Lab 1 Enhancements

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Key Content:

• Hardware step test with TCLab
• Graphically identifying first-order linear model
• Regression of first-order model

Proposed Lab Changes:

• [ ] Add code to check if TCLab is at steady-state, calculate Tamb
• [ ] Remove discussion questions about automating regression
• [ ] Add regression of first-order model
• [ ] Add uncertainty analysis of first-order model
• [ ] Modify discussion questions to streamline grading
• [ ] Add prelab quiz about TCLab functions / common debugging mistakes (e.g., temperature does not increase)
• [ ] - [ ] Save results to csv file with unique name
• [ ] Add instructions about keeping csv file safe, will need this again for Lab 3

Proposed Course Website Changes:

• [ ] Archive legacy regression code, only show regression with least_squares
• [ ] Add uncertainty analysis of first-order model
• [ ] Discuss Fisher information, practical identifiability, eigendecomposition