ECE 449
Sensors and Sensor Interface Design
Martin Brooke, Nan M. Jokerst
Description from DukeHub
Teams design board-level sensing system that achieves stated specifications. Analog, digital, wireless, optical & fluidic components. Resource planning/management, project budgeting, study of component specs & characteristics, vendor interaction, circuit schematic design & simulation, board layout, submission to foundry, component solder assembly, system test, comparison to design specs. Cost, economic viability, ethical & environmental issues, manufacturability considered. Prerequisite: ECE 230L, 250D, 270DL, and 280L & MATH 353 & (MATH 230 or ECE 555 or ECE 380 or STA 240L or EGR 238L or MATH 238L or MATH 340) & PHYS 152L & CHEM 101DL & one of (ECE 330L or ECE 331L or ECE 340L or ECE 350L).
Skills
- programmingdepartment: ECE
- designdescription: "design" and 2 more
- makingAI review: "component solder assembly"
- leadershipAI review: "Resource planning/management, project budgeting"
AI-resilient: 2 of 5
- No: Physical, lab or field work
- Yes: Live work with people · "teams"
- Yes: Judgment someone is accountable for · "ethical"
- No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
- No: Small, in-person format
The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works
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