ENPH 354 Engineering Physics Design Project Units: 3.50
Students will apply technical knowledge, models, and computer-aided design tools to solve an open-ended design problem. The students will work in teams to design, built, and test a prototype device. The lectures provide background on the physics and engineering of the device and introduce the design tools and techniques that will be required to complete the project.
(Lec: 1, Lab: 2.5, Tut: 0)
(Lec: 1, Lab: 2.5, Tut: 0)
Requirements: Prerequisites: APSC 200, APSC 293, ENPH 253
Corequisites: ENPH 213 or CMPE 271, ENPH 334 or ELEC 252
Exclusions:
Offering Term: W
CEAB Units:
Mathematics 0
Natural Sciences 0
Complementary Studies 0
Engineering Science 11
Engineering Design 31
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Develop proficient LabVIEW programming skills.
- Build a photodiode-based light meter to measure the light output of a white LED as a function of biasing voltage and duty cycles.
- Understanding the physics and key characteristics of photodiodes, solar cells, light-emitting diodes and diode lasers.
- Design a sturdy, motor-driven mechanical mount to vary the incident angle of a light source relative to the photodiode/solar cell.
- Design circuits to generate a variable, program-controlled DC voltage bias that can be used to bias the photodiode or LED.
- Design a current vsvoltage (I-V) tracer to measure the dark and light I-V curves of a photodiode/solar cell.
- Write a LabVIEW program to perform automated I-V scans of the photodiode and display data in real time; write an evaluator program to automatically calculate key device parameters based on the measured I-V curves.
- Be able to effectively communicate technical background, design ideas and test results in technical writing.
- Be able to demonstrate professionalism, safe conduct and effective teamwork.
- Demonstrate skills of self-education.