Lecture Schedule

ECE 482 Spring 2015

Updated **10:19 April 07, 2015**. Tentative lecture schedule, including links to lecture slides and notes, and links to assignments. The schedule is subject to change, please check frequently.
Tuesday	Thursday
Jan. 6	1. Jan. 8 Course Introduction Lecture 1 handout slides
2. Jan. 13 Lecture: Motor and Battery Characterization Lecture 2 handout slides Lecture 2 slides (annotated)	3. Jan. 15 Lab 1: Motor and Battery Characterization
4. Jan. 20 Lecture: FPGA programming Converter Loss Modeling Lecture 3 handout slides Lecture 3 slides (annotated)	5. Jan. 22 Lab 2: FPGA programming
6. Jan. 27 Lecture: Power Converter Layout Lab 1 report due Lecture 4 handout slides Lecture 4 slides (annotated)	7. Jan. 29 Lab 3 (1/2): Open-Loop Boost Converter Lab 3 Prelab Due Deadline for signoff of Exp 2
8. Feb. 3 Lecture: Power Converter Simulation in LTSpice Lecture 5 handout slides	9. Feb. 5 Lab 3 (2/2): Open-Loop Boost Converter
10. Feb. 10 Additional Time on Lab 3 (3/2): Open-Loop Boost Converter Lecture 6 handout slides Lecture 6 slides (annotated)	11. Feb. 12 Lecture: CPM Control
12. Feb. 17 Additional Time on Lab 3 (4/2): Open-Loop Boost Converter and/or Begin work on Experiment 4 No Class due to campus closure Lecture 7 handout slides Lecture 7 slides (annotated)	13. Feb. 19 Lab 4 (1/2): Closed-Loop Boost Converter Lab 3 report due Lab 4 Prelab Due
14. Feb. 24 No Lecture Lab 4 (cont.): Closed-Loop Boost Converter No Class due to campus closure	15. Feb. 26 Lab 4 (2/2): Closed-Loop Boost Converter
16. Mar. 3 No Lecture Lab 4 (cont.): Closed-Loop Boost Converter	17. Mar. 5 Lab 4 (cont.): Closed-Loop Boost Converter
18. Mar. 10 Lecture: Power Converter PCB Layout Lecture 7 handout slides Lecture 7 slides (annotated)	19. Mar. 12 Lab 4 (cont.): Closed-Loop Boost Converter Lab 5 Prelab Due
Mar. 17 Spring Break	Mar. 19 Spring Break
20. Mar. 24 Lab 5: Complete System Layout	21. Mar. 26 Lab 5: Complete System Layout Lab 4 report due
22. Mar. 31 Lab 5: Complete System Layout Complete PCB Layout Due Midterm Exam Handed Out	23. Apr. 2 No class; Instructor available for midterm questions
24. Apr. 7 Lab 6 (1/2): Motor Drive Control Midterm Exam Due	25. Apr. 9 Lab 6 (2/2): Motor Drive Control
26. Apr. 14 Lab 7 (1/2): Complete System Implementation Experiment 5 writeup due	27. Apr. 16 Lab 7 (2/2): Complete System Implementation
28. Apr. 21 Demo: Working E-bike (indoors)	29. Apr. 23 Demo: Standalone E-bike (outdoors) Final Technical Reference Manual Due
Apr. 28	Apr. 30
May. 5	May. 7
May. 12	May. 14