Senior Project Laboratory

Location

PHO113 and PHO111 (1067 & 730 sf)

Course(s) Supported

EC463 and EC464

Description

Senior Project Lab supports our senior design teams, serving real-world corporate customers such as Analog Devices, government agencies like NASA, community groups like Boston public schools, social service agencies, artists, and small businesses, as well as faculty and staff across the University. Each team has 24/7 access to a permanent bench setup with a networked desktop PC, benchtop Agilent test equipment, and CAD software for schematic entry, simulation, PCB layout and mechanical design. Electronics assembly and machine shop support is provided. Shared tools include high-speed scopes, logic analyzers, spectrum analyzers, E-prom, PLA and FPGA burners, and various compilers and cross-compilers for FPGA, DSP and micro-controller development. Software from MSDNAA is available for all teams.

Hardware

  • Dell Optiplex 755 workstation, Core2 Duo & 2GB
  • 15 Dell GX270 Optiplex workstations with Windows XP, 3.2GHz Pentium 4 & 1GB RAM
  • Agilent 54600B Oscilloscopes
  • Agilent Mixed signal Oscilloscopes MSO 6012A
  • Agilent waveform generators 33120A
  • Agilent triple DC power supplies E3631A
  • Agilent multi-meters 34401A

Software Resources

  • orCAD
  • PSpice
  • MATLAB
  • LabVIEW
  • SolidWorks
  • MSVisio
  • CodeWarrior
  • MS Project
  • MS Office Pro
  • Local applications managed by independent student teams
  • Each team has access to a network share mapped to a local N: drive.
    • Projects should be stored in this directory for backups and future use.

Faculty

Ruane, Knepper, Kia, Pisano

Contact Staff

Goebe