Sensors and Systems in a Freshman Design Course

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

1-1-2007

Journal / Book Title

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition, Honolulu, Hawaii

Abstract

The second design course taken by all engineering Freshman was recently revised to build upon a first semester design course project in which sensors and programming (C++) are introduced in a robot challenge. In the second design course the students now have their programming knowledge extended to a graphical environment by learningLabVIEW™ through a series of assignments in which they interface various sensors to their laptop computers. Applications include a simple motor speed control using a shaft encoder. Students then use their knowledge in a team design project that incorporates data acquisition from sensors to a laptop computer, display of the sensor data and its use to control some aspect of the system to which it is applied. Teams are provided with design project choices, each posed as a set of system requirements. This together with mini-lectures and assignments continue a thread started in the first design course to develop systems concepts in the context of design. Development of students ' comfort and capacity with sensors and systems as a core thread early in their education provides an important foundation for future engineers.

DOI

10.18260/1-2--1755

Journal ISSN / Book ISBN

ISSN: 2153-5965

Published Citation

Sheppard, K., & Blicharz, E., & Gallois, B., & Jain, R., & Denholm, I. (2007, June), Sensors And Systems In A Freshman Design Course Paper presented at 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition, Honolulu, Hawaii. 10.18260/1-2--1755

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