1. Electronics Project Capstone Professor Nick Reeder
EGR 2278
Electronics Project Capstone
Professor Nick Reeder
Handouts: syllabus, Lab 1

2. Reminders Please turn off cell phones.
No food or soft drinks in the classroom.
Stow water bottles at floor level.

3. EGR 2278 Week 1 Introduction; Project Selection
Draft of Project Proposal Form due next week.
Handouts: syllabus, sample magazines, project notebooks.
-Go over syllabus
-Have them log on to website

4. The Main Component of this Course: Your Project!
Select a project.
Plan how to use resources available to you to complete the project successfully.
Document your plan in the project proposal form.
Build the project.
Test it and debug it.
Write final report and make final oral presentation with demo of your working project.

5. Supporting Topics That We’ll Cover
Project management and Gantt charts.
Printed-circuit-board (PCB) design and fabrication.
Soldering.
Project packaging.
Troubleshooting techniques.

6. Additional Topics That We’ll Cover Along the Way
Review of core EET curriculum—DC, AC, Digital, Electronic Devices, Microprocessors—to prepare for comprehensive assessment exam.
Resume writing and using social media in your job search.
Ethical and professional responsibilities.

7. Selecting Your Project
Popular Categories:
Power: power supplies, battery chargers, wind, solar
Music: guitar tuners, amps, foot pedals
Surveillance & security: remote sensing
Vehicles: drones, RC cars, skateboards, robots
Clocks & timers: alarm clocks, light timers, drag racing tree
Games: pong, light saber

8. Selecting Your Project (Cont’d)
Study these resources on the course’s Week 1 webpage:
Preparing for Capstone
Some Past Capstone Projects
Complete List of Past Projects 1996-Present
Ideas from Around the Web
For more detail on past projects, see project binders and files on eetstu drive.
The department also has copies of lots of old magazines with project ideas.

9. Other Resources At Your Disposal
Facilities and Equipment:
Soldering lab
Darkroom for making printed circuit boards (PCBs)
People:
Professor Tillie Watts-Brown: soldering
Kenzie Grogean: troubleshooting
Don Peters: PCB fabrication
Other Sinclair faculty.

10. Project Proposal
By next week you must submit a first draft of the Project Proposal Form.
Download the form (a Microsoft Word document) from the course’s Week 1 webpage.
Also study the sample completed document on the same page.
After you submit your draft, I’ll return comments. You must then revise and turn in your completed proposal.

11. Weekly Updates
Starting in two weeks, you will also submit a weekly project log documenting your progress.
And you’ll present a brief (3-to-5 minute) oral status report to the class.
Keep everyone in the loop.
Solicit help or ideas.
Identify and deal with potential problems together.
Practice oral presentation skills.

12. Project Management
In most courses, the instructor has imposed a structure that keeps you on track.
In this course, you’ll need to keep yourself on track.
You’ll need to manage:
Your time
Parts and equipment
The need for other people’s expertise

13. Project Management (Cont’d.)
Starting in two weeks, you’ll create and maintain a detailed project schedule in the form of a Gantt chart.
Wikipedia figure:
You’ll use Microsoft Project to create and maintain your chart.

14. EET Assessment Exam S