Previous Project Examples

Here we provide a list of various project titles from previous semesters:

Circuits and Signal Processors

A Radio
Digital "Mastermind Game "
Field Effect Transistors
ADC (Analog to Digital Converter)
Precision Dual Slope ADC
*Digital Signal Storage
Analog Signal Storage
A to D to A Converter
Spectrum Analyzer
*A Digital Readout Clock
*Digital Echo Box
*Digital Chess Clock
Lamp Ping-Pong Scorer
Digital Adder
TI-04: The Power of an Abacus in the Palm of Your Hand
Digital Tachometer
FM Transmitter
*A Digital Combination Door Lock
Radio Controlled Servo
Decade Random Number Generators: The One Armed Bandit
Serial Communication System
Frequency Multiplier and Data Acquisition System
Very Low Frequency Radio Receiver
Proximity Alarm
Simon Says
AM Transmitter
Event Counter
Glitch Counter

Voice and Music

Electric Guitar and "Fuzz Phase "
An Octave Pedal for a Guitar
LED Audio Voltage Meter
Voice Record/Playback
Simple VCO Keyboard
Laser Microphone
Voice Transmission by Light Waves
AM Radio Transmission and Reception
Audio Information Recording and Playback
Voice Annunciator
Synthesizer
Multi-key Square Wave Synthesizer
Visual Interpretation of Music with Spectrum Analyzer
Phase-shift Pedal
Visual Display of Music
The Vocorder
The Electronic Synthesizer and the Major C Pentatonic Scale
Audio-Optical Link
Optically Controlled Music Box
Theramin
Digital Delay Processor
Seven Band Graphic Equalizer
Musical Light Show
Sound Meter

Measuring Things

Digital Thermometer
Light Intensity Display for UV/Ozone Monitoring
Thermal Conductivity of Gases by the Hot Wire Method
Measurement of the Dielectric Constant of Water
Friction of Bicycle Wheel
Star Tracker
A Magnetometer for Small Fields
Magnetic Flux in Matter
Thermal Noise of an Oscillator

Light

IR Motion Detector
Integrating Photometer
Clorox Laser
Optical Communications Link
Solar Powered Rechargable Battery System and Yard Light
Photon Flux from the Sky
Optical Density Monitor
Ellipsometry System
Laser Scanner

Some project titles from Spring 2012

  1. 3rd Order Butterworth Audio Crossover and Equilizer
  2. 10- second tooth brush timer
  3. A simple Scanning Tunneling Microscope
  4. Temperature Control via Digital PID Loop
  5. Theramin
  6. Optoelectronic Resonance Detector
  7. Guitar Tuner
  8. Self-Contained IR photometer for Astronomy
  9. 4 Transistor Class D FM Transmitter
  10. Guitar Distortion Pedal
  11. Optical Link 2D Motion Tracking
  12. Plant Watering Detector
  13. Square wave synthesizer
  14. Music Response LEDs with Frequency Dependence
  15. Audio Signal Filtering and Amplification

Some project titles from Fall 2012

  1. Analog calculator
  2. EKG
  3. Low noise transmission of audio data through a light beam
  4. Bass effect pedal
  5. Nyquist-Shannon Theorem
  6. Class D amplifier
  7. ECG For your health
  8. Amplitude modulated signal transmission
  9. Function generator
  10. Laser microphone
  11. EKG Heart monitor
  12. Anti-gravity device
  13. 3-phase ac motor

Medical Electronics

EKG Heart Monitor
Brain Wave Monitor
Blood Pressure Pulse Velocity
A Real-Time Monitor of Heart Rate Variability