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March 20 - Day 3 - Machine Learning Basics
Mar 20, 2019
This session will discuss the basics of Machine Learning. Applications of Machine Learning (ML) will be provided. The hands-on lab project exercise consists of building a simple ML model for analyzing noise using the Adafruit Circuit Playground...
March 19 - Day 2 - Prototyping a Predictive Analytic Model
Mar 19, 2019
Day 2 class is a continuation of the Predictive Analytics introduction session. Predictive Analytics modeling using linear regression will be investigated. The electrical behavior of the Adafruit Circuit Playground Express light sensor will be...
March 1 – Day 5 – Our Finished Board
Mar 01, 2019
In our final class, we will compare our finished board to the criteria we set forth and also compare the steps we had to take and differences for our two EDA tools, as well as for Altium Designer. We will look at the pros and cons of our different...
February 28 – Day 4 – Creating our PCB Layout
Feb 28, 2019
Now that we have our schematic completed, we will move the netlist in both tools to the layout editor and create our PCB. We will quickly touch on the placement, routing, and auto-routing steps for each tool. At the end of this penultimate class...
February 27 – Day 3 – Creating our Schematic
Feb 27, 2019
In our third class we will use the parts we selected to create the circuit for our product. Using the symbols from our selected bill of materials (BOM), we will lay out the schematic for our product. We will show the steps for both EDA tools ...
February 26 – Day 2 – Starting at the Beginning
Feb 26, 2019
In our second class we will establish the parameters for our finished circuit. Based on the specifications that we laid out in the first class, we will start our component selection, checking our supplier for availability and deciding on our...
February 25 – Day 1 – Introduction to EDA and the tools
Feb 25, 2019
In our first day, we will briefly look at the design process from concept to PCB and will introduce our class project. We will look at the process for getting and installing each of the tools on our computers. We will then set our goal -- getting...
January 31 – Day 4 – Coding a WIZ850io Driver
Jan 31, 2019
The WIZ850io module offloads the internet access and wired Ethernet tasks from our ARM microcontroller. An ioLibrary (internet offload library) is provided by the WIZ850io manufacturer. Our mission today is to adapt the WIZnet ioLibrary and...
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