Grade breakdown
This class is graded 30% assignments and 60% final project and 10% participation.
Published by Pedro Lopes on Mar 29 2021
In this class we will engineer electronics onto Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs). We will focus on designing and laying out the circuit and PCB for our own custom-made I/O devices, such as wearable or haptic devices. In order for you to be successful in engineering a functional PCB we will: (1) review digital circuits and three microntrollers (ATMEGA, NRF, SAMD), (2) use KICAD to build circuit schematics, (3) learn how to wire analog/digital sensors or actuators to our microcontroller, including SPI and I2C protocols, (4) use KICAD to build PCB schematics, (5) actually manufacture our designs, (6) receive in our hands our PCBs from factory, (7) finally, learn how to debug our custom-made PCBs. See here for class website (soon).
In this class you will engineer your own PCB from the ground up, by: designing it, engineering it, send it off to manufacturing, debugging it and improving it.
Please see UChicago's official registrar page.
This course was developed by Pedro Lopes. Parts of this course are derived (with permission) from a course taught by Patrick Baudisch (in which Pedro co-taught a few segments) at Hasso Plattner Institute. All teaching materials in this class, including course slides, homeworks, assignments, practice exams and quizzes, are copyrighted. Reproduction, redistribution and other rights solely belong to the instructor. In particular, it is not permissible to upload any or part of these materials to public or private websites without the instructor's explicit consent. Violating this copyright policy will be considered an academic integrity violation.
The University of Chicago has formal policies related to academic honesty and plagiarism. We abide by these standards in this course. Depending on the severity of the offense, you risk being dismissed altogether from the course. All cases will be referred to the Dean of Students office, which may impose further penalties, including suspension and expulsion. In addition, we expect that everyone handles their fellow students and staff members with respect, following the norms of proper behavior by members of the University of Chicago community.
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