Following is a tentative course schedule, which is subject to change as the course progresses. Due dates may also change, but they will never change to be earlier than what is posted below. Links to all tutorials will be posted when available. Lab sessions marked with an asterisk feature lecture material.
Due dates
- Tu 10/03
- Homework 1
- Tu 10/10
- Homework 2
- Th 10/12
- Prelab 1: Pulse monitor/oximetry
- Tu 10/17
- Homework 3
- Tu 10/24
- Lab report 1.1: Pulse monitor
- Tu 10/31
- Homework 4 (data set)
- Tu 10/31
- Pulse oximetry system demo
- Th 11/02
- Prelab 2: Real time PCR
- Tu 11/07
- Lab report 1.2: Pulse oximetry
- Th 11/16
- Lab report 2.1: Real time PCR Thermocycling
- Th 11/30
- Real time PCR system demo
- Th 12/07
- Lab report 2.2: Real time PCR Optical detection, submit by 5 pm
Lab schedule
- Tu 09/26
- Introduction, safety, LabVIEW basics (example VI)
- Th 09/28
- Practice with LabVIEW: data types, case structures, and subVIs (example VI)
- Tu 10/03
- Practice with LabVIEW: control flow and error handling (example VIs) [HW 1 due]
- Th 10/05
- Practice with LabVIEW: arrays, clusters, and plotting (example VIs)
- Tu 10/10
- Data acquisition with LabVIEW and NI ELVIS II; File I/O (example VIs) [HW 2 due]
- Th 10/12
- Signal processing with LabVIEW, Matlab integration, work on Lab 1.1 (example VIs) [Prelab 1 due]
- Tu 10/17
- Work on Lab 1.1 [HW 3 due]
- Th 10/19
- Work on Labs 1.1 and 1.2
- Tu 10/24
- Work on Lab 1.2 [Lab 1.1 due]
- Th 10/26
- Work on Lab 1.2
- Tu 10/31
- Pulse oximeter system demo, pulse oximeter tear down, discussion on PCR, Start work on Lab 2.1 (soldering tutorial) [HW 4 (data set) due]
- Th 11/02
- Work on Lab 2.1: Real time PCR thermocycling [prelab 2 due]
- Tu 11/07
- Work on Lab 2.1: Real time PCR thermocycling [Lab 1.2 due]
- Th 11/09
- Work on Lab 2.2: Real time PCR optical detection
- Tu 11/14
- Work on Lab 2.2: Real time PCR optical detection
- Th 11/16
- Work on Lab 2.2: Real time PCR optical detection [Lab 2.1 due]
- Tu 11/21
- Work on Lab 2.2: Real time PCR optical detection (optical setup should be complete by end of class)
- Th 11/23
- No class; Thanksgiving Day
- Tu 11/28
- Work on Lab 2.2: Real time PCR optical detection
- Th 11/30
- Lab 2: System test