Technical Coding and PCB Design for Engineering 100 First Design Session
Class Information and Scenario
Introduction to the study and practice of engineering through authentic design projects centered around a common theme. Project-based course focuses on the engineering design process, teamwork fundamentals, engineering ethics, and the development of both technical and professional skills. Permission of instructor required for non-first-year students.
COURSE GOALS
- Develop creative solutions for problems facing our world by applying engineering design principles, math and science, and data analysis in a sustainable manner.
- Construct an effective prototype or model utilizing appropriate technology and tools.
- Demonstrate improved proficiency with “power skills” such as communication, teamwork, information literacy, and professional development.
- Employ the NSPE code of ethics to examine ethical case studies and extrapolate principles for other situations.
Energy use on campus might be significantly reduced if a means of remaining comfortable in hot weather could be developed that would not require the use of refrigeration systems to cool large indoor spaces. Cooing people might be more environmentally effective than cooling buildings (esp when the buildings are below capacity). In this session, students will be challenged to design personal cooling technologies that could reduce or eliminate the need for air conditioning on campus. The challenges on campus are part of a more global issue that we hope to address as well.
- Prototyping Process - Prototyping Process
- Schematic Info and Files - Schematic Design
- PCB Info and Files - Circuit Board Design
- Code - Arduino INO file
- Gerbers - Gerber Files
Circuit Design Copper Layers for Production
KiCad Render of Circuit Board Top
KiCad Render of Circuit Board Bottom