MCHE 201: Intro to Engineering Design
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The MicroPython pyboard
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The First Version of the MCHE201 Kit
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The Spring 2015 Champions
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The Fall 2015 Champions
Lecture: Tuesdays & Thursdays, 3:30-4:20pm, Rougeou Hall, Room 324
Lab: Tuesdays & Thursdays, 4:30-5:45pm, Rougeou Hall, Various Rooms
Official Course Description: Techniques for creating, evaluating, synthesizing, implementing, and documenting solutions to open ended engineering problems, team and project management.
Prerequisites: MCHE 101, ENGR 211 — Prerequisite Form
Syllabus: pdf
Schedule: pdf
Textbook: Introductory Mechanical Design Tools by W. Singhose and J. Donnell — Hardcopy, iBooks — Yes. It's only about $40, but it's a good book. With the money we'll save, let's buy a ...
Robot Kit: This custom kit from Adafruit or one with a slightly upgraded microcontroller.
Paper: This paper describes a similar class at Georgia Tech that Dr. Vaughan helped develop.
Webcam: If you're on campus, you can check out the activity in the MCHE201 design studio via our webcam.
Pictures: We also have a flickr album with pictures and videos from the class.
Lectures
- August 22 Notes, Audio
- August 24
- August 31 Notes
- September 5
- September 7 Notes, Audio
- September 21
- September 26 Notes, Audio
- September 28 Notes, Audio
- October 3 Notes, No Audio
- October 10 Notes, Audio
- October 17
- October 24 Notes, Audio
- October 26 Notes, Audio
- October 31 Notes, Audio
- November 7 Notes, Audio
- November 16 Notes
- November 28
Projects
Spaghetti Tower Design
- Project Handout
- Teams
- Tower Build Results
- Instructions Due: 8/31
- Tower Build: 8/31
- Report Due: 9/8, 5pm
ARLISS Design
- Project Handout
- Teams
- Introduction Presentation
- Report Due: 9/22, 5pm
- Presentation Due: 9/22, 5pm
Mechanical Dissection
- Project Handout
- Teams
- Report Due: 10/13, 5pm
- Presentation Due: 10/13, 5pm
General Information
- Pre-submission Checklist
- Report Template LaTeX source, pdf
- Open Template at Overleaf.com
Video Presentation Guidelines- Student Presentations
Homework
- Prereq Form — Due: 9/1, 5pm
- Homework 1 — Due: 9/15, 5pm
- Homework 2 — Due: 9/29, 5pm
- Homework 3 — Due: 10/20, 5pm
- Homework 4 — Due: 11/3, 5pm
- Homework 5 — Due: 11/30, 5pm
The Final Contest
- Held on 11/21 at Blackham Coliseum
- Contest Invitation
- Contest Invitation Flyer
- Overview Presentation Slides, Audio
- Full Rules
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Teams
- Open Lab Hours
- Mechatronics Kit Checkout Form
- Fritzing Files for Kit Components
- Competition Results
- Competition Final Ranking
- Judges' Scoring Results
Preliminary Contests
- Individual Contest Results — Held on 10/19
- Preliminary Contest Results — Held on 11/2
- Qualifying Contest Results — Held on 11/14
Reports and Presentations
- Problem Understanding — Due: 10/30, 11:59pm
- Concept Evaluation — Due: 11/17, 5pm
- Final Report — Due: Exam Week
Background Information
- Spring 2017 Pictures
- Fall 2016 Pictures
- Spring 2016 Pictures
- Fall 2015 Pictures
- Spring 2015 Pictures
- General MCHE201 Pictures
- Spring 2015 Contest Video
- Fall 2013 Pictures
- Fall 2013 Contest Video
- ME2110 Videos for Design Ideas
- Track Control Overview
Video
- Student Presentations
- MCHE 201 Vimeo Channel
- Technical Writing Basics
- Technical Presentation Basics
- Determining a COM Port Number in Windows
- PuTTY Settings for pyboard REPL
- CoolTerm Settings for pyboard in Windows
- CoolTerm Settings for pyboard REPL in macOS
- Track Control Overview
- MCHE 470: Robotics Vimeo Channel
- Old Contest Start Box Demo
- Master Plan Contest Video
Code
- MircoPython Quick Reference
- MicroPython Tutorials for the pyboard
- MCHE201 boilerplate main.py file
- Toggling the Onboard RED LED
- Toggling all the Onboard LEDs
- Varying Onboard LED Intensity
- Reading the Onboard Switch
- Reading the Onboard Accelerometer
- Writing to the Micro-SD Card
- Reading an External Pushbutton
- One Possible Track Start Button Check
- Using an Interrupt to Sense Trial Start
- Reading a Potentiometer
- Reading a Flex Sensor
- Reading a Soft Potentiometer
- Reading a Force Sensitive Resistor (FSR)
- Reading an IR Distance Sensor
- Calculating Distance with an IR Sensor
- Filtering IR Sensor Readings
- Controlling Digital Output
- Controlling a Piezo Buzzer
- Controlling a Hobby Servomotor
- Moving a Servo Based on User Input
- Controlling a DC Motor
- Smoothing DC Motor Commands
- Controlling a Stepper Motor
- Controlling Stepper Motor Speed
- Stepper Motor Speed Testing
- Controlling a Linear Actuator
- Checking Linear Actuator Length
- Linear Actuator with On/Off Control
- Input-based Linear Actuator Control
- Controlling a DC motor with TB6612 Driver
- Class-based TB6612 Motor Control
- Timer-based Interrupts
- Reading a Wii Nunchuk
