Assignment Schedule
Note: Small schedule adjustments may be introduced as we go along. Please use the schedule on-line for up to date assignments and experiment descriptions.
*Problem designations that lack hyperlinks refer to the DH textbook. The HH problems are from the HH textbook.
Week of
Day
Lect
Lab
Topics
Reading
Problems* Due
Quiz
Jan 12
M
1
  Current, Voltage, Ohm's Law, Power 1.1-7    
 
W
2
  Kirchoff's Eqs., Series & Parallel Connections 1.7-8 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, HH1.5
1
 
F
3
  Dividers, Pots, Loading, Mesh Loop Method 1.8-10, A0 HH1.10, 1.5, 1.6
 
Jan 19
M
 
  Martin Luther King Jr. Day, No Classes    
 
 
W
4
  Voltage & Current Sources, Thevenin Theorem 1.11-13, A0 1.12, 1.13, 1.15, 1.24
2
 
F
5
  Thevenin & Norton Theorems 1.10-13 1.19, 1.20, P5.10  
Jan 26
M
6
  Measuring Devices 6.1-4, 6.6 1.27, P5.12, P5.13
 
 
W
7
  DC Measurements 6.3, 6.8, 6.10-11  
3
 
F
8
  Capacitance & Inductance 2.1-4 1.7, 6.2(Note), 6.3, 6.7  
     
1
Voltage, Current, Ohm's Law, Multimeter 1.9, 6.4    
Feb 2
M
9
  RC & RL Circuits, Differentiation & Integration 2.5-6, B2 2.1, 2.2, T1, 2.10
 
 
W
10
 
AC Circuits, Phasors 3.1-3, A1, A2  
4
 
F
11
 
Reactance, Impedance, Filters 3.3-4, A2 2.3, 2.6, P5.9, HH1.14  
     
2
DC and AC, Function Generator, Oscilloscope 3.1-2, 6.6-7    
Feb 9
M
12
 
Filters, Bode Plots 3.4, A3 3.2, 3.3, 3.6, P5.7
 
 
W
13
 
Resonant Circuits, Transformers 3.5, 4.1-2, B2  
5
 
F
14
 
Transformers, Fourier Series & Transforms 4.2-3, 4.5, A4 3.8, 3.11, 3.16, HH1.26  
     
3
Capacitors, Inductors, RC and RL Circuits 2.5-6, 3.4    
Feb 16
M
15
 
Diode, PN Junction 5.1-3 P5.6, P5.5, 4.16, P3.12
 
 
W
16
 
Diode Circuits, Zener Diode 5.4-9  
6
 
F
17
 
Diode Circuits, Regulators 5.8-10 P5.4, P5.3, P5.2, HH1.27  
     
4
RLC Passive Filters 3.4-5, A3    
Feb 23
M
18
 
Bipolar Junction Transistor, Configurations 8.1-3 HH1.30, 5.3, 5.11, 5.12
 
 
W
19
 
Common Emitter & Common Collector Amplifiers 8.3-4  
7
 
F
20
 
Transistor Regulator, Switch, Capacitor Functions 8.4-6 8.1, 8.2, P5.1, 8.15  
     
5
Diodes, LEDs Rectifiers, Unregulated Power Supply, Zeners 5.3-5, 5.7, 7.3, 12.3    
Mar 2
M
21
 
Junction Field Effect Transistors, JFET Amplifiers 8.7-9 P4.10, HH2.2, HH2.3, HH2.4
 
 
W
22
 
Insulated-Gate FETs, Feedback in Amplifiers 8.10-11, 8.13-14  
8
 
F
23
 
Operational Amplifiers 9.1-5, B3 8.7, 8.8 (Note), P4.4, 8.16  
     
6
Bipolar Transistors I, I-V Characteristics, Amplifiers 8.2-4, 8.6    
Mar 9
 
 
 
Spring Break
Mar 16
M
24
 
Op-Amp Difference Amplifiers, Math Functions 9.5-7, B3 9.3, 9.4, P4.9
 
 
W
25
 
Op-Amp V-I Converters, Filters 9.7-8  
9
 
F
26
 
Comparator Circuits, Real-Life Op-Amps 9.9-12 9.9, HH4.4, P4.1, P4.2, P4.8  
     
7
Bipolar Transistors II, Regulation, Circuit Construction 5.7, 8.4    
Mar 23
M
27
 
Waveform Conversion & Generation 10.1-4 P3.15, HH4.10, 9.15, P4.5
 
 
W
28
 
555 Timer 10.5, 10.8  
10
 
F
29
 
Digital Electronics, Logical Gates 11.1-3 10.6 , 10.1, P3.14, 10.8  
     
8
JFETs, Op Amps I 8.7-8, 9.2-3, JFET, Op-Amps    
Mar 30
M
30
 
IC Gates, Boolean Algebra, Numbering Systems 11.3-5 P3.13, 11.2, P3.11, P3.10
 
 
W
31
 
Binary Representation, Open Collector & 3-State Logic 11.6-8  
11
 
F
32
 
Flip Flops 12.1-2 P3.3, P3.9, P3.4, HH8.2  
     
9
Op Amps II: Oscillators and Filters 8.13, 9.12, 10.4, A3    
Apr 6
M
33
 
Digital Read-Outs, Counters 12.3-4 P3.6, P3.2, 11.16, 12.1
 
 
W
34
 
Counters & Registers 12.4-5  
12
 
F
35
 
Multiplexing, Monostables 12.6-7 P3.1, 12.3, 12.9, P2.7  
     
10
Light Emitting Diodes and Digital Circuits 1 11.2-4, 12.2-3    
Apr 13
M
36
 
Debouncing, Digital-To-Analog Conversion 12.8-9, 14.6 P2.8, P2.9, P2.5, P2.6
 
 
W
37
 
Digital-Analog Conversion 14.6-7  
13
 
F
38
 
Programmable Logic Devices PLD Intro 12.19, P2.4, 14.11, 14.13  
     
11
Schmitt Triggers and Decoders 10.7, 11.2-3, 12.3, 12.6, 12.8-9, SN74138    
Apr 20
M
39
 
ROM & RAM, Voltage-Frequency Conversion 13.3, 14.9 HH9.2, P2.2, 14.14, 14.17  
 
W
40
 
Miscellaneous Sequential Functions, State Machines 13.3, 13.4  
14
 
F
41
 
State Machines   P2.3, HH8.17, P1.6, P2.1  
     
12
FPGA Logic - I Quick Start, DIO1, D2XL, XLIO_pinout    
Apr 27
M
42
 
Lock-In Amplifiers 15.4 HH8.30, HH8.32, P1.4, P1.5
 
 
W
43
 
Transducers 7.1-3  
 
 
F
44
 
Transducers 7.3, 7.5-11 HH15.2, P1.3, 7.1, P1.1
15
     
13
FPGA Logic - II Quick Start, DIO1, D2XL, XLIO_pinout    
 
 
 
 
Finals Week