| Date | Topics | Deadlines |
| April 4 | Introductions
Natcar objectives Course requirements, logistics Form teams System overview Sensors: optical, magnetic |
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| April 6 | Motors: servos, DC motors
Power supply: regulation, bypass, current limitation Noise: sources, countermeasures Good circuit and system construction practices |
Read Natcar rules |
| April 11 | Design Review: sensors | Sensor designs |
| April 13 | Basic dynamic modelling (bicycle model)
Feedback control theory |
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| April 18 | Design Review: system layout and sensor results | System block diagram
Rough system implementation Sensor construction and characterization |
| April 20 | The 68HC11 microcontroller | |
| April 25 | Design Review: any topic | 6811 exercise #1 (optional) |
| April 27 | ||
| May 2 | Design Review: any topic | |
| May 4 | Deadline for ordering parts | |
| May 9 | ||
| May 11 | ||
| May 16 | Demonstration I: minimal functionality
Design Review: How to improve performance |
Functional car |
| May 18 | ||
| May 23 | Demonstration II: improved functionality
Design Review: How to improve performance |
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| May 25 | ||
| May 30 | Final Design Presentation | Write-ups and lab notebooks due |
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