Week of March 4

We will finish up the unit on asynchronous counters this week.  Make sure that you complete the activities for 3.2.1, 3.2.2 and 3.3.2 and have Mr. Peterson or myself see them working.  Make it a goal to get caught up before spring break, so that you can come back afterwards without that burden hanging over your head.  We will design counter circuits using medium scale integration, which means that someone has already put the flip flops together as you did in the last activity in a single chip - integrating more gates in to the same sized package.  MSI chips are easier to wire up but come at some costs.  The last project on the topic of asynchronous counters is to build a sixty second timer before spring break.  The prep for both activities is covered in one video, so once you watch it, you should be through with videos until after spring break.  Make sure that you watch it before class because there is a pre-class assignment you will need to complete afterward.

I did not complete the journal checks last week, so be sure to leave them in class this week.  This is the third week of the six weeks, so grades will be due for IPRs (Interim Progress Reports) shortly after we return from spring break

Also, be sure to watch the $cholar$hip List tab on this page.  I post information that I get up there that colleges and companies send to me, who are looking for good engineering students.  It includes both scholarships and internships (money tied to a chance to do engineering work over the summer). This is the only paragraph on this post without any mention of spring break.


Next week (March 11 - 15) is spring break. In case you were planning to come to school all week, don't.  Enjoy your week off.

My watch is in the shop. It has a spring inside of it.  If I wind it too tightly, I think the spring breaks.