ECE 445 - Senior Design Project Laboratory

Summer 2009 | Fall 2009 | Spring 2010 | Summer 2010
Section Type Times Days Location Instructor
H LAB 1600 - 1750 W   119 Materials Science & Eng Bld  Paul Carney

Web Page http://courses.ece.uiuc.edu/ece445/
Official Description Individual design projects in various areas of electrical and computer engineering; projects are chosen by students with approval of the instructor; a written report, prepared to journal publication standards, and an oral presentation are required. Credit is not given toward graduate degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering. For Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering majors with senior standing.
Hours 2 hours.
Subject Area Core Curriculum
Course Prerequisites Senior Standing in ECE
Course Directors Paul Scott Carney
Description Individual design projects in various areas of electrical and computer engineering; projects are chosen by students with approval of the instructor; a written report, prepared to journal publication standards, and an oral presentation are required.
Notes

Credit is not given toward graduate degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Credit 2 hours
Goals The objective is to understand the process of project design through experience. The student will produce a schematic drawing (design), breadboard a functional (working) product, test, and document the project. The project experience will exercise engineering skills with an emphasis on testing, as well as cost and scheduling.
Topics
  • Preliminary activity
  • Initial design phase
  • Construction and evaluation
Computer Usage Computers are used wherever they can support the project design and documentation, or as part of the working project. Word processors, network simulators, drawing programs, schematic capture, printed circuit layout, cross assemblers and emulators, and direct digital I/O are all used.
Lab Projects One self-chosen project is executed usually by a team of two persons. Standard bench equipment is supplemented, as needed, with curve tracers, digital oscilloscopes, logic analyzer, distortion analyzer, spectrum analyzers, and network analyzer.
Course Prerequisites Senior standing in ECE.
Texts No text.
ABET Category Engineering Science 10%
Engineering Design: 90%