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MAE 221 Lab Introduction
MAE 224 is the Integrated Engineering Science Laboratory. This Wiki and associated github cover the Thermodynamics portion of the 224 Lab. All lab manuals and documentation can be found here.
Prerequisites
This lab is designed for those with little to no programming experience. The primary language we will use is Matlab and by the end of this course you should have gained the basic skills of acquiring, processing, and plotting/saving data using Matlab functions.
You will receive electronic equipment that can be damaged if used incorrectly. Please watch each of these two videos before using your kits:
Tutorials and Documentation
Setting up a Photon
Quickly perform the setup of your new Photon on your personal computers
Particle Photon Pinout Diagram
Quick reference diagram of the pin locations on the Particle Photon
Setting Up your Photon to work with MATLAB
This tutorial will teach you how to set up your Photon so that it is capable of running off of MATLAB.
Description of the functions and variables in the Photon class and how to access them from MATLAB
Technical Report Guidelines
Video presentation on how to write a lab report including critique of sample student generated lab reports
Guidelines for writing a lab report (similar to video). You will be writing 2 -3 such reports this semester. Lab-specific instructions will be posted with each lab. In addition, there are short completion based assignments that ensure you're on the right track towards completing the lab report.
Labs
Lab Fundamentals
This multi-week lab covers fundamentals and will culminate in an experiment to study the Pressure-Volume-Temperature (PVT) characteristics of an ideal gas.
In this lab, you will become familiar with various electronics equipment, understand series and parallel circuits, resistors, measuring voltage and current. You will use both a multimeter as well as your Photon.
In this lab, you will become familiar with a temperature measurement sensor (Type T Thermocouple). You will record thermocouple measurements using your Photon and compare with measurements made using a dial thermometer.
In this lab, you will use a pressure sensor to measure the Maximum Inspiratory Pressure (MIP) and Maximum Expiratory Pressure (MEP) you can achieve with you lungs and record pressures using your Photon
Lab 4 Pressure-Volume-Temperature (PVT) Relationship
In this lab, you will measure pressure, volume, and temperature to study the PVT characteristics of an ideal gas.