Course description :

Basic skills needed in prototyping electronic circuits including soldering, schematic design entry, printed circuit board (PCB) layout and routing, PCB fabrication. Safe laboratory practices. Computer aided design tools. Overview of prototyping process. Standards and issues. Prerequisites: EEE 42, ES 1

Course objectives :

At the end of this course, the student should be able :
To create a schematic layout of a circuit using a CAD tool; do routing and board layout from a schematic; fabricate a PCB from a board layout; perform soldering.

Text :

None.

References :

Any book on electronic prototyping.

Grading :

Schematic Layout I     5 %
Schematic Layout II     10 %
Soldering Output I     5 %
Soldering Output II     10 %
Board Layout I     5 %
Board Layout II     10 %
PCB I     15 %
Project     40 %

Grading scale :

92 -  100    1.0
88 - < 92    1.25
84 - < 88    1.5
80 - < 84    1.75
76 - < 80    2.0
72 - < 76    2.25
68 - < 72    2.5
64 - < 68    2.75
60 - < 64    3.0
< 60           5.0

Course outline :

Meeting	Activity	Submission(s)
1	Course Introduction
2	Introduction to PCB and CAD Schematic Layout Schematic Layout Exercise Schematic Layout I - Release
3	Schematic Layout II	Schematic Layout I Schematic Layout II
4	Board Layout Board Layout Exercise
5	Soldering Exercise I	Soldering Output I
6	Soldering Exercise II	Soldering Output II
7	Board Layout I	Board Layout I
8	Board Layout II	Board Layout II
9	PCB Fabrication I	PCB I
10	Project Proposal	Written Proposal Presentation
11	Project Implementation (Schematic and Board Layout)	Schematic and Board Layout
12	Project Implementation (Fabrication)	PCB
13	Project Implementation (Soldering, Component Placement)	PCB with components
14	Project Implementation (Packaging)
15	Project Checking	Working Prototype
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