ENTC
359 - Electronic System Interfacing
Fall 2009
Professor Wei Zhan
Tel: 979-862-4342
Office: Fermier 005A
Office Hours: W
9:00-11:30am, 2:30-4:00 pm (or by appointment)
Class Meeting Times: TR 2:20-3:35 PM (Thompson 122)
Prerequisites: ENTC 349, 350 (C or better).
Measurement system; interfacing of system components; sensors; signal conditioning; ADC/DAC; digital signal processing; Modbus.
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Announcements:
9/2 Due to some conflict with
other meetings, my office hours have been changed to W 9:00-11:30am, 2:30-4:00 pm
(or by appointment).
9/8 Team formation for course project: Team 1
(Temperature control): Aram Fayaz, Bartholomew Basile, Timothy Davis;
Team 2 (Temperature control): Phillip
Daw, Ryan Deyo, Marco Garza, Nathan Hunke;
Team 3 (Motor control): Jeremy
Hartsell, Troy Kensinger, Jurvin Li, Andew Roznovsky;
Team 4 (Motor control): Benjamin
Sheppard, Landon Thomas, Daniel Wagner, Kent Walters.
9/17 The part numbers for the photocell and
thermistor given out on Sept. 15th are: PDV-P9200-ND and BC2311-ND.
9/17 The midterm exams will be on Sept. 24th
and Oct. 20th. They will be closed book tests with each student
allowed for a 3X5 card with formulas.
9/18 Solution
to HW2. (Excel file).
9/18 Solution
to HW3. (Excel file).
9/25 I have finished grading the midterm exam.
You can pick up your exam any time.
9/28 From now on, you must bring breadboard and
the two sensors with you for the remaining labs and project.
9/29 A VI
for creating temperature profile.
10/1 Modbus
lecture notes
10/8 Solution
to HW4
10/8 CRC example
10/10 Solution
to HW5.
10/10 Modbus
over serial line & Application
protocol
10/15 Solution
to HW6
10/16 I will be out of town next
Monday-Wednesday. The office hours on Wednesday will be canceled. If you need
to see me, try Thursday 9:15-2:00, 3:45-5:00 or
Friday 9:30-3:45.
10/29 You may want to get prepared for
stage three of the course project. A kit can be purchased from IEEE store. Here
are the part list and the schematics for the MiniPIC development board.
11/11 The LED blinking project code
can be found in the attached file.
11/19 Solution to HW7. Excel
file
11/19 Solution to HW8
Campus Emergency
Information:
When available, I will make handouts available for download in this section:
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9/3 |
9/10 |
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9/10 |
9/17 |
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9/17 |
9/29 |
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4 |
9/24 |
10/1 |
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5 |
10/1 |
10/8 |
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6 |
10/8 |
10/15 |
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7 |
10/22 |
10/29 |
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8 |
10/29 |
11/5 |
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9 |
11/5 |
11/12 |
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Thompson 204
Lab Meeting Times: W
12:40-2:30
TA:
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Lab Handouts
Lab0: prelab: read chapter1-2 of LabView Fundamentals.
LabVIEW training, more training material,
Lab1 prelab: LabView Fundamentals.
Read *LabVIEW Tools for DAQ Configuration (WIndows);
*Pages 17 - 18
Read *I/O Name Controls and Indicators; *Pages 41
Read from Glossary - *Channel; *Page 139
Additional information on PCI -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conventional_PCI. (Not for pre-lab)
The manual to be used for next lab is -
http://www.ni.com/pdf/manuals/371291f.pdf (Not for
pre-lab)
Introduction to data acquisition.