EENG 393 PCB Design (Syllabus)

EENG 393 Dr. Coulston's website

Dr. Li's office hours:  8 – 9:30 am MWF, office hour location: Brown 330 O

Lab Assistants:
Polina Rygina, office hours: Mondays 5 - 6 pm BB305
Trevor Wolf, office ours: Wednesdays 1 - 2 pm BB305 (BB304 has a lab during this time but BB305 doesn't)
Jack Martin, office hours: Mondays 3 - 4 pm BB305

Grader:
Jack O’Reilly, joreilly@mines.edu

Course Meeting:      Monday      6:00-8:50    Hill Hall 202 (Due to scheduling problems, we have switched back to Hill Hall 202 for all future lectures).


Weeks
Dates
Lectures
Notes
Homework Assignments
Week 1
8/19
Introduction to the course
A simple VU meter on a breadboard
video, notes

slides
TLC274 - the OpAmp we will use for this lab.
1. HW1, due Tuesday, 9/3 11:59 pm. One single PDF file submitted to Canvas. (76 points). Demo video submitted to your YouTube Channel, include a link to your HW1 submission. (100 points)
Week 2 8/26 Work on the VU meter on a breadboard
The VU meter layout
We are having a lecture in W280 today!
video
slides
Tips and notes
HW2 due Thursday, 9/5, 11:59 pm. One single PDF file submitted to Canvas. (120 points)
Not a team work, individual submissions
Week 3 9/2 Labor Day Holiday
No lecture/no lab but there is an assignment due 9/8

Tips and notes Lab 3
HW3 due Monday 9/9 at 11:59 pm. One single PDF file submitted to Canvas (100 points).
Not a team work, individual submissions
Week 49/9PSU circuit analysis and schematic drawing
video
Dr. Coulston's Lab06
Dr. Li's step-by-step instructions to build the PSU schematic
HW4 due Tuesday 9/17 at 11:59 pm. One single PDF file submitted to Canvas (100 points).
Not a team work, individual submissions
Week 59/16PSU board layout, self-defined library
(meet in the lab at 6 pm, no lecture in Hill Hall)
Dr. Coulston's Lab07
Dr. Li's step-by-step instructions
HW5 due Tuesday 9/24 at 11:59 pm. One single PDF file submitted to Canvas (100 points).
Not a team work, individual submissions
Week 6 9/23 Complete the PSU board layout (work on HW6)
(meet in the lab at 6 pm, no lecture in Hill Hall)

Dr. Coulston's Lab08
Dr. Li's step-by-step instructions
HW6 due Wednesday 10/9 at 11:59 pm. Let you TA check your layout and collect your Gerber files (zipped). Print your layout  in both copper poured and un-poured versions and merge them in one single PDF file, submit it to Canvas (270 points).
Not a team work, individual submissions
Week 7 9/30 Complete the PSU board layout (work on HW6)
(meet in the lab at 6 pm, no lecture in Hill Hall)
Let TAs review your layout
Week 810/7Complete the PSU board layout (work on HW6)
(meet in the lab at 6 pm, no lecture in Hill Hall)
Let TAs review your layout
Week 910/14Fall Break 10/14 and 10/1510/16 midterm grades due
Week 1010/21No lab
Week 11 10/28 Solder/test your PSU board HW7 due Monday 11/18
at 10:50 pm
Week 12 11/4 Solder/test your PSU board
Week 1311/11Solder/test your PSU board
Last day to finish your soldering/assembly
Week 1411/18Demo to TAs if you haven't
Week 1511/25No lecture/no lab
Week 1612/2No lecture/no lab



Reference:
Basics
Schematics and PCB Layouts
Self-defined library
Customized frames

Optional:
Temperature monitoring on LCDs
Horseshoe wireless IMU sensing