Physics 440 Electronics I
Spring Semester 2010 - 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 and are linked as pdf documents from this page. A few additional problems are also linked from this page.
There will be unanounced short quizzes every week, typically one per week.
This schedule was updated on February 22 and is current. Please read ahead for each lecture and especially for each lab.
Week of
Day
Lect
Topics
Reading
Problems due
Jan 11
M
1
 Introduction, assessment test    
 
W
2
 Current, voltage, Ohm's law, resistors in series and in parallel 1.1 - 1.7  
 
F
3
 Voltage divider, Kirchoff's equations, real battery 1.8 - 1.9  
 
no lab
      
Jan 18
M
   Martin Luther King Jr. Day, No Classes    
 
W
4
 Current source, Measuring devices, Thevenin theorem 1.10 - 1.11, 6.1, 6.2  
 
F
5
 Mesh loop method, Thevenin & Norton, Pots 1.12, 1.13 HW 1: Ch1- 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
 
no lab
      
Jan 25
M
6
 Capacitors 2.1 - 2.3  
 
W
7
 Capacitors, Inductance 2.4 - 2.5  
 
F
8
 RC, RL, LC, RLC circuits 2.6, 3.1 HW 2: Ch1- 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 20, 21, 22
 
lab 1
 Voltage, Current, Ohm's Law, Multimeter 1.9, 6.4  
Feb 1
M
9
 AC circuits, complex numbers 3.1 - 3.4, handout  
 
W
10
 generalized Ohm's law handout  
 
F
11
 band width, quality factor 3.4, 3.5 HW 3: Ch2-1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10; T1
 
lab 2
 DC and AC, Function Generator, Oscilloscope 3.1, 3.2, 6.6, 6.7  
Feb 8
M
12
 quality factor, Bode plots 3.5, A3
 
W
13
 resonant circuits, transformer 4.1 - 4.3  
 
F
14
 PN junction, diode 5.1 - 5.3 HW 4: Ch3- 1, 2, 6, 7
 
lab 3
 Capacitors, Inductors, RC and RL Circuits 2.5, 2.6, 3.4  
Feb 15
M
15
 Surprise quiz    
 
W
16
 diode circuits, Zener diode 5.3, 5.4, 5.7  
 
F
17
 diode circuits, regulators 5.8 - 5.10 HW 5: Ch3-24 (note), Ch3-25; Ch5- 3; T2
 
lab 4
 RLC Passive Filters 3.4, 3.5, A3  
Feb 22
M
18
 Bipolar Junction Transistor, Configurations 8.1, 8.2  
 
W
19
 Bipolar transistor circuits 8.3, 8.4  
 
F
20
 more bipolar transistor circuits 8.5, 8.6 HW 6: CH5- 12; HH 1.27, HH 1.29, HH 1.30; CH8- 1
 
lab 5
 Diodes, LEDs Rectifiers, Unregulated Power Supply, Zeners 5.3 - 5.5, 5.7, 7.3, 12.3  
Mar 1
M
21
 Junction Field effect transistors 8.7  
 
W
22
 JFET Amplifiers 8.8, 8.9  
 
F
23
 Insulated-Gate FETs 8.10 HW 7: Ch8- 2, 3; T3
 
lab 6
 Bipolar Transistors I, I-V Characteristics, Amplifiers 8.2 - 8.4, 8.6 (measuring beta)  
Mar 8
     Spring Break
Mar 15
M
24
 Operational Amplifiers 9.1 - 9.4  
 
W
25
 Op-Amp Difference Amplifiers, Math Functions 9.5, 9.6  
 
F
26
 Op-Amp V-I Converters, Filters 9.7, 9.8 HW 8: T4, T5; CH9- 3
 
lab 7
 Bipolar Transistors II, Regulation, Circuit Construction 5.7, 8.4  
Mar 22
M
27
 Comparator Circuits, Real-Life Op-Amps 9.9 - 9.12  
 
W
28
 Waveform generators 10.1 - 10.5  
 
F
29
 Digital electronics, logic gates 11.1, 11.2 HW 9: Ch9- 4, 5, 7; T6, T7
 
lab 8
 JFETs, Op Amps I 8.7, 8.8, 9.2, 9.3, JFET, Op-Amps (FET hint)  
Mar 29
M
30
 IC gates, Boolean algebra 11.3, 11.4  
 
W
31
 Numbering systems, binary representation 11.5 - 11.7  
 
F
32
 Flip-flops, digital read-outs 12.1 - 12.3 HW 10: Ch10- 5, 6, 7; T8, T9
 
lab 9
 Op Amps II: Oscillators and Filters 8.13, 9.12, 10.4, A3  
Apr 5
M
33
 Counters & registers 12.4 - 12.5  
 
W
34
 Multiplexing, Monostables 12.6, 12.7  
 
F
35
 digital to analog conversion, analog to digital conversion 14.6, 14.7 HW 11: CH11- 2, 5b, 6a, 6c, 9; HH 8.8
 
lab 10
 Light Emitting Diodes and Digital Circuits 1 11.2 - 11.4, 12.2, 12.3  
Apr 12
M
36
 Programmable logic devices PLD Intro  
 
W
37
 Computers 13.1, 13.2  
 
F
38
 ROM & RAM 13.3, 13.4 HW 12: Ch11- 7b, 7d; CH11-13 (note); Ch12- 5
 
lab 11
 Schmitt Triggers and Decoders 10.7, 11.2, 11.3, 12.3, 12.6, 12.8, 12.9, SN74138  
Apr 19
M
39
 Transducers 7.1 - 7.3  
 
W
40
 particle detectors 7.10  
 
F
41
 Lock-in amplifiers 15.4 HW 13: Ch14- 11; T10, T11, T12
 
lab 12
 FPGA Logic - I Quick Start, DIO1, D2XL, XLIO_pinout, Troubleshooting  
Apr 26
M
42
 TBA TBA  
 
W
43
 TBA TBA  
 
F
44
 Last lecture, assessment test   HW 14: Ch13- 1, 9, 11
 
lab 13
 FPGA Logic - II Quick Start, DIO1, D2XL, XLIO_pinout, Troubleshooting  
May 3
     Finals Week, no labs, no class, no final exam
PHY 440 course web page is at http://www.pa.msu.edu/courses/2010spring/PHY440/.

Last updated in April 2010 by R. Schwienhorst