EC415 Computer Engineering Design II
Catalog Data & Credits (Recitation-Lab-Total)
EC415 Computer Engineering Design II (2-2-3): This course provides practice in computer engineering design, development, and prototype testing. Following approval of the project by the instructor, the student develops a prototype, troubleshoots, and gathers performance data, then completes construction and packaging of the final design. A formal briefing to peers and department faculty follows a written final project report on the completed project in lieu of a final exam. [spring]
Pre-requisites
EE411 and 1/C EEE or ECE major, or approval of department chair
Course Objectives
- Keep a laboratory notebook in the context of an engineering design process.
- Develop appropriate requirements for the solution to a technical problem.
- Use quantitative analysis to make design decisions and choose between alternatives.
- Prototype and package a capstone design product.
- Assess the operation of a capstone design project and verify its performance relative to design requirements using appropriate metrics.
- Prepare a final report of a capstone design project.
- Prepare and present a capstone design project to faculty and peers.
- Work effectively in teams.
- Effectively manage a long-term project by breaking the project down into appropriately sized tasks and making good use of resources.
- Analyze the larger societal and ethical implications of a technical problem.
- Compute voltage, current, and power relations in three-phase, wye, and delta circuits.
- Analyze and explain DC motors and AC generators. Predict electrical and mechanical performance in terms of input power, output power, losses, and efficiency.
