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ECE 376: Embedded Systems
Lab Kits

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Instructions for how to build your circuit board
  • Text File
  • YouTube Video
  • Photo of what's inside the box
  • Photo of Finished Board

Lab Kits:  Each student taking ECE 376 is required to build their own evaluation board.
This gives you experience soldering a circuit board – a skill you’ll use in senior design (and elsewhere)
  • The resulting boards allow you to test our your hardware and software
  • They make the course a lot more fun:  students tend to get a kick out of seeing motors move, lights respond, measuring how fast a motor is spinning, in practice rather than just simulation
  • They make the course a lot more effective:  things like interrupts are hard to understand unless you actually use them
  • If you’ve never soldered before, don’t worry:  that’s why the instructor and TA’s are here.  If your board dies or refuses to work, just bring it to me (Glower). I can usually get the boards to work after a few minutes of debugging.  If all else fails, I have some spare boards.
​Purchasing Lab Kits:   You have three options for purchasing your lab kits:
  • $65 Option:  The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) also sells them for $65 each with part of the proceeds go to SWE.  (SWE buys parts in bulk, which saves you a lot of money.)  Bring a check for $65 made out to Society of Women Engineers (or cash) to room 201A in the ECE building to buy a kit.
  • $127 Option: You can order parts on your own.
$127 Option:  Build your own kit:  You are also more than welcome to buy the parts on your own.  This tends to be the most expensive option: we buy in bulk, try to find surplus (i.e. inexpensive) alternatives, check out what’s available on ebay, and pass the savings on to you.  It’s your choice, however.
  • List of Parts (prices reflect qty = 100.  Lots more expensive in quantities of one)
  • Gerber Files for making your own PCB  (see file ReadMe for file explanation)
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