Materials for this course will include:
- Lab Manual sections (made available by the
instructors)
- Lecture notes (made available by the
instructors)
- Textbook: "Basic
Electronics for Scientists and Engineers" by Eggleston
- Recommended book: "Practical Electronics for
Inventors" by Scherz & Monk
The books, lectures, and lecture notes
will provide the necessary background information for understanding the
Labs to be performed. You are strongly encouraged to read
through the relevant Lab Manual section and book reading assignment
before the dates established for working on the labs in the
schedule below.
Your grades will in large part be based on your lab reports (see
schedule for due dates)
- Lab report I should cover selected materials from Chapters 2 and
3.
- Lab report II should cover selected
materials from chapters 4 and 5.
- Lab report III should cover selected materials from chapters 6
and 7.
- Lab report IV should cover selected materials from chapters 8.
Lab reports should have a length of 6 to 8 pages.
This schedule is preliminary and subject
to change.
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Week
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Date
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Reading Assignment
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Lab
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Lab report due
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1
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Tuesday
Aug 22
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Watch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiqNaSPTI7w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqw6ask5HK0
and create an account for yourself at www.circuitlab.com and
familiarize yourself with the tool.
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Lab 1: Explore equipment
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Thursday
Aug 24
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Chapter 1: Basic conceps and DC circuits
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Lab 1: DC
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2
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Tuesday
Aug 29
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Lab 1
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Thursday
Aug 31
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Chapter 2: AC circuits
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Lab 2:AC
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Tuesday
Sep 5
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Lab 2:
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Thursday
Sep 7
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Lab 2
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| 4 |
Tuesday
Sep 12 |
Hurricane
Irma class cancellation. |
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Thursday
Sep 14
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Chapter 3: Diodes
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Lab 3
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5
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Tuesday
Sep 19
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Lab 3
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Test pdf file |
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Thursday
Sep 21
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Lab 3
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HW2
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6
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Tuesday
Sep 26
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Chapter 4: Transistors
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Lab 4
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Thursday
Sep 28 |
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Lab 4
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Labreport I
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Tuesday
Oct 3 |
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Lab 4
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Thursday
Oct 5 |
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Lab 4
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| 8 |
Tuesday
Oct 10 |
Chapter 5: FETs
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Lab 5
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Thursday
Oct 12
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Lab 5
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| 9 |
Tuesday
Oct 17 |
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Lab 5
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Thursday
Oct 19
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Lab 5
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| 10 |
Tuesday
Oct 24
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Chapter 6: OpAmps
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Lab 6
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Thursday
Oct 26 |
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Lab 6
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Labreport II
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Tuesday
Oct 31 |
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Lab 6
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Thursday
Nov 2 |
OpAmp circuits with transistors
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Lab 7
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12
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Tuesday
Nov 7
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Lab 7
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Thursday
Nov 9
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Lab 7
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SKUNK proposal due
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13
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Tuesday
Nov 14
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Chapter 7: Oscillators and Mixers
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Lab 8
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Thursday
Nov 16
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Read background for your skunk works project
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Lab 8
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Labreport III
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14
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Tuesday
Nov 21
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Lab 8
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Skunk block diagram
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Thursday
Nov 23
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Thanksgiving
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15
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Tuesday
Nov 28
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SKUNK WORKS
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Labreport IV
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Thursday
Nov 30
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SKUNK WORKS
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16
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Tuesday
Dec 5
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SKUNK WORKS
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Tuesday
Dec 12
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Preliminary
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FINAL PRESENTATIONS (TBD)
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