Electronics and Assistive Technology

Electronics and Assistive Technology is a crosslisted Interdisciplinary Arts/Lemelson Program class taught by Stephen Banzaert.

Course Description
This course will familiarize the student with some of the basic techniques of electronic design and fabrication by exploring how those techniques can be used to create assistive devices. The course will focus on developing these techniques by working on a number of projects inspired by outside partner groups and individuals. Students are encouraged to build on pre-existing devices as well as design solutions from scratch. This will be a project-based course; the majority of class time will be spent experimenting and building. Prior experience with electronics is not required, but the student should be comfortable using basic hand tools. Each student will be supplied with a course kit which will include all the necessary tools as well as a variety of common and useful electrical components. This course satisfies Division I distribution requirements. There is a lab fee of $90.

Learning Goals

 * Expressive
 * Project-based
 * Presenting