1.7. Fall 2016 Calendar

Our TA schedule will appear on the official reservations calendar for Hunt A10 at IDeATe@Hunt PhysComp Lab Calendar. Please note that the Hunt library building does not begin 24 hour operation until as indicated on the Hunt Library Hours calendar.

The following course calendar is tentative and subject to change. For a description of the specific deliverables, please see the assignments page. For the day by day agendas, please see Log Book.

Date	Day	Class	Deliverables Due	In-Class Activity
08/29	Mon	1		Welcome. Arduino IDE introduction. Arduino Introduction Coding, Compiling, Deploying Soft Blink
08/31	Wed	2	Skill survey. First blog post.	Basic circuit theory. Electrical measurement. Bench, Battery, Grid Continuity Tests Power Switch and LED Voltage Divider Basics Smoke a Resistor
09/05	Mon			Labor Day - no classes
09/07	Wed	3		Individual interviews. Voltage divider circuits, resistive components. Sensor Switch Basics Photocell Sensor LED Current Limiting Voltage Divider Roundup
09/12	Mon	4		Introduce Technical Demo 1. Introduce Snap Research Talk Individual interviews. Analog and digital transduction. Read Switch Input Read Analog Accelerometer Sensor-Driven LEDs Read Sonar (Registrar add deadline.)
09/14	Wed	5		Drivers and actuators. Optional: crash course in Arduino C++ Servo Sweep Unipolar Drivers Multi-channel Driver
09/19	Mon	6	Technical demo 1 (due Sunday at midnight). First set of snap research talks.	Introduce Technical Demo 2.. Basic digital signal theory. H-Bridge DC Motor Driver Stepper Motor Driver
09/21	Wed	7	Snap research talks round 2.	Event loop programming. Event Loop Programming Resolution and Mapping Music Sequencer
09/26	Mon	8	Technical demo 2.	Introduce Technical Demo 3. Fire safety training. State machines. Input Hysteresis Input Pattern Matching
09/28	Wed	9	Snap research talks round 3.	Introduce Technical Demo 3. Laser cutter operation. Basic mechanical design. Laser Cutting Features and Tolerances Mechanisms for One-Bit Sensing
10/03	Mon	10	rescheduled: Technical demo 3. postponed: Snap research talks round 4.	Flat pack mechanical design.
10/05	Wed	11	Technical demo 3.	Special Guest: Rebecca Grabman, Introduction to the Pittsburgh Children’s Museum. Special Guest: Peter Wardrip, Introduction to the Pittsburgh Children’s Museum. postponed: Remote debugging techniques. Python GUI client with Arduino I/O Server Max with Arduino I/O Server
10/10	Mon	12		Skills practicum examination.
10/12	Wed	13	Snap research talks round 4.	Course project introduction and discussion.
10/17	Mon	14	Exercise: Project Ideation. Snap research talks round 5.	Practicum review. Ideation review and discussion.
10/19	Wed	15	Snap research talks round 6	Team building micro-project.
10/24	Mon	16		Team building micro-project. (Mid-semester grades due.)
10/26	Wed	17		Project group formation.
10/31	Mon	18	Project Proposals
11/02	Wed	19	Course Readings	Field trip to Children’s School.
11/07	Mon	20	Project proof-of-concept.	(Registrar drop deadline.)
11/09	Wed	21
11/14	Mon	22	Project revision 1.
11/16	Wed	23
11/21	Mon	24	Project revision 1.	In-class project critique.
11/23	Wed			Thankgiving - no classes
11/28	Mon	25
11/30	Wed	26		Final preparations for museum site tests.
12/05	Mon	27	Final project revision.	In-class final project critique Evening project open house.
12/07	Wed	28	Final project documentation.	Project disassembly. Lab cleanup.