Honors College 391AH - Honors Discovery Seminars

This seminar is a required course for Commonwealth Honors College students where students participate in a topical seminar-style course designed by its instructor. While the subject matter of each section is different, advanced knowledge of the topic is not required. While the subject matter of each section is different, the requirements for each section are the same. Individual titles and descriptions of HONORS 391AH sections can be found on the Commonwealth Honors College website.

Open to Senior, Junior, and Sophomore Commonwealth College students only. Electronics for Research and Prototyping

This course will introduce students to the basics of: programming microcontrollers, building circuits, and the use of electronics modules for instrumentation and actuation. Students will become acquainted with programmable development boards such as the Arduino Uno and Raspberry Pi and learn how to write code to interface these boards with commonly available sensor modules and electromechanical actuation systems (motors, solenoids). During the second half of the semester students will create and develop a project using a selection of boards and modules.