.. _Schedule:

Schedule overview
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*The schedule information on this page is subject to changes.*

All meetings are in B127 Kerckhoff.

- Lab: Tuesdays and Thursdays (except Thanksgiving), 10:30 am–noon Pacific time
- TA office hours

  + Mondays 7–8 pm with Heather
  + Wednesdays 2–3 pm with Tom
  + Fridays 4:30-5:30 pm with Kevin


Tuesday and Thursday lab meetings are required, unless arrangements have been made in advance with the instructor. 


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Due dates
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The due dates below may change. They will not be moved to an earlier date, but may be moved later.

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- :ref:`Follow-along exercises` 1–7: due 11:59 pm PDT, October 7
- :ref:`Do-it-yourself exercises` 1–4: due 11:59 pm PDT, October 7
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- :ref:`Follow-along exercises` 8–13: due 11:59 pm PDT, October 14 (accepted at 11:59 October 17 without penalty)
- :ref:`Do-it-yourself exercises` 5–7: due 11:59 pm PDT, October 14 (accepted at 11:59 October 17 without penalty)
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- :ref:`Follow-along exercises` 14–17: due 11:59 pm PDT, October 21 (accepted at 11:59 October 26 without penalty)
- :ref:`Do-it-yourself exercises` 8–13: due 11:59 pm PDT, October 21 (accepted at 11:59 October 26 without penalty)
.. - :ref:`Pulse oximetry` prelab: due 10:30 am PDT, November 5
- :ref:`Pulse oximetry` demo: 10:30 am PST, November 11 (accepted without penalty until noon on November 16)
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- :ref:`Pulse oximetry` write-up: due 10:30 am PST, November 16 (accepted without penalty until 11:59 pm on November 16)
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.. - :ref:`Follow-along exercises` 18 and 19: due 11:59 pm PST, November 18
- :ref:`Cyclic voltametry` demo: 10:30 am PST, December 2
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- :ref:`Cyclic voltametry` write-up: due 11:59 pm PST, December 7


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Weekly activities
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In each lab session, which are Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10:30-11:55, you will be working on your exercises or projects. Dates with special activities are shown below with more to be announced as the term progresses.

- **Tu 09/28**: Welcome, safety, introduction to Arduino
- **Th 09/30**: A tour through available components
- **Tu 10/05**: A tour of Arduino Uno
- **Th 10/07**: Lecture on design approaches
- **Th 10/14**: Guest lecture from `Daniel Wagenaar <http://www.danielwagenaar.net>`_
- **Tu 10/26**: Guest lecture from `Sina Booeshaghi <https://sinabooeshaghi.com>`_, Anne Kil, and Kevin Marx from the `Pachter lab <https://pachterlab.github.io>`_
- **Th 10/28**: Time series analysis
- **Tu 11/02**: Guest lecture from Lev Tsypin from the `Newman lab <https://dknweb.caltech.edu>`_ about cyclic voltammetry in the study of microbial metabolism and Jihong Min from the `Gao lab <http://www.gao.caltech.edu>`_ about wearable, on-body detection
- **Tu 11/09**: Guest lecture from `Amir Behbehani <https://dickinsonlab.caltech.edu/people/amir-behbahani/>`_
- **Th 11/26**: Thanksgiving Day: no class
- **Th 12/09**: Tear down and clean up