Updated 12-18-06

OEES 175
Bruce McDowell
My e-mail address: bruce@mounttaylor.com
My office phone: 287-6636
Fall 2006 

Covered in Lecture

 

Date

  
   9-25  How to read component values. Using an ohmmeter to find shorts between traces.

Lab Work

 

Date

  
   9-25 Using an ohmmeter to find shorts in a parallel circuit (060925). Right click here to get the file. MS
Started 10-2
  • Find Web sites with information about one or more of the following:
    • Tesla coil construction
    • Robotic module construction
    • Photovoltaic charge controllers, plans for building them
    • 12 VDC to 120 VAC inverters, plans for building them
    • Photovoltaic panels
    • Anything that you'd like to build.
  • Put links to these Web sites onto a Web page (using Nvu), and e-mail the HTML file to me at bruce@mounttaylor.com. 
  • For a project of your choosing, create a parts list, complete with prices and where to order the parts.
  • Fill out an NMSU purchase requisition for each vendor.
Started
10-23		 Do Internet searches for the items below, and put links to the pages you've found onto a Web page (using the Nvu Web editor). Then e-mail the Web page to me.
  • Gate opener (preferably free plans for one)
  • Small solar panels (approx 1 ft. x 1 ft.)
  • Large solar panels (approx 3 ft. x 3 ft.)
  • Anti-static procedures for handling FETs and MOS devices.
  • 12 VDC to 120 VAC inverters.
    • See if there are plans for building inverters
  • Info on how solar panels work and what their characteristics are
  • Info on how lead acid batteries work (especially deep-cycle batteries) and what you need to do in order to charge them properly. Also, how to tell the percent of charge that's left in the battery.
  • Information about the lowest hours of sunshine in the winter (so we know how big a storage battery to buy).
Started
10-23
  • Solder leads onto potentiometers (for use with breadboards)
  • Fasten leads onto light switches (for use with breadboards)
  • Wire-wraping project
Started
10-23		 Go to Arrick Robotics and get familiar with what types of robot kits they sell so that we can discuss them as a class.
11-27 Click here to get directions for Lab 061127-15

Homework

 

Due Date

  
   10-2 Memorize reference designators.

Extra Credit

 

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Reference
Syllabus   How to read component values  Reference Designators  Links 
Measuring Inductance Without an LCR Purchase Requisition Form
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