PHYS 524 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Schedule

Week Date Topic Homework
1 Tuesday
8/26/2025

1a. Arduino C++ programming environment

Presentation & Activities (Tuesday)

Presentation & Activities (Thursday)

Week 1 HW
Thursday
8/28/2025
2 Tuesday
9/2/2025

1b. Anaconda Scientific Python

Presentation & Activities (Tuesday)

Week 2 HW
Thursday
9/4/2025
3 Tuesday
9/9/2025

1c. KiCAD printed circuit board layout facility

Presentation & Activities (Tuesday)

Week 3 HW (updated)
Thursday
9/11/2025
4 Tuesday
9/16/2025

2. Project Management. Guest Lecturer: Dr. Aaron Pearlman

Presentation & Activities (Tuesday)

3a.Soldering

Week 4 HW
Thursday
9/18/2025
5 Tuesday
9/23/2025

3b. 3D structure modeling: TinkerCad, Cura

Week 5 HW (updated)
Thursday
9/25/2025

4. I2C, SPI Serial Communication I

Presentation and Activities (Thursday)

6 Tuesday
9/30/2025

5. Technical Writing I.  Guest Lecturer: Dr. Celia Elliott

Presentation Notes

(No HW; work on P523 reports)
Thursday
10/2/2025

 

5. Technical Writing II.  Guest Lecturer: Dr. Celia Elliott

Presentation Notes

 

7 Tuesday
10/7/2025

5. Technical Writing III.  Guest Lecturer: Dr. Jessica Raley

Presentation Notes

Week 7 HW (updated)
Thursday
10/9/2025

4. I2C, SPI Serial Communication II; Oscilloscope

Presentation and Activities

8 Tuesday
10/14/2025

4. I2C, SPI Serial Communication II; Oscilloscope (cont.)

Presentation and Activities (Tuesday)

5. Sensors I - Motion: Acceleration, Rotation, Orientation

Presentation and Activities (Thursday)

Week 8 HW
Thursday
10/16/2025
9 Tuesday
10/21/2025

5. Sensors II - Proximity

Presentation and Activities (Tuesday)

Week 9 HW (updated)
Thursday
10/23/2025

5. Sensors III - Temperature

Presentation and Activities (Thursday)

  Tuesday
10/28/2025
5. Sensors III - Temperature (cont.) Week 10 HW
Thursday
10/30/2025

5. Sensors IV - Voltage (ADC/DAC)

Presentation and Activities (Thursday)

 

11 Tuesday
11/4/2025

 

Week 11 HW
Thursday
11/6/2025
 
12 Tuesday
11/11/2025
 
Week 12 HW
Thursday
11/13/2025
 
13 Tuesday
11/18/2025
 

 

Thursday
11/20/2025

 

14 Tuesday
12/2/2025
Week 14 HW
Thursday
12/4/2025
 
15 Tuesday
12/9/2025
No HW
Thursday
12/11/2025
Reading Day
16 TBA Final exam, Loomis 262