Georgia Tech's ECE4450 shall use AE format for final project
Jan 29, 2023 8:46:27 GMT
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Post by lantertronics on Jan 29, 2023 8:46:27 GMT
Howdy,
I'm a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Georgia Tech.
Many of you are probably familiar with my "ECE4450: Analog Circuits for Music Synthesis" lectures on YouTube. I taught the first version of this class way back in 2006. Historically the final project has usually involved the students designing a circuit geared toward the MOTM 5U format, but historically the students only have gotten as far as a putting together a PCB in the time available, since front panel construction and wiring is a pain.
This semester I decided that the students shall design and build a module in the Tangible Waves AE format, since it drastically simplifies front panel design and construction issues. I shall encourage them to use designs that are already out there that use +/- 12V or +/- 15V and modify them as needed to operate with the 5V unipolar supply.
I'm putting together a list of "best practices" for the AE format based for my students based on what I'm seeing here, and was wondering:
* Are the rail-to-rail MCP602 and MCP604 pretty much your standard go-to op amps? Like, you use them in all the places other formats use TL072s or TL074s? Are there any other op amps that come in handy in AE format designs?
* Has anyone put together Autodesk Eagle templates for the format, with the power jacks and input/output headers and mounting holes in appropriate spots?
I'm a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Georgia Tech.
Many of you are probably familiar with my "ECE4450: Analog Circuits for Music Synthesis" lectures on YouTube. I taught the first version of this class way back in 2006. Historically the final project has usually involved the students designing a circuit geared toward the MOTM 5U format, but historically the students only have gotten as far as a putting together a PCB in the time available, since front panel construction and wiring is a pain.
This semester I decided that the students shall design and build a module in the Tangible Waves AE format, since it drastically simplifies front panel design and construction issues. I shall encourage them to use designs that are already out there that use +/- 12V or +/- 15V and modify them as needed to operate with the 5V unipolar supply.
I'm putting together a list of "best practices" for the AE format based for my students based on what I'm seeing here, and was wondering:
* Are the rail-to-rail MCP602 and MCP604 pretty much your standard go-to op amps? Like, you use them in all the places other formats use TL072s or TL074s? Are there any other op amps that come in handy in AE format designs?
* Has anyone put together Autodesk Eagle templates for the format, with the power jacks and input/output headers and mounting holes in appropriate spots?
