Schedule overview

See the course homepage for the detailed course schedule.

All meetings are in B127 Kerckhoff.

  • Lab: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10:30-noon

  • TA office hours

Tuesday and Thursday lab meetings are required, unless arrangements have been made in advance with the instructor.


Due dates

The due dates below may change. They will not be moved to an earlier date, but may be moved later. We may also add some follow-along and do-it-yourself exercises. All times are Pacific.


Weekly activities

In each lab session, which are Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10:30-12, you will be working on your exercises or projects. Dates with special activities are shown below with schedule changes possible and possibly more to be announced as the term progresses.

  • 1 Oct (Tue): Welcome, safety, introduction to Arduino

  • 8-29 Oct: Training on 3D printing with Techlab (on your own)

  • 15 Oct (Tue): Lecture on CAD for 3D printing (optional)

  • 22 Oct (Tue): Lecture on EE basics (optional)

  • 29 Oct (Tue): Spectrophotometer project introduction

  • 7 Nov (Thu): Spectrophotometer demo day

  • 12 Nov (Tue): Pulse oximetry project introduction

  • 28 Nov (Thu): Thanksgiving Day: no class

  • 5 Dec (Thu): Pulse oximetry demo day

  • 12 Dec (Thu): Tear down and clean up