Inertial navigation peripheral/82708

ISS - OLPC Peripheral Dev

8/27/08 nlee: documentation = good! Need has documentation to pass

nlee: talked to Oscar - he says OK as advisor, but needs a good course proposal. When are we going to meet? How often? Frequency of design reviews? At least 30 minutes a week.

objectives of class:

• Significant work done on some meaningful "aka useful" (nontrivial) peripherals for the XO
• Well documented
  • enough that if we don't finish, someone outside could pick it up and continue working on it.
  • self explanatory documentation
• implied - anything made is released open-source
  • most restrictive CC license is fine

goals

• finished product
• working prototype
• breadboard (minimum)
• pcb (stretch)
• something cheaply bagged in kit-form for kiddies with soldering irons (stretch stretch goal!)
  • discussion: question as to the value of premade circuit boards
  • clarification: something cheap and easy to reproduce, basically

learning objectives

• Competencies
  • Communication = documentation
• Design
  • Timescale
    • Dev first, then document?
    • No, do simultaneously
• Context
  • "Olin graduates will demonstrate knowledge of the ethical, professional, business, social, and cultural contexts of engineering, and the ability to articulate their own professional and ethical responsibilities."

• Lifelong learning
  • STU course - independent research

other

• Jay suggests trying to front-load this class -- work harder early in the semester, saves pwnage from finals/projects
  • 4 hrs/wk initially

==== grading

• 50% design review
  • break down into
    • functional prototype, etc
• 50% documentation

Planning

• groups
• timescale
  • design review every two weeks

• universities list note: documentation -- keep in contact about list for "ip restrictions at university"
• issues that may arise as stuff that may be done for a class -- release of own work, for example