2. Fall 2017 Calendar

Our TA schedule will appear on the official reservations calendar for Hunt A10 at IDeATe 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 the Log Book or the numbered links in the ‘Class’ column below.

Date	Day	Class	Deliverables Due	In-Class Activity
8/28	Mon	1		Welcome. Arduino IDE introduction. Photos. Introduce Co-Interview assignment.
8/30	Wed	2	Skills Survey.	Co-interviews. Basic circuit theory. Electrical measurement. Introduce Background Research assignment.
9/4	Mon		Co-Interview blog writeup.	Labor Day - no classes
9/6	Wed	3		Child Clearances session in Hunt cluster. Resistive components. Voltage divider circuits. Introduce Electrical theory practice problems.
9/11	Mon	4	Electrical theory practice problems. Background Research	Analog and digital transduction. Introduce Tech Demo 1: Single-Input Single-Output assignment. (Registrar add deadline.)
9/13	Wed	5	Fire Extinguisher Use, Part 1	Drivers and actuators. Fire safety training.
9/18	Mon	6	Technical demo 1 (due Sunday at midnight).	Crash course in Arduino C++. Arduino libraries. Introduce Tech Demo 2: Temporal Machine assignment.
9/20	Wed	7		Event loop programming. State machines.
9/25	Mon	8	Technical demo 2 (due Sunday at midnight).	Principles of the laser cutter Laser cutter operation. Introduce Tech Demo 3: Mechanism assignment.
9/27	Wed	9		Basic mechanical components. Flat pack mechanical design.
10/02	Mon	10	Technical demo 3 progress report.	postponed: SolidWorks 3D CAD: parts
10/04	Wed	11		postponed: SolidWorks 3D CAD: assemblies Course project introduction.
10/07	Sat			Field trip to Pittsburgh Children’s Museum.
10/09	Mon	12	Technical demo 3 (due Sunday at midnight).	Skills practicum examination.
10/11	Wed	13	Course Readings. Museum Observation Notes.	In-class field trip to Children’s School.
10/16	Mon	14	Project Ideation. Children’s School Observation Notes.	Practicum review. Ideation review and discussion. Project group formation.
10/18	Wed	15	Project group and title.
10/23	Mon	16	Project Proposals.	SolidWorks overview (Mid-semester grades due.)
10/25	Wed	17	Revised proposals	Tutorial: SolidWorks Basics
10/30	Mon	18	Project proof-of-concept. Purchase orders.
11/01	Wed	19	Full prototype design for review.
11/06	Mon	20	Rough draft of a full prototype.	(Registrar drop deadline.)
11/08	Wed	21
11/11	Sat		Project phase 1 prototype.	Phase 1 tests and documentation at Children’s Museum.
11/13	Mon	22	Progress report with revision plan.	In-class project debrief.
11/15	Wed	23	Progress report with revision plan.
11/20	Mon	24	Revised prototype.
11/22	Wed			Thankgiving - no classes
11/27	Mon	25		Final preparations for museum site tests.
11/29	Wed	26	Working phase 2 prototype.	Final preparations for museum site tests.
12/02	Sat		Project phase 2 prototype.	Tentative: final tests and documentation at Children’s Museum.
12/04	Mon	27	Preliminary documentation.	In-class final project critique Evening project open house.
12/06	Wed	28	Final project documentation.	Project disassembly. Lab cleanup.