An introductory study of laws, theorems, concepts, and principles of electricity and electronics. (F, S)

A study of DC/AC current, resistance, magnetism, inductance, capacitance, transformers, etc. (F, S)

This course is designed to provide an understanding of the basics of robotics; sensors and actuators; educational robot drive-train mechanisms and motor controls; educational robot designing and building; programming educational robotics modules for autonomous and remote controlled navigation; semester-end group projects (teamwork).

Current flow in doped semiconductors, PN junctions, bipolar junction transistors, and single-staffed amplifiers. Emphasis is placed on current control with PN Junction, and on recognition of and characteristic of the three basic amplifier configurations. (F)

This course is an introduction to the fundamentals of Robotics Process Automation (RPA) and covers basics of software based robotics, programming process automation using Ui Path Studio or similar packages, digitize and automate processes commonly encountered in industrial and business applications. Pre-requisites: Junior or Senior Standing:

A study of single source transistor biasing, differential amplifier, diode-resistor gate, flip-flops, logic AND gate of AND & OR gates,, binary number encoders and decoders, R-s, T-D flip flops, ripple counters, programming a ripple counter, etc. (S)

Designing mobile robotic platforms; Building autonomous and remote-controlled educational robotics systems; Interfacing sensors; Interfacing vision and audio devices; Microcontroller developing boards and programming; Single board computer boards and programming; Robot Operating System (ROS); Object detection – OpenCV and Deep Learning; AI – obstacle navigation, pick and place objects.

This course provides practical experience on PLC¿s through its operation, programming, and uses in the control of production, manufacturing, industrial, and other processes. (F)

A study of electric networks and analysis of the behavior of networks in terms of natural modes, or the natural frequencies of response due to arbitrary excitation. (F, S)

Study of complete communications systems selected from broadcast radio, broadcast television, closed circuit television or radar, AM, FM and phase-shift modulation and demodulation techniques. (S)

Logical organization of single-chip microprocessors, their timing and interface requirements. Applications in the control of external devices. (F)

This course is designed for senior standing students to study professional techniques in microprocessor troubleshooting. Students will learn how to write sample programs for use in troubleshooting, troubleshoot bus, processor, and I/O failures by analyzing signals, and design testable microcomputer. (S)

This course is designed for senior standing students with an overview of microcomputer systems in software, hardware and interface. Basic microcomputer hardware design at chip level, software programming at the machine language level, and interface to sensors, actuators, and external devices will be introduced. (S)

The topics of this course include the general concepts of real-time systems, design and implementation techniques and specific examples. The instruction is divided into three parts. The first introduces the general concepts of real-time systems, the design and implementation process, with emphasis on the techniques useful for real-time applications. The third part is a detailed examination of specific system organization and their appropriate implementation techniques. (S)