM
Laboratory schedule: TBD
GRADING EE 410:
Labs - Selected group from 16 labs - 20%
Midterm (Take Home) - 15%
Final (Open Book) - 25%
Project Demonstration - 25%
Projects teams of 2 (ask early)
Project Report Persentation - 15%
GRADING EE 510:
Midterm (Take Home) - 15%
Final (Open Book) - 25%
Project Demonstration - 35%
Projects teams of 2 or fewer
Project Report Presentation - 10%
Lecture Presentation - 15%
FINAL REPORT FORMAT, which includes
Design documentation
Final Task list -- original and final
Final Time line -- original and final
Final Project costs
FINAL PROJECT PRESENTATION and demonstration should take no longer than 15 minutes
Your presentation will be judged on the following criteria
Topic Organization (30%)
Multimedia effectiveness of slides (30%)
Oral and visual effectiveness of presenters (30%)
Presented within time allotted (10%)
COURSE TOPICS -
Textbooks are under review and topics will be aligned with an appropriate text. The EE510 students will research selected topics and present a lecture to augment the course topics.
COMMUNICATIONS - OPEN FORUM
EE410/510 Listserv: ee410-510-list@listserv.buffalo.edu
PARTS LIST -
A suggested parts list is available for the experiments and some projects. Click on this link for the Parts List, or download the Parts List in PDF.
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