Student Projects
Discover innovative projects created by AMP Lab students
3-Phase-AC-generator
Design and build a three-phase AC generator for power electronics education.
Jack
Mentor: Gibbons
8 Bit Computer
Construct a breadboard-based 8-bit computer following Ben Eater's design.
Rich Gibbons
Mentor: Gibbons
8-Bit Computer
Build an 8-bit computer from discrete logic components on breadboards.
Rohit Rangaraj, Smith
Mentor: James
Airbus A320 Simulator Cockpit
Build simulator hardware for the overhead panel of an Airbus A320 aircraft.
Ethan James
Mentor: Pritchard
Battery Management System
Monitors cell capacitity, temperature, voltage, current, and fault conditions. Implements fast acting cell rebalancing. Uses the L9963 chip.
Matthew Scala
Mentor: Shane Wyman
BeamTracker
Design and build a four-element digital phased array receiver at 915 MHz capable of real-time software-defined beam steering. This system demonstrates the core technology behind satellite communication terminals, radar, and electronic warfare platforms
Phillip Bozzay
Mentor: Shane Wyman
Blues Jam SRV Guitar Pedal
Design and build a custom guitar effects pedal inspired by Stevie Ray Vaughan's tone.
Ethan James
Mentor: James
Breadboard Graphics Card
Build a software GPU on a 16-core Parallella board from breadboard components.
Ethan James
Mentor: James
Cockcroft-Walton Circuit
Construct a Cockcroft-Walton voltage multiplier circuit for high-voltage experiments.
Patrick Broome
Mentor: Forsyth
Digital Audio Workstation
Build a fully functional digital audio workstation on an FPGA platform for real-time audio processing.
Ethan Pritchard
Mentor: Pritchard
DIY Kick Drum
Design and build a DIY electronic kick drum from scratch.
Ethan Pritchard
Mentor: Hood
Electronic Drum Set
Build a custom electronic drum set with piezo sensors and MIDI output.
Ethan Pritchard
Mentor: Pritchard
FFT Wall Display
Create a large LED wall display that visualizes audio in real-time using FFT analysis.
Phil Bozzay
Mentor: Youssef Chebil
FPV Car
Build a first-person-view RC car with live video streaming and remote control.
Henry Forsyth
Mentor: Forsyth
FPV Drone
Build a first-person-view drone from salvaged and off-the-shelf components.
Dave Encar
Mentor: James
GestroCar
This project focuses on building a car that can be remotely controlled using hand gestures.
Jijun Niu
Mentor: Tyler Wells, Phillip Bozzay
Home-Built STM
Construct a scanning tunneling microscope from scratch capable of atomic-resolution imaging.
Philip Turner
Mentor: Pritchard
InspireFly Cubesat On Board Computer
Develop the on-board data handling computer for the InspireFly CubeSat.
Joe Esser
Mentor: Gibbons
InspireFly Cubesat Power Supply
Design the electrical power system for the InspireFly CubeSat mission.
Joe Esser
Mentor: Gibbons
InspireFly Cubesat Telemetry Tracking and Control
Build the telemetry, tracking, and control subsystem for the InspireFly CubeSat.
Joe Esser
Mentor: Gibbons
Instrument Looper Pedal
Design an instrument looper pedal for live music performance with multi-track layering.
Ethan James
Mentor: Pritchard
IOT Arm
Build an internet-connected robotic arm controllable via a web interface.
Henry Forsyth
Mentor: Forsyth
Magnetic levitation system
Build a closed loop magnetic levitation system in both the continous and discrete time domain. Aiming to apply control theory to modulate a PWM signal and to respond to environmental disturbances.
Phillip Bozzay
Mentor: Dr. Dan Sable
Modular 8-Bit Computer
Design a modular 8-bit computer architecture with swappable subsystem boards.
Ethan James
Mentor: James
Modular Amateur Rocket Computer
Design a modular avionics computer for amateur rocketry with telemetry and data logging.
Devin Cress
Mentor: Forsyth
Pacheck's BLDC Driver
Design and build a brushless DC motor driver with inline current sensing and switch node voltage monitoring.
Pacheck
Mentor: Pritchard
PCB Engraver
Build a CNC engraver capable of milling custom PCBs in-house.
Rich Gibbons
Mentor: Gibbons
Protoglove
Develop a wearable glove with embedded sensors for gesture recognition and control.
Tyler Wells
Mentor: Wells
Smart Fridge
A custom smart fridge with a touch-screen display which will showcase daily overviews along with live sports information with a swing-out screen.
Nate Janney
Mentor: Matthew Scala
Smart Water Bottle
Create a smart water bottle with hydration tracking and IoT connectivity.
Karthik Gouttumukkala
Mentor: Forsyth
Split-Rail-DC-Power-Supply
Build a split-rail DC power supply for analog circuit prototyping.
Tyler Wells
Mentor: Gibbons
SRAM Teaching Tool
This project will demonstrate to the end-user how SRAM is used to store data within a computer, how changing BITs will have an effect on the output of the visualized character. (The development of a PAL will be likely be needed to output ASCII-based character map, possible future implementation), but for now will used
Daniel J. Lomis
Mentor: Phillip Bozzay
Stepper Motor Symphony
Create a music box that uses stepper motors to play songs by stepping at precise frequencies.
Dylan Green
Mentor: Unknown
Stylophone
Reverse-engineer a stylophone using modern ICs with USB-C power and rechargeable battery.
Jivitesh Kukreja
Mentor: Gibbons
Temperature Controlled Fan
Build a temperature-sensing fan controller using analog and digital components.
Tyler Wells
Mentor: Gibbons
Valentines Day LED Board
Custom PCB and adjustable frame. Drives LEDs with constant current source.
Matthew Scala
Mentor: Phillip Bozzay
Vector Graphics Generator
Generate vector graphics output using a Raspberry Pi Pico microcontroller.
Ethan James
Mentor: Pritchard