Projects

IEEE at UCSB hosts guided projects year-round to let students learn the fundamentals of circuit theory hands-on. Many of these projects are designed for those with little to no experience.

Learn more about our current and past projects below!


Active Projects

The following projects are currently being taught. You can learn more about the projects and view any class notes in the project pages below. To join any of these projects, reach out to an officer to learn more!

Facial Detection

 

Facial Detection

Learn basic machine learning and facial detection


Nixie Tube Watch

 

Nixie Tube Watch

Learn about analog electronics and build your own wearable nixie watch!


Flip Flop Clock

 

Flip Flop Clock

A digital clock designed from scratch using the building blocks of digital logic.


Induction Heater

 

Induction Heater

A device to heat items without touching it!


Mapache 64

 

Mapache 64

Club-wide, long-term project where we build an arcade machine based on a 6502 microproccessor.


Improving the Tesla Coil

 

Improving the Tesla Coil

Contribute to upgrading the Tesla coil created by UCSB IEEE back in 2018!


Archived Projects

The following projects were completed in a previous quarter and are no longer being taught. You can learn more about the projects and view any class notes in the project pages below.

Emotion Recognition Project

 

Emotion Recognition Project

Build and Train a Neural Network to recognize emotion based on facial expression and implement in a GUI on MATLAB.


Mini Piano

 

Mini Piano

A fun intro to microcontrollers, circuit design, and soldering. No experience is required, come make a fully functional mini piano with IEEE this fall!


Persistence of Vision Display

 

Persistence of Vision Display

Spinning LED display using Arduino to show/animate text!


Photonic Integrated Circuit

 

Photonic Integrated Circuit

Learn the fundamentals of photonics and semiconductors through the development of your own LASER diode! No prior experience necessary!


Smart Lamp

 

Smart Lamp

Build your own motion-sensing lamp


Python Speed Typing Test

 

Python Speed Typing Test

Build a Speed Typing Test in python to test your typing skills.


Arcade System

 

Arcade System

Build your own "Virtual Arcade System" in C++!


Binary Hacking

 

Binary Hacking

Make a Super Mario Bros. NES ROM hack and a WAV file parser.


Build Your Own Arduino

 

Build Your Own Arduino

Learn how to build your own Arduino by soldering onto a perf board!


OpenCV Face Filter

 

OpenCV Face Filter

An OpenCV C++ project that puts decorations (such as sunglasses and dog faces) on people's faces, similar to Snapchat and Instagram.


FPGA Screensaver

 

FPGA Screensaver

Use an FPGA to produce VGA output!


LED Cube 3D Snake

 

LED Cube 3D Snake

A 4x4x4 LED Cube programmed via an Arduino Nano to play the classic game, Snake.


PCB Ornament

 

PCB Ornament

Design a blinky LED ornament in KiCad


Plasma Speaker

 

Plasma Speaker

Device utilizing a high-voltage plasma arc to play music.


Portable Speaker

 

Portable Speaker

A portable speaker complete with customizable E-ink display.


Smart Lamp

 

Smart Lamp

Bluetooth-controlled LED lamp.


Snake Game

 

Snake Game

An introductory Python course where students develop the classic Snake game.


Analog Step Sequencer

 

Analog Step Sequencer

Build an analog step sequencer on a breadboard, a musical device that makes cool melodies!


Tesla Coil

 

Tesla Coil

A Dual Resonant Solid State Tesla Coil (DRSSTC) designed to play music.


Website Development

 

Website Development

Learn to build a website from scratch!


LED Word Clock

 

LED Word Clock

A 3D Printed Word Clock with letters illuminated via LEDs driven by an Arduino Nano.