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Introduction: The course assumes the students know nothing about electronics or robotics so we start from scratch. The textbooks for the course are Electricity and Electronics by Gerrish, Dugger, Roberts and Robot Building for Beginners by David Cook since they cover the fundamentals of electronics and robotics and provide a hands-on robot project called Sandwich. The material on electronics is supplemented with additional information from numerous sources.
The course fee is $150 to pay for the Sandwich parts and textbooks. The students meet for three hours during one weekly session. The focus in the course is hands-on learning using the appropiate equipment and tools. The students use a soldering iron, metal lathe, drill press, and band saw in the construction of Sandwich and a digital multi-meter, signal generator, and oscilloscope in the study of electronics. Electronics Technology and Robotics I Course Description and Sample Pretest.
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Class Notes in PDF |
Class Notes in MS Word |
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| Section 1, Fundamentals of Electricity & Electronics |
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Nature of Matter, Static Electricity, Parts of Robot |
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Basic Electrical Circuits, Safety |
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Solderless Breadboards |
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Meter Scales, Am/Volt/Ohmmeters, Directly/Inversely Related Terms |
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Ohm's Law, Prefixes |
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Schematics |
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Conductors, PCB's |
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Soldering |
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Switches, Connectors, Fuses |
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Lighting, LEDs |
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Resistors |
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Potentiometers |
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4-Band Resistor Color Code |
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9b |
5-Band Resistor Color Code |
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Energy/Watts/Gears |
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Sources of Electrical Energy - Batteries |
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Other Sources of Electrical Energy |
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| Section 2, Basic Circuits |
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Series Circuits |
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Parallel Circuits |
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14a |
Summary of Series and Parallel Circuits |
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Combination Circuits |
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Comparators |
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Transistor Switches |
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| Section 3, Motors, Generators, Power Distribution |
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18 |
Basic Magnetic Principles, Electric Current & Magnetism |
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Relays |
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20 |
DC and AC |
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The Oscilloscope |
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The Oscilloscope/Function Generator |
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22 |
Sandwich PCB, Couplers (Drill Chart) (Tap Chart) |
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Sandwich PCB, Wheels |
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24 |
Sandwich PCB, Molex Connectors |
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DC Motors |
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26 |
Sandwich Body |
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| Section 4, Advanced Electronic Circuits |
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27 |
Sandwich Body |
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28 |
Sandwich Body |
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29 |
Capacitance |
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29a |
Capacitor Codes |
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30 |
Inductance |
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31 |
Transformer Theory |
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Lab Manual (large files)
(.pdf - 7.5 MB, .doc - 9.3 MB) |
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Short Power Point Presentation on
Solderless
Breadboards |
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