Following is a tentative course schedule, which is subject to change as the course progresses. Links to all tutorials will be posted when available. Lab sessions marked with an asterisk feature lecture material.

Due dates

Th 01/12: Homework 1
Th 01/19: Homework 2
Tu 01/24: Prelab 1: Pulse monitor/oximetry
Th 01/26: Homework 3
Th 02/02: Lab report 1.1: Pulse monitor
Th 02/02: Homework 4
Th 02/09: Prelab 2: Real time PCR (soldering tutorial)
Th 02/09: Lab report 1.2: Pulse oximetry
Tu 02/14: Homework 5 (data set)
Tu 02/21: Lab report 2.1: Real time PCR Thermocycling
Th 03/09: Real time PCR in-class testing
Tu 03/14: Lab report 2.2: Real time PCR Optical detection, submit by noon

Lab schedule

Th 01/05: Introduction, safety, LabVIEW basics (example VI)
Tu 01/10: Practice with LabVIEW: data types, case structures, and subVIs (example VI)
Th 01/12: Practice with LabVIEW: control flow and error handling (example VIs) [HW 1 due]
Tu 01/17: Practice with LabVIEW: arrays, clusters, and plotting (example VIs)
Th 01/19: Data acquisition with LabVIEW and NI ELVIS II; File I/O (example VIs) [HW 2 due]
Tu 01/24: Signal processing with LabVIEW, Matlab integration, work on Lab 1.1: pulse meter (example VIs) [Prelab 1 due]
Th 01/26: Work on Lab 1.1: pulse meter [HW 3 due]
Tu 01/31: Work on HW4 and Labs 1.1 and 1.2: pulse oximeter
Th 02/02: Work on Lab 1.2: pulse oximeter [Lab 1.1 and HW 4 due]
Tu 02/07: Work on Lab 1.2 and HW5: processing EKGs and CTs
Th 02/09: Work on Lab 2.1: Real time PCR thermocycling (soldering tutorial) [Lab 1.2 and prelab 2 due]
Tu 02/14: Work on Lab 2.1: Real time PCR thermocycling [HW 5 due]
Th 02/16: Work on Lab 2.1: Real time PCR thermocycling
Tu 02/21: Work on Lab 2.2: Real time PCR optical detection [Lab 2.1 due]
Th 02/23: Work on Lab 2.2: Real time PCR optical detection
Tu 02/28: Work on Lab 2.2: Real time PCR optical detection
Th 03/02: Work on Lab 2.2: Real time PCR optical detection
Tu 03/07: Work on Lab 2.2: Real time PCR optical detection
Th 03/09: Lab 2: system test and course wrap-up