Course Overview

This course provides a hands-on introduction to the resources for designing and fabricating smart systems, including CAD/CAM/CAE; NC machining, 3-D printing, injection molding, laser cutting; PCB layout and fabrication; sensors and actuators; analog instrumentation; embedded digital processing; wired and wireless communications. This course also puts emphasis on learning how to use the tools as well as understand how they work. By the end of the course you will know how to make… almost anything.

My Roles

• Led introductory sessions for various pieces of software and hardware used in the course (e.g., embedded programming for Atmel microcontrollers, CAD in Solidworks and Eagle)
• Held office hours, aided students in lab work, machine usage, and project design

Brian Plancher

bplancher@barnard.edu