College - Author 1
College of Engineering
Department - Author 1
Electrical Engineering Department
Degree Name - Author 1
BS in Electrical Engineering
Date
6-2025
Primary Advisor
Steve Dunton, College of Engineering, Electrical Engineering Department
Additional Advisors
Dennis Derickson, College of Engineering, Electrical Engineering Department
Abstract/Summary
The goal of this project is to create new lab procedures and lab bench permutations for Cal Poly EE students to implement automated Test and Measurement equipment into their electrical engineering education. Currently EE students at Cal Poly have no classroom based opportunities to learn about leveraging software skills and test equipment knowledge in order to automate measurements, which is a valuable skill for an electrical engineer in the workforce. The curriculum outlined in this project will include three experiments, each leveraging an instrument controller, and Python as the primary scripting language. Each procedure will require students to write Python code that runs on an instrument controller, and leverages different pieces of test equipment, or sensors, that are connected over a local area network (LAN) in order to perform automated measurements and actions. These include, measuring the output characteristic curve of a Bi-polar Junction Transistor (BJT) transistor across multiple base currents via a multimeter and DC power supply, creating IV curves of linear and non-linear devices, and building wide-band transmission coefficient plot generators.
URL: https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/eesp/673