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About the Course

"Pressure, Force, Motion, and Humidity Sensors" can also be taken for academic credit as ECEA 5342, part of CU Boulder’s Master of Science in Electrical Engineering degree. This is our third course in our specialization on Embedding Sensor and Motors. To get the most out of this course, you should first take our first course entitled Sensors and Sensor Circuits. Our first course gives you a tutorial on how to use the hardware and software development kit we have chosen for the lab exercises. This third course assumes that you already know how to use the kit. After taking this course, you will be able to: ● Understand how to specify the proper AC or DC motor for a machine design. ● Integrate the motor to a machine, based on analysis of motor equations for voltage, current, torque and speed. ● Implement the motor and accompanying rotary sensor into a motor control circuit in both hardware and software. ● Add a motor and motor control circuit into a microprocessor based development kit. ● Create hardware and firmware to process motor feedback data to a microprocessor for further evaluation. After taking this course, you will be able to: ● Understand how to specify the proper pressure, force, strain, position, motion, acceleration, occupancy, and humidity sensors for taking real-time process data. ● Implement these sensors into an embedded system in both hardware and software. ● Add the sensor and sensor interface into a microprocessor based development kit. ● Create hardware and firmware to process sensor signals and feed data to a microprocessor for further evaluation. In this course you will build the circuit from Video 7 (Lab Exercise on strain gauges), Module 2 (Force and Strain Sensors and Touch Screens), and use it to make screen shots of the timing of the switch. If you haven't already wired up the system and written all the software per the instructions of Video 7, please do so now. You will need to buy the following components to complete this assignment. Note that if you have already purchased the PSOC 5LP PROTOTYPING KIT, you do not need to buy it again. These parts may be purchased off the Digikey web site, www. Digikey.com. One part needs to be purchased off the Sparkfun website www.sparkfun.com. Or, you may obtain the specs from the site, and purchase them elsewhere. Digikey Part numbers are typed out here: 428-3390-ND CF14JT22K0CT-ND CF14JT100KCT-ND Table shown here: Index Quantity Part Number Description 1 1 428-3390-ND PSOC 5LP PROTOTYPING KIT 2 2 CF14JT22K0CT-ND RES 22K OHM 1/4W 5% AXIAL 3 1 CF14JT100KCT-ND RES 100K OHM 1/4W 5% AXIAL Sparkfun part numbers are typed out here: TAL221 Table shown here: Index Quantity Part Number Description 1 1 TAL221 Mini-load cell - 100g, straight bar Additional equipment needed: • Wire - various gauges and lengths • Breadboard • Oscilloscope – suggested models are: o PICOSCOPE 2204A-D2 available on www.digikey.com or o Digilent 410-324 | OpenScope MZ available on www.newark.com Depending on your budget, you can also investigate these models: o Hantek HT6022BE20MHz - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B009H4AYII o SainSmart DSO212 - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074QBQNB7 o PoScope Mega50 USB - https://www.robotshop.com/en/poscope-mega50-usb-mso-oscilloscope.html o ADALM2000 - https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/analog-devices-inc./ADALM2000/7019661...

Top reviews

BJ

Aug 14, 2022

Great introduction course to sensors. I really enjoyed the instructors videos as they were clear and engaging. I would recommend it.

TH

Aug 27, 2020

This course is very interesting. I completed this course.But I can not get my certificate.Please help me to earn my certificate.

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By P S K R

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Jun 12, 2020

It is quite good.

By Bhagyashree

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Aug 8, 2024

IT WILL USEFULL

By TARIK A S D D S

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Jan 8, 2022

Great course.

By MD A R A

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Oct 1, 2020

Excellent !!!

By Steve A

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Jun 11, 2020

Very useful .

By Pooja A

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Aug 9, 2024

completed

By Abdul M

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May 20, 2021

excellent

By KARTIK K

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May 17, 2021

Best one

By Bhargav c

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Jul 28, 2020

good one

By Benjamin V J

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Jul 9, 2020

Awesome

By Md N M

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Jun 30, 2022

Great

By Sachin C

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May 26, 2022

nice

By thanapa j r 3

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Aug 3, 2021

Good

By SAI M C Y 9

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Aug 3, 2021

good

By Surya T T

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Jul 24, 2021

good

By GOLAGANI A V

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Dec 7, 2020

nice

By NEELAM A

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Jun 14, 2020

Good

By Elliot E

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Apr 18, 2022

This course is full of great, useful information.

HOWEVER, the course overall is full of typos and a few mistakes that cause confusion. The lab is not very well structured and leaves a lot up to the student to figure out. Likely many students never figure it out.

There are some issues in getting some of the lab components in a timely manner, so I'd order them asap.

I'd still recommend the course, but I'd hope these get cleaned up to help future students.

By Peter R C

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Oct 13, 2021

Course provides great content with an excellent variety of addditional info to solidify your understanding of the concepts presented

By Mohsen F E

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Apr 10, 2022

Thank you for your efforts, please add more practical applications by using diferent sensors to show the ideas well.

By AKASHKUMAR B V

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Sep 8, 2020

it's very good and very helpful to understand about instrumentation things.

By Aritra B

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May 30, 2020

Great course

By Mrs J S

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Oct 22, 2020

good

thank u

By Lennyray O

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Feb 25, 2024

VERY GOOD

By Saikat K

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May 3, 2022

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