This page collects links to instructions for tasks that span multiple class meetings.

Follow the link for instructions on how to find dates and times of Final Exams.

The primary tasks are

• Assemble the structure and flow loop
• Provide DC power, and wire the sensors and solenoid valves
• Fabricate the sensors
• Calibrate the salinity sensor
• Control salinity
• Calibrate the temperature sensor
• Control temperature

Arduino and MATLAB Programming

• MATLAB Programming
• Arduino Programming and Hardware Interfacing
• Serial-enabled LCD
• I2C LCD character display

Calibration

• Introduction to statistics
• Basic characteristics of power-law functions
• Least squares curve fitting with MATLAB

Salinity Control for the Fish Tank

• Fabricate of the salinity sensor| (slides)
• Calibrate the salinity sensor
• Use Mass Balance Models to predict changes needed to control salinity
• Cascade Switching with transistors and solenoids
• Salinity Control Algorithms

Temperature Control of the Fish Tank

• Temperature sensor fabrication and calibration
• Fabrication of the fish tank heater
• Temperature control