Engineering 100-950
Labs
As we publish labs, they will become available here.
Lab 1: Arduino 101
Learning how to program and wire an Arduino micro-controller to control LEDs on a breadboard.
Lab 1b: Creating an Altium Schematic
Learning how to produce a PCB schematic in Altium.
Lab 2: Temperature Sensing
Using our Arduino and circuitry knowledge to read data from a temperature sensor and plot it in real-time.
Lab 3: Creating a Standalone Circuit and Adding Sensors
Saving Arduino sensor data to a microSD card so that we can use it later, and powering an Arduino with a battery. Additionally, adding more sensors such as pressure, acceleration, and humidity sensors.
This may come in handy when launching our weather balloons…
Lab 4: Power and Calibrations
Creating a voltage regulating circuit to handle the power from the battery, and calibrating our complete circuit with known values.
Lab 5: Adding GPS
Adding a digital GPS component to our Arduino breadboard circuit.
Lab 6 Prelab: Altium Schematic to PCB
Finishing up postlab 1b to turn the schematic into a finished PCB.
Lab 6: Altium
Moving away from the breadboards and creating a custom PCB (Printed Circuit Board) using Altium software.
Lab 7: Structures
Design and testing of your custom payload structures.