ELECTRONICS AND MICROCONTROLLERS
2016-2017 Microcontrollers & Electronics
● No emphasis on preengineering (instead all pathways possibly lead to engineering)
● Tools, hardware, crimping, splicing, cabling, wiring, breadboarding
● Schematics, block diagrams, component/board level repair/replacement, datasheets
● Soldering, desoldering, fluxes, solder types, thruhole, surface mount
● CAD SolidWorks, parts, assemblies, drawings, not drafting emphasis (minimal emphasis, introduction to software, mountainboard project, some FEA analysis, large assemblies with hardware/toolbox usage)
● Projects using Arduino, interfacing and programming emphasized OR
● DC theory and lab, NIDA 130E trainers (Juniors)
● DC, AC & Analog theory and lab, NIDA 130E trainers, test bench equipment, component level troubleshooting (Seniors)
