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Career and Technical Programs - Spring 2012

COURSE OUTLINE -ELT 2254  ELECTRONICS CAPSTONE

Wednesday 1:00 PM - 1:25 PM,  Lab 1:25 PM - 2:15 PM

Instructor: Jim Gibson

Office Phone: (815) 224-2720 ext. 453, 455 (lab), 557 (Lab)

Home Phone: (815) 925-7481

Office: D - 107A

Office Hours: W only            2:30 PM - 5:50 PM

                        R only             3:00 PM - 5:50 PM.

                        By appointment as needed.

Course Description: A Capstone course applying knowledge from basic DC and AC Electronics, Digital, Solid State and automation and the award winning MIMIC project.  1/2 hours lecture and one (1) hour lab are needed each week.

 Text:      Parallax Starter Kit (Rev D, BS1, or BS2) Model

            Lab Manual.  with Starter Kit

            Scientific Calculator

Prerequisite:   Majority of ELT course work done.

 Course Objectives: Upon successfully completing this course, the student should have a basic working knowledge of the following:

    1. Electronic Components
    2. DC rules
    3. AC rules
    4. Ohms Law
    5. Application of each course in the program.

Grading:

            90 to 100 = A                          Labs                            50%

            80 to 89 = B                            Quizzes and Tests      00%

            70 to 79 = C                            Final Project            50%

            60 to 69 = D

  Attendance: The policy of Illinois Valley Community College as to absences is as follows:

STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO ATTEND ALL CLASSES REGULARLY. IF ABSENCE FROM CLASS IS UNAVOIDABLE, IT IS THE STUDENT'S RESPONSIBILITY TO EXPLAIN THE ABSENCE TO HIS INSTRUCTOR AND ARRANGE TO COMPLETE ANY WORK MISSED.

IF AN INSTRUCTOR FEELS THE NUMBER OF ACCUMULATED ABSENCES IS INTERFERING WITH THE STUDENT'S PROGRESS AND ABILITY TO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE THE COURSE, THE STUDENT MAY BE DROPPED FROM THE COURSE WITHOUT NOTICE.

                                    If you miss more than 1/15 of the contact hours bad things will happen. ( You or your grade may be dropped )

CLASSROOM ETIQUETTE: IVCC has adopted official policies which address student rights, academic integrity, and student code of conduct. These policies are outlined in the IVCC Student Handbook and they address such things as cheating, harassment, and verbal abuse. The listing will serve as a guideline for our class in terms of what is acceptable and unacceptable behavior. Please review the policies when you have time.

 CHEATING POLICY: Cheating is not tolerated and any student caught cheating will automatically receive a ZERO for that exam or quiz and may be withdrawn from the course. 

NOTICE TO STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES:  If you are a student with a cognitive, physical or psychiatric disability you may be eligible for academic support services such as extended test time, texts on tape, note-taking services, etc.... If you are interested in receiving academic support services, please contact the Special Populations Office at 224-0284, office B-204 and inform your instructors.  Also, please speak with me during the first week of class so I can offer any assistance as your instructor.

Spring 2012 SCHEDULE

  First Week:                   Jan 11                

Quality / Stamp

Second Week:               Jan 18        

Quality

Third Week:                    Jan 25        

Quality / P basic

Fourth Week:                 Feb 1

Ohms law – Current Sourcing

Fifth Week:                   Feb 8          

Ohms law – Current Sinking

Sixth Week:                   Feb 15       

Edible car contest

Seventh Week:               Feb 22

Optical Isolation. / More Meters and Applications

Eighth Week:                Feb 29       

Review of 1st 6 weeks

Ninth Week:                  March 7

 Mid term Lab exam !

Tenth Week:                  March 14   

Sound

Eleventh Week:             March 21   

Process control

Twelfth Week:               March 28   

Spring Break - No Class

Thirteenth Week:          April 4

Programming

Fourteenth Week:          April 11     

I / O Modules

Fifteenth Week:             April 18

Project work

Sixteenth Week:            April 25     

Project work

Seventeenth Week:         May 2

Review

Eighteenth Week:          May 9

Final Project / Presentation due !!! Project and written reports may be due on 10th