choosing-components-for-the-power-control-conditioning-monitoring-module

Find the following types of components

• Fixed Regulators
• Adjustable Regulators
• Low cost sensing for current/voltage

Recall the following design goals:

• Swappable components with easy to solder packages.
• Low cost.
• Fixed regulators should have high PSRR
• Adjustable regulators should be able to crank some current
• Sensing should be low cost and we need two of them
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choosing-components-for-the-relay-module

Find the following types of components

• Relay
• Transistor (NPN)
• Opto isolator
• LED
• Kickback diode

Recall the following design goals:

• Swappable components with easy to solder packages.
• Low cost.
• Relay can handle up to 250V AC (though we suggest using it at 24V DC)
• NPN can easily handle/switch coil current.
• Surface mount opto isolator

choosing-components-for-the-currentfan-driver-module

Find the following types of components

• Digital to analog converter (DAC)
• Potentiometer
• MOSFET
• Sense Resistor

Recall the following design goals:

• Swappable components with easy to solder packages.
• Low cost.
• SPI DAC part with 8- 10 bits.
• MOSFET capable of carrying half an amp in a surface mount package.
• Moderately accurate sense resistor.

choosing-components-for-the-thermocouple-module

Find the following types of components:

• Quad op amp for making a instrumentation amplifier
• Temperature sensor with a simple analog output
• Analog digital converter with 2+ inputs (so we don’t need an external mux)

Recall the following design goals:

• 16+ bit input
• Low cost
• 1 degree C accurate (aim for .5 C accurate)
• Swappable components
• Easy to solder components
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understanding-the-current-fan-driver-module

• Create a current source with a voltage input, using an op amp.
• Add in an optional DAC to control the current source with voltage readback

understanding-the-thermocouple-module

• Create a block diagram for the thermocouple measurement circuit
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Creating A Schematic Skeleton *

• Create a schematic with a heirarchical page for each block in the block diagram.
• Add some hierarchical labels within one of the sheets.
• Exit the sheet and import the heirarchical pin to the top level heirarchy symbol.

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