Announcements

20 Feb. 2010: PCBs have arrived. If you submitted a design, it is at your lab station.

Please do not let students from other classes borrow materials from the lab, as they tend to not return items. Whiteboard markers and other tools have disapeared from lab because of this.

The lab will have to be clean by the end of this Friday's checkoff (23 April). Each group will be responsible for cleaning their own stations. This includes puttinng away tools, parts, cables, etc. Please be aware that you will need to clean up your tool boxes when you turn them in at the end of the semester. If you have spare parts that you are not planning to use, begin putting those away in the correct bins.

In addition to cleaning your lab station, each group has been randomly assigned to another task.
team 8: machine shop - General clean up of the machine shop. Put away tools/drill bits/etc.
team 9: cables - Put away scope cables, alligator clips. These need to be organized by type and color.
team 3: common lab benches - Clean up the common benches. No tools or parts or spare papers should be left on the benches, and the lab benches must be wiped down if there are marks.
team 2: floor - Pick up and wires/cables/parts that are on the floor and put them away. Throw away any trash.
team 1: organize tools - Organize the common tool boxes at the front of the room. Red tool box should keep different types of
tools in different drawers. Allen keys and screwdrivers need to organzied by size.
team 7/team 5: organize parts (2 groups) - Organizing the miscellaneous bins.
team 4: organize shelves - Organize the shelves at the front of the class. Spools of wire, solder, solder clamps should be put together, not randomly scattered in lab. There should be nothing on the window shelf (except monitor and class info) and the oval table.

If you need parts, tell me soon. I will be submitting an order Wednesday (21 April) morning, and this will most likely to be last chance to receive anything before Round 2. However, you can still order parts for your car if you plan to continue working for the Natcar tournament.

Op amps have been placed in the OP AMP bin, not the LM6144 bin. These are LM324N chips since the LM6144 was out of stock at digikey. Please make sure that you are using the correct pinouts. Also the LM6644 op amp is available. These come in a much smaller package than the LM6144 and if you plan to use this, ask me for the chip and the SOIC adaptor.

18 Feb. 2010: The format for Checkpoint 4 has been changed. See newsgroup.
12 Feb. 2010: Checkpoint 4 requires the use of the battery to drive the motor. In order to see that your circuitry draws at least 30 amps when stalled, we need to see the voltage drop across the motor when it is directly connected to the power supply and then the voltage drop across the motor when it is run off the battery.
9 Feb. 2010: PCB designs due Tuesday, 16 Feb. by 5pm. Please limit your PCB layouts to 4.5"x6"
8 Feb. 2010: Oliver's Wednesday Office Hours have been moved to Monday.
2 Feb. 2010: ucb.class.ee192 newsgroup Thunderbird directions. directions
27 Jan. 2010: Each group has been given 2 phillips screwdrivers and wire strippers. These are yours to use for the remainder of the semester. You will need to return these along with the other parts handed out at Checkpoint 0. Additional screwdrivers have been added to the shared toolbox.


Welcome to the 2010 site! The site is still being updated. Upcoming announcements will be posted here. Please send comments and suggestions to Oliver.

Prerequisites

Grading

Letter grade or P/NP.