PHYS 524 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Schedule

Week Date Topic Homework
1 Tuesday
8/27/2024

1a. Arduino C++ programming environment

Presentation & Activities (Tuesday)

Presentation & Activities (Thursday)

Week 1 HW
Thursday
8/29/2024
2 Tuesday
9/3/2024

1b. Anaconda Scientific Python

Presentation & Activities

Week 2 HW
Thursday
9/5/2024
3 Tuesday
9/10/2024
1c. EAGLE schematic capture and printed circuit board layout facility Week 3 HW
Thursday
9/12/2024
4 Tuesday
9/17/2024

2. I2C, SPI, UART serial

Presentation & Activities

Week 4 HW
Thursday
9/19/2023
5 Tuesday
9/24/2024

3a. Motion: acceleration, rotation, orientation

Presentation & Activities

Week 5 HW
Thursday
9/26/2024
3b. Proximity and location
6 Tuesday
10/1/2024

3c. Thermometry

Presentation & Activities

Week 6 HW
Thursday
10/3/2024

3d. Voltage

Presentation & Activities

7 Tuesday
10/8/2024
4a. 3D structure modeling: TinkerCad, Cura Week 7 HW
Thursday
10/10/2024
4b. . Soldering and PCB assembly
8 Tuesday
10/15/2024
3g. Sound and acoustics
Presentation & Activities
Week 8 HW
Thursday
10/17/2024
9 Tuesday
10/22/2024
5.1 Cooling and thermal management 1
powerpoint, pdf
Week 9 HW
Thursday
10/24/2024
5.2 Cooling and thermal management 2
powerpoint, pdf
10 Tuesday
10/29/2024
5.3 Cooling and thermal management 3
powerpoint, pdf
Lab Activities:
Latent heat of melting of ice,
Latent heat of evaporation of water
Week 10 HW
Thursday
10/31/2024
5.4 Cooling and thermal management 4
powerpoint, pdf
11 Tuesday
11/5/2024

3e. Gas and atmospheric properties: alcohol, methane, humidity, barometric pressure, volatile organics, airborne particulates
Lab Activities

Presentation & Activities

Week 11 HW
Thursday
11/7/2024
3f. IR, visible, and UV illumination
Presentation & Activities
12 Tuesday
11/12/2024
6a. Modeling: Static structures and finite element analysis Week 12 HW
Thursday
11/14/2024
(at MEL 1001)
Abaqus tutorials:
13 Tuesday
11/19/2024
(at MEL 1001)
No HW
Thursday
11/21/2024
6c. Monte Carlo Techniques
14 Tuesday
12/3/2024
Week 14 HW
Thursday
12/5/2024
7. In the Land of Broken Toys
15 Tuesday
12/10/2024
No HW
Thursday
12/12/2024
Reading Day
16 Tuesday
12/17/2024
Final exam, 08:00am - 11:00am, Loomis 262