Department of Electrical
& Computer Engineering
September
2008
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FINAL
DEMONSTRATIONS - April 6,
2009, in lab ITB/155 and ITB/156.
These final demonstrations are an opportunity for you to show the
instructor *all* work that you have done on this project. I
am
expecting to see exactly what you have accomplished since Sept. 2008.
Please find attached the schedule for each specific demo. Please
be
punctual and have your demo setup and working before the
appointed
time. Due to the tight schedule, additional time will not
be
allocated to unprepared groups.
POSTER
PRESENTATIONS - April 7, 2009,
ITB/A113, 11am-1pm and 2pm-4pm.
This event will allow you to communicate your excellent progress
on
the project to your colleagues and the faculty. It is an
exciting
event which I hope will be interesting for all!
The posters must be free standing on the tables provided.
In
addition, I will be able to loan each group a poster board on
which
you can attach any slides or papers to make the poster. Often
groups
prepare a PowerPoint presentation and attach the slides to this
poster
board. The dimensions of the board are 4 feet wide by 3 feet
high.
Please be sure all materials fit in this space.
The room will be open at 9am to allow you to come in an setup
your
poster. If possible, please bring any hardware or demo of
your
project to the presentation. However, no equipment will be moved
from
the lab for this purpose. Groups with projects which are
independent
of lab equipment are asked to have their project ready to demo on
this
day as well. This will give the audience a chance to see your
work
live and in action!
Remember, that your poster should convey in an appealing way
exactly
what you have done, why it is significant and how you have
implemented
your design decisions. Marks will be given for the effectiveness
of
this presentation.
At least one group members is requested to be present at their
poster
from 11am-1pm and 2-4pm to answer questions from visitors.
However,
the entire group must assemble to give a short presentation of
their
work in the following time slots:
Groups 3, 18, 24, 4, 5, EE4OI5 Group 11am-1pm
Groups 6, 12, 13, 14, 19,20 - 2-4pm
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Department
Funding Request:
The last date for
requesting the department funding is March. 13, 2009
.
Please send an email to the instructor stating that you like to have
departmental funding, if you have not already done so.
Demo:
1) Progress Demonstration #2 is scheduled for the week of Feb.
23,
2009 (the week after the Midterm Recess). Please report to
the lab
ITB/155 during your weekly meeting time this week. The format of
this
demonstration is the same as the first one. Be advised that
individual marks will be assigned to group members and you are
expected to show your contribution to the project.
Please note that weekly meetings will be cancelled for the week
of
Feb. 23rd due to the demos. Our regular weekly meetings will
resume
in the week of March 2, 2009 starting with the 'Week 1' groups.
2) Final Demonstration/Report - The final report is due on the
last
day of classes April 7, 2009. The format of the report is posted
on
the course website. You will also be required to prepare a poster
for
this day to show at the design fair. This is also the day you
will
need to perform the final demonstration. A detailed schedule will
be
posted as this day arrives.
Biweekly
Meeting:
Location: ITB-A224
New
Schedule for the biweekly meeting, check here.
This new schedule is in effect starting from Monday Jan. 19th
The biweekly meeting resumed since last week. The meeting schedule
is the same as last term, meeting schedule.
Meetings in this week (Jan. 12 - Jan. 16) are for Week 2 students.
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Notice:
The last date for requesting the
department funding is Feb. 14.
Please send an email to the
instructor stating that you like to have
departmental funding, if you have not
already done so.
Demo schedule:
Location: Lab
The second demo will be held on Feb. 11
(Wednesday) and Feb. 13 (Friday)
If there are any conflicts, please send an
email to Dong Yang
with any other time slot on Feb. 11 and Feb. 13 afternoons.
Biweekly
Meeting:
Location: ITB-A322
Meeting schedule for Mar. 2 - Mar. 13,
biweekly
meeting
schedule (Mar. 2)
Meeting schedule for Jan. 26 - Feb. 6, biweekly meeting schedule (Jan. 26)
Meeting schedule for Jan. 12 - Jan.
23,
biweekly meeting
schedule (Jan. 12)
Notice:
No lectures this term. The biweekly
meetings with the instructors will continue.
The schedule of the meetings will be posted soon.
Office
hours: Mondays
and Wednesdays afternoons (2:30pm- 4:30pm)
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Project
Group List (updated on Sept. 30 2008)
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Instructors:
Dr. Shiva Kumar:
email: kumars@mail.ece.mcmaster.ca,
office: ITB-322, ext: 26008
Dr. Steve Hranilovic: email:
hranilovic@mcmaster.ca,
office:
ITB-A224, ext: 27620
Administrative
TA:
Dong Yang,
email: yangd5@mcmaster.ca, office: ITB-A204,
ext: 24087
Contact the
TA for any administrative tasks (Example: Group formation, lab timings,
etc.).
Please do
not contact the instructors for
administrative tasks. Contact the instructors only for technical
issues.
Technical
TAs:
Yu Li,
email: li222@mcmaster.ca, office:
CRL-205, ext: 27281
El-Shimy
Mohamed, email: mshimy@grads.ece.mcmaster.ca,
office:
ITB-A239, ext:
26070
They will also
assist in your lab, please check TA's
lab schedule.
Lab Access:
Please go to Docucentre at JHE building and get the card for accessing the lab ITB-155 or ITB-156. Please have it ready by Sept. 15.
Please be advised that
undergrads can only use the labs/building in these hours:
Mon -
Thurs 7:30 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.
Fridays
7:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
weekends 10:00 to 9:50 p.m.
Components:
You can
purchase electronic components from Sayal
electronics
(http://www.sayal.com/) in
Sensors and
motors (http://www.robotshop.ca/)
- Students have had
good customer
service with this company.
Wireless
transceiver modules from Laipac (www.laipac.com)
Infrared
proximity detector from Lynxmotion (www.lynxmotion.com)
Alternatives to UP boards:
The single board computer (shown below) is cheaper than UP3 board. You may consider using these boards instead of UP boards.
Single Board Computer: http://www.embeddedarm.com/
Moteiv Sensors: http://www.moteiv.com/
Motor Controller: http://www.pololu.com/
Lab
experiment 1:
OR gate tutorial explained
in Chapter 1 of the text book.
Problems
6 and 17 of Chapter 1 of the text
book.
No marks for this lab.
Lab
experiment 2
(i) display '0' when neither PB1 nor PB2 is
pushed.
(ii) display
'1' when either of them pushed.
(iii) display
'2' when both of them pushed.
Use
the debounce circuits if required.
No
marks
for this lab.
Lab
experiment 3
Recommended
for the students who are doing a
project that involves graphic display on the monitor.