Material Covered This Week
- Controlling High-Current Loads
- DC Motors: The Basics
- Controlling Stepper Motors (time permitting)
In-Class Activity
- Lab: Transistor and relay lab
- Lab: Controlling a DC Motor with an H-Bridge
- Lab: Controlling a Stepper Motor With an H-Bridge (time permitting)
Assignments for next class
Discuss your idea for your final project with your instructor before the next class. Either book office hours or email us a few days before class so we have a sense of what you plan to do and can advise as to how feasible it is.
Blog for next class
Write a brief description for your final project. Come up with an initial system plan for your final project. Make a drawing of what the major functional elements are and how they communicate with each other. Figure out the elements and space needed, come up with a plan, a system diagram, and an initial bill of materials. Put your project plan, timeline, system diagram and brief description and testing plan, on your blog.
Readings for next class
- Making Things Move, Dustyn Roberts. Chapter 2, “Materials: How to Choose and Where to Find Them.”NYU E-Book Link Here. NYU Permalink Here
- Making Things Move, Dustyn Roberts. Chapter 9, “Making Things and Getting Things Made”. “NYU E-Book Link Here. NYU Permalink Here