Dave's Forum

ECE 110 Info For Dave's Section

Contact Info

Dave Kun
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 217.332.4665
Office Hours: by appointment (email me to set up a time)

Lab Handouts

Lab and Notebook Guidelines (PDF format)
Back to Basics Handout (PDF format)

Note: You may need Adobe® Acrobat® Reader to view PDF format files.

Supplement & Extra Credit

This section gives supplemental info about the experiments. It is not meant to replace the lab manual, but to help you understand some ideas or concepts that may not have been clear. Supplement

Instructions: Answers to extra credit question(s) should be sent to me. Email responses, one per person, must be received before the week of the contest(week 14). To receive full credit, provide a short explanation (couple of sentences) with your answer. In your response, state the question(s) you're answering.

Present Points Distribution


Design Challenge Information

Finding "Best" Sensor Height
Design Challenge Rules
* Tips for Design Challenge
** Suggestions to improve performance & reliability of your circuits (PDF format)
* Various Strategies that you can use for the Design Challenge (PDF format)

Note: You may need Adobe® Acrobat® Reader to view PDF format files.

Final Report Info

Download Instructions for Final Report  (PDF format)
Tips for Final Report


PSpice 8.0 Evaluation Download for Windows 95/98/NT (15.6 MB)

Download Disk 0
Download Disk 1
Download Disk 2
Download Disk 3
Download Disk 4

Download Instructions: Right click on your mouse. Then select "Save target as" for Internet Explorer or "save link as" for Netscape. You should download these zip files this way.

Installation Instructions: UnZip all 5 files into same directory, Run setup.exe.
* You may need WinZip to unzip all 5 files.
To create a schematic: Run the Schematics tools & start drawing.

Note: You do not need to use this, but you can create clear & detailed schematics for your circuit/sensor/logic/block diagrams quickly.

Sample Circuit & PSpice schematics file

Sample Circuit/Logic/Sensor/Block Diagram, created using PSpice (PDF format)
Download file used to create sample circuit  (SCH format - you need PSpice to view it)

Note: Your final circuit design should be as good (preferably better) than this one, but with more detail. Don't attempt to simulate this circuit.

Questions??

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