EE345L Design Competition, Spring 2009
Bill Bard (with help from Jonathan Valvano)
TAs
Glen Rhodes,
Sterling Wei,
Jacob Egner
Objective: Design, Construct, and Test an embedded system

Judging Criteria
Visual appeal, functionality, and software quality

Constraints
6811 microcontroller, 28C64 EEPROM, $25 PCB Artist Service, $30 out-of-pocket expenses

Process
 Propose a project
 Design the microcontroller-based hardware circuit
 Layout circuit board using PCB Artist
 Build a 3-D mockup
 Fabricate PCB
 Test subcomponents (power, reset, clock, memory interface, I/O devices)
 Develop and test software

Lab08f.pdf  Lab11a.pdf  Lab12a.pdf