PHY4802L - LABORATORY ELECTRONICS - FALL 2012


The pages listed from the Lab are for the UF lab manual. You are expected to have completed the entire reading assigment (lab manual and text book) prior to coming to class the day that the assignment is due. The schedule including the reading assignments might be adjusted during the semester. Please check this page occasionally for updates.

You will need to bring the UF lab manual to class.


Week  
Date  
Reading Assignment  
In-Class Quiz  
Lab  
Lab report due  
1 H Aug 23     Ch. 1: Simple Sensors / DC
pg 6 - 28		  
  T Aug 28 Lab 1, Text: 6-25, 40-69, 311-317, 823-830, 903-906,   Ch. 1  
2 H Aug 30 Text: 69-92,265-273, 318-336, 519-521,835-842 Quiz 1 Ch. 1  
  T Sep 4 Lab 2, Text: 155-187, 207-209, 274-283, 524-527   Ch. 2: Complex Sensors / AC
pg 29 - 44		  
3 H Sep 6 Text: 94-97, 102-113, 204-207, 211-214, 336-363, 366-367, 565-577, 837 Quiz 2 Ch. 2 Ch. 1
  T Sep 11 Text: 842-858   Ch. 2  
4 H Sep 13
  • Lab 3
  • Text: 28-31 (E levels)
  • 537-546 (op amps, neg feedback)
Quiz 3 Ch. 3: Increasing the size (amplitude) of signals
pg 44 - 58		  
  T Sep 18
  • 549-550 (non-ideal behavior)
  Ch. 3 Ch. 2
5 H Sep 20
  • 559-563 (op amp applications)
  • 617-624 (op-amps in audio, impedance matching)
Quiz 4 Ch. 3  
  T Sep 25     Ch. 3  
6 H Sep 27
  • Lab 4
  • Text: 411-416 (semicond. intro)
  • 417-427 (diodes, clamps, rectifiers)
  • 437 (ex.diode problems)
  • 503-512 (lamps and LEDs)
  • 439-459 (intro to BJTs)
 Quiz 5 Ch. 4: Extending the use of OpAmps: Diodes and Transistors
pg 59 - 77		  
  T Oct 2     Ch. 4  
7 H Oct 4   Quiz 6 Ch. 4 Ch. 3
  T Oct 9     Ch. 4  
8 H Oct 11
  • Lab 5
  • Text: 188-204 (resonant LRC circuits)
  • 232-239 (Fourier series)
  • 113-155, 367-386 (*optional: inductors)
 Quiz 7 Ch. 5: Diodes and Transistors in AC circuits
pg 78 - 80		  
  T Oct 16
  • 608-610 (ripple reduction)
  • 386-408 (transformers)
  • 601-605 (V regulators)
   Ch. 5
9 H Oct 18   Quiz 8 Ch. 5  Ch. 4
  T Oct 23
  • Lab 6
  • Text: 459-469 (intro to JFETs)
  Ch. 6: Transistor applications
pg 80-84		  
10 H Oct 25     Ch. 6
  T Oct 30   Ch. 6
11 H Nov 1   Quiz 9 Ch. 6 Ch. 5
  T Nov 6
  • Lab 7
  • Text: 554-559 (comparators, hysteresis)
  • 585-595 (oscillators, timers)
  Ch. 7: Entering the digital world
pg 85-92

Skunk Proposal
Due

12 H Nov 8     Ch. 7
  T Nov 13     Ch. 7  Ch. 6
13 H Nov 15 Read background for your skunk works  project   SKUNK WORKS Skunk block diagram
  T Nov 20     SKUNK WORKS Ch. 7
14 H Nov 22     THANKSGIVING  
  T Nov 27     SKUNK WORKS  
15 H Nov 29     SKUNK WORKS  
  T Dec 4     SKUNK WORKS Prepare Presentation  
       
Exam AM Class Dec 10, 5:30P - 7:30P (Monday)   FINAL PRESENTATIONS  
PM Class Dec 13, 3:00 - 5:00P (Thursday)   FINAL PRESENTATIONS