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ENGR 40M

An Intro to Making: What is EE

UNITS:5
GRADING:Letter or Credit/No Credit
LEVEL:Undergrad
GER:WAY-SMA

Is a hands-on class where students learn to make stuff. Through the process of building, you are introduced to the basic areas of EE. Students build a "useless box" and learn about circuits, feedback, and programming hardware, a light display for your desk and bike and learn about coding, transforms, and LEDs, a solar charger and an EKG machine and learn about power, noise, feedback, more circuits, and safety. And you get to keep the toys you build.

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2 Terms
Lecture 1Open
ID: 1907
0 / 188 enrolled
DAYS:Monday, Wednesday, Friday
TIME:3 PM – 4:20 PM
LOCATION:Hewlett Teaching Center 201
INSTRUCTOR:
Horowitz, Mark
5units

ENGR 40M: An Intro to Making: What is EE

5 units · Letter or Credit/No Credit · GER: WAY-SMA

Is a hands-on class where students learn to make stuff. Through the process of building, you are introduced to the basic areas of EE. Students build a "useless box" and learn about circuits, feedback, and programming hardware, a light display for your desk and bike and learn about coding, transforms, and LEDs, a solar charger and an EKG machine and learn about power, noise, feedback, more circuits, and safety. And you get to keep the toys you build.

Offered in Autumn 2026, Spring 2027 at Stanford University.

Autumn 2026 sections

  • Lecture — Monday Wednesday Friday 3:00 PM – 4:20 PM — Hewlett Teaching Center 201 — Horowitz, Mark (Undergrad)

Spring 2027 sections

  • Lecture — Monday Wednesday Friday 3:00 PM – 4:20 PM — Levis, Philip (Undergrad)

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