Greetings everybody,

Prof. Bruce Land, who will teach ECE 4760 next semester (microcontrollers) will be giving a presentation on MONDAY!

There will also be Wings provided!

When:  Monday, October 19th, 4PM-5:30PM
Where: Thurston Hall, room 205!

What: Prof. Land will be talking about ECE 4760 (one of the most popular CDE classes for ECE students), ECE 5760, and about his own research!

Also come to pay your IEEE membership fee so you can be included on the resume CD!

Here’s a link to Land’s profile:

http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/ee476/FinalProjects/s2009/fg33_cas247/fg33_cas247/Main.html

What are microcontrollers, and what’s cool about them?

Basically they’re chips used all over the place as control systems for electronics/ robotics, etc, and the project possibilities are endless!  Take a look at some past 4760 projects:

Laser Pong!

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/diy-games/pong-anytime-anywhere-259453.php

A programmable spinning LED display:

http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/ee476/FinalProjects/s2009/fg33_cas247/fg33_cas247/Main.html

And all manner of other projects:

http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/ee476/FinalProjects/#s2008

You can even see some on youtube (check out the peanut bot and related links):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZ4Ld5k8568