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soldering, wire stripping, etc. I replaced the power jack on my girlfriend's laptop, I put a new barrel connector on my power
adapter for my laptop as well. I have put together several desktop systems, including my most current one which has an Intel i7 920 processor running at 3.7 Ghz with a gigantic air cooler, 6 Gigabytes of ddr3 ram running at 1600 Mhz, an ATI Radeon 5770 graphics card running crossfire x, 2 terabytes of hard disk space running in a RAID configuration, and a 750 watt power supply with a really nice case. I do not know all the ins and outs of all electronics, but I have a decent basic understanding and some limited experience to bring to the classroom with me. I am also interested in cutting edge electronics in general and feel this class would be fun for me along with giving me the most skills out of the A/B class sequences for the ICAM major in addition to providing me with some of the skills necessary to complete the ICAM senior project.
== '''Midterm Project Proposal''' ==
So I have two different ideas that I could possibly do for the midterm project:
1. A tilt sensor switch that turns a light on or off, along with some other event.
2. The simple psycho-galvanometer. (checks for the change in resistance in the human skin depending on body chemistry altered by a number of different things such as: emotion, attention, and stress.
1. The tilt sensor device would have 4 tilt sensor switches in 4 corners of a square object that one is to hold. If the individual tilts any of the 4 corners past approximately 2 degrees, the current will flow and light up a light bulb. The current will also possibly trigger an obnoxious sound through the small speaker we were given in our electronics kits.
2. The galvanometer will be hooked up to a participant via a static wrist strap or maybe even wires soldered to 2 pennies and taped on perhaps. The participant will then light up the bulb involuntarily through various emotional responses or some trigger event perhaps :)
Either of these projects are contingent on the availability of the components. So far I have found tilt sensors, but have yet to even look for the rest. I will decide which project I want to build after lecture on Thursday and also by component availability as well. Once I decide which project to build, I will draw a simple schematic and write more on how it works.
== ''Field Research Listed Below'': ==
