PHY4802L - LABORATORY ELECTRONICS
The purpose of this course is to
provide students with a working knowledge of simple electronic circuitry.
This course will be different from any others you have taken in your major.
This is the first time you will apply the theories you've learned to a physical
situation that you control. You'll need to rely heavily on problem-solving
techniques and common-sense, in addition to problem-solving based on physics.
This course is very time intensive. You should expect to spend many hours a week outside of class on the reading assignments, lab work, and lab reports. This is in addition to the 6 hours spent in the classroom. You might want to check out the hints on being a successful student.
The first quiz will be based on the textbook reading only.
This course is very time intensive. You should expect to spend many hours a week outside of class on the reading assignments, lab work, and lab reports. This is in addition to the 6 hours spent in the classroom. You might want to check out the hints on being a successful student.
| Day(s) | Room | Times | ||
| Tuesday | Lecture | 2260 NPB | AM: 8:30 AM - 9:20 AM | |
| Lab | 1249 NPB | AM: 9:20 AM - 11:30 AM | ||
| Thursday | Lab | 1249 NPB | AM: 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM | |
| H. Ray | Office Hours | 2237 NPB | Tues, 11:30 AM - 1 PM | |
| Optional/Make-Up (24hr access) | ||||
REQUIRED TEXTS
You are expected to read the material to be covered in each lab prior to coming to class. Time constraints limit the material that may be covered in each week's lecture. The lectures can not be and are not a substitute for the reading assignments. The lab report questions and in-class quizzes will be based on materials covered in lectures as well as those listed in the reading schedule. Material not covered in the lecture may be included on the quizzes and in the labs.The first quiz will be based on the textbook reading only.
- TEXT: Practical Electronics for Inventors,Scherz
- LAB MANUAL: UF version, ONLY available at the main branch of Target Copy
- Student Manual for the Art of Electronics, Hayes and Horowitz (*** do not purchase before the first class)
REQUIRED MATERIALS
In addition to the two required text books, students are required to bring to lab:- A memory stick for saving lab results saved on the computer
- a quad-ruled note pad/log book
- *** Read This: How to keep a lab manual/log book
- You will need headphones for the first lab, to listen to a few instructional videos online.
LAB SAFETY
- At least two students must be present when working after regular class hours. Any students found working solo will be given an automatic failure for that week's lab.
- Emergency contacts: Bob DeSerio: NPB 1236, phone: 392-1690
- UF campus police: 392-1111