EE 382 - Introduction to Design

Spring 2011 Schedule:	TR 2:00pm-5:00pm in MSEC 101
Instructors:	Dr. Aly El-Osery Office: Workman 207, Phone: 575-835-6432, email: elosery@ee.nmt.edu Mr. Andrew Tubesing Office: Workman 181, Phone: 575-835-5205, email: tubesing@ee.nmt.edu

Course Objectives

Learn an approach to design, project management and team work.
Learn to use spec sheets and design according to available components.
Learn how to write technical documents and give presentations.
Perform various case studies.
Integrate skills learned and experiments used in previous courses into a creative design process.

Project

Design an autonomous vehicle that is capable of navigating outdoors through specific waypoints and/or landmarks. The terrain will consist of both paved road as well as off road portions. At each waypoint there will be objects with various characteristics that your robot must identify and locate (e.g., something emitting heat, RF signal, etc.). The exact characteristics of the waypoints will be determined throughout the semester.

Each team will consist of 4-5 students. Each team will have a budget, a robotic platform, 2 H-bridges and batteries. At the end of the semester an open competition will be held. The set of waypoints will be announced the day of the competition.

Course Prerequisites

EE308 & EE308L (Microcontrollers)
EE321 & EE321L (Analog Electronics)
EE333 (Electricity and Magnetism)
EE341 (Continuous-Time Signals and Systems)

Topic Prerequisites

In-depth knowledge of microcontrollers.
Analog and digital circuit design.
Principles of linear time-invariant systems.
Proficiency in C programming.

Reference Texts

see resources page

Grading

Assignments:	10%
Preliminary Design Review:	10%
Midterm Functionality & Design:	25%
Final Functionality & Design:	25%
Final Presentation:	10%
Final Report (including electronic version):	10%
Group Members Evaluation:	10%