6.191 Prototyping Research Results Fall 1999 Tentative Schedule Date Lec# Description Lecturer 9/9 1 Course overview; Description of path to MEng thesis project Sodini 9/14 2 The Intelligent Room Coen 9/15 3 RF Transmitter Chips, CMOS Fractional-N Frequency Synthesizer Sodini Voltage-Controlled Oscillator; RF Transmitter demonstration 9/16 4 Model Based Troubleshooting for Information Survivability Shrobe 9/21 5 CMOS Brightness Adaptive Imager; Camera demonstration Sodini 9/22 6 An Overview of the City Project Teller 9/23 7 Low Power DSP with Variable Voltage Supplies Chandrakasan 9/28 8 9/29 9 9/30 10 10/5 11 10/6 12 10/7 13 10/12 14 10/13 15 10/14 16 Discussion /Group formation Sodini/Shrobe 10/19 17 10/20 18 A 10 bit , 100MHz A/D Converter for Communication Applications Lee 10/21 19 Discussion /Group formation (2) Sodini/Shrobe 10/26 20 10/27 21 10/28 22 Sensor Software Chandrakasan 11/2 23 A Wireless Camera System Sodini 11/3 24 Using a Micro Accelerometer to Measure Hand Motion Graham 11/4 25 Discussion/Initial project ideas Sodini/Shrobe 11/9 26 Project presentations Class 11/10 27 Project presentations Class 11/23 28 Project presentations Class 11/24 29 Project presentations Class 11/30 30 Project presentations Class 12/1 31 Project presentations Class 12/2 32 Project presentations Class 12/7 33 Open 12/8 34 Project feedback Sodini/Shrobe 12/9 35 Project feedback Sodini/Shrobe 3