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Week 1 (Sept 4-8) Solderless breadboard power connector YouTube instructions SparkFun's through-hole soldering tutorial CuriousInventor's Surface-Mount Soldering 101 Pendulum Week 2 (Sept 12-15) Building circuits on breadboards. Please watch prior to class (12 min). Resistors - Warmup problems. Do this part first. Resistors - Thermal measurement. Coffee cooling problem. Week 3 (Sept 19-22) Strain gauges. Build a scale. Week 4 (Sept 26-29) Capacitance, RC circuits and humidity . Week 5 (Oct 3-6) Basics of Bode plots and RC circuits Do this first EKG. Week 6 (Oct 10-13) Blood pressure. Blood pressure data. Data is used for circuit testing. Week 7 (Oct 17-20) Op-amp basics. Week 8 (Oct 24-27) Light detection. Week 9 (Oct 31-Nov 3) BCG. Week 10 (Nov 6-Nov 10) Ultrasonic range finding. Week 11-13 Final Project.