With 44 students in the course, I assigned 11 teams of 4 students, and each team was able to have their own take-home experiment. Each take-home experiment cost approximately $100 to build (motors, arduino controller, H-bridges, etc.) With the $500 from CRLT and $500 from the Assoc. Dean for undergraduate education, the ME department supplied the balance of the funds and the technician support to construct the boxes. It took a bit longer than expected to get all of the parts and assemble the boxes, students did not receive them until October 12th. The GSI for the course was incredibly helpful, and he felt that the students should have to wire up the boxes themselves, since it would help them in debugging any problems. Each team wrote a project proposal (before they had received their boxes), a midterm report, and a final report. Each team also did a presentation to the entire class during the last week of class. Overall the final projects were creative and well-implemented, making good use of the box as input and output, and integrating with Matlab/Simulink for visualization on the screen. One team developed a game of "pong" and another developed a football simulation of linebacker vs. lineman. Several teams chose to emulate automotive applications (active suspension, cruise control, etc.)Based on the student comments on the course evaluations, the project made a valuable contribution to the class and helped them connect what they learned in lecture to real-world implementations.