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I present to you, the results of Principles of Engineering.
Principles of Engineering (PoE) is an introductory level mechatronics class at the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering. The class is structured around using PIC microcontrollers to build simple devices. PoE is structured such that students teach themselves through three structured investigative labs. Then, students design […]

Things that should be avoided:
After being unable, for the 3rd time, to get your crystal oscillator to actually tick so your PIC will actually run in your soldered protoboard instead of a breadboard, shorting 6 AA batteries in series, then screwing your project box back together and not noticing that it is smoking for ten […]

Perhaps back on the once-a-week schedule, I bring you a tale of great daring and heroism (pronounce it the British way).
The scene is Monday night. You have almost nothing due immediately (don’t even talk to me about next week, though) since classes are in their last week. You have to go to Olin Entrepreneurial Group […]