Physics 440 Electronics I
Fall Semester 2011 - 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 Plonus textbook. The HH problems are from the Horowitz & Hill textbook and are linked as pdf documents from this page. The DH problems are from the Diefenderfer&Holton textbook and are linked as PDF documents. A few additional problems (T) are also linked from this page.
There will be unanounced short quizzes every week, typically one per week.
Please read ahead for each lecture and especially for each lab.
Week of
Day
Lect
Topics
Reading
Problems due
Sept 1
Thu
1
 Introduction, assessment test    
 
no lab
      
Sept 6
Tue
2
 Current, voltage, Ohm's law, resistance, power 1.1 - 1.3  
 
Thu
3
 Kirchoff's equations, DC/AC, capacitors 1.4.1, 1.4.2  
 
No lab
      
Sept 13
Tue
4
 Capacitors, inductors, batteries, current sources 1.4.3 - 1.4.6  
 
Thu
5
 Series and parallel circuits, Norton & Thevenin 1.5, 1.6 HW 1: Ch1- 4, 5, 7, 10, 15, 17, 22
 
Lab 1
 Voltage, Current, Ohm's Law, Multimeter 1.3, 1.4.4, Meters handout  
Sept 20
Tue
6
 Mesh loop method 1.7  
 
Thu
7
 Capacitors and inductors in series and in parallel handout from Cook HW 2: CH1- 26, 28, 32, 34, 36; T1
 
Lab 2
 DC and AC, Function Generator, Oscilloscope 2.1, 2.2  
Sept 27
Tue
8
 RC, RL, circuits 1.8  
 
Thu
9
 AC circuits, complex notation 2.1, 2.2 HW 3: Ch1- 48, 49, 50, 51; DH2
 
Lab 3
 Capacitors, Inductors, RC and RL Circuits 2.1, 2.2, 2.3  
Oct 4
Tue
10
 RC, RL, RLC filters, Bode plots 2.3, 2.4
 
Thu
11
 Bode plots, transformers 2.5, 2.6 HW4: Ch2- 5, 6, 13, 14, 18, T2
 
Lab 4
 RLC Passive Filters 2.4, 2.5  
Oct 11
Tue
12
 Semiconductors, PN junction, diode 4.1, 4.2, 4.3  
 
Thu
13
 Diode circuits, Zener diode 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 HW 5: Ch2- 47, 48; T3
 
Lab 5
 Diodes, LEDs, Rectifiers, Unregulated Power Supply, Zeners 3.1, 3.2, 3.4, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3  
Oct 18
Tue
14
 Bipolar Junction Transistor 4.4.1, 4.5.1  
 
Thu
15
 Bipolar transistor circuits 4.5.2, 4.5.3, 4.5.4 HW 6: CH3-1, CH4-10; HH 1.27, HH 1.29, HH 1.30, DH5
 
Lab 6
 Bipolar Transistors I, I-V Characteristics, Amplifiers 4.4.1, 4.5.1-4.5.3 (measuring beta)  
Oct 25
Tue
16
 Field Effect Transistors 4.4.2, 4.4.3, 4.5.6  
 
Thu
17
 JFET, other FETs 4.5.7, 4.4.4 HW 7: Ch4-12, 22; T5
 
Lab 7
 Bipolar Transistors II, Regulation, Circuit Construction 4.5.3-4.5.5  
Nov 1
Tue
18
 Amplifiers 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2  
 
Thu
19
 Op-Amps circuits 6.3, 6.4, 6.5 HW 8: CH4-23; T6 (updated), T7
 
Lab 8
 JFETs, Op Amps I 6.1, 6.2 JFET, Op-Amps (FET hint)  
Nov 8
Tue
20
 Op-Amp filters, oscillators 5.4, 6.6, 6.7, oscillator handout  
 
Thu
21
 Digital electronics 7.1, 7.2 HW 9: CH5-14, CH6-10, CH6-11; T8, T9, T10,
 
Lab 9
 Op Amps II: Oscillators and Filters 5.4, 5.5, 6.7  
Nov 15
Tue
22
 Combinatorial Logic 7.3  
 
Thu
23
 Logic Circuits 7.4.1-7.4.4 HW 10: CH6-19, 24; P3_13; T11, T12
 
Lab 10
 Light Emitting Diodes and Digital Circuits 1 4.3, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3  
Nov 22
Tue
24
 Flip-Flops 7.5.1-7.5.6  
 
Thu
-
 No class - Thanksgiving   no homework due this week
 
No lab
 No lab during Thanksgiving week    
Nov 29
Tue
25
 Registers and Counters 7.5.7-7.5.11  
 
Thu
26
 Computers 8.1, 8.2, 8.3 HW 11: Ch7-1, Ch7-8, Ch7-13e; HH 8.8
 
lab 11
 FPGA Logic - I Quick Start, DIO1, D2XL, XLIO_pinout, Troubleshooting  
Dec 6
Tue
27
 Digital to analog conversion, analog to digital conversion 6.8.2, ADC, DAC  
 
Thu
28
 Assessment test
Remember SIRS forms		 HW 12: T13, T14, T15
 
Lab 12
 FPGA Logic - II Quick Start, DIO1, D2XL, XLIO_pinout, Troubleshooting  
Dec 13
     Finals Week, no labs, no class, no final exam
The PHY 440 course web page is at http://www.pa.msu.edu/courses/2011fall/PHY440/.

Last updated in 2011 by R. Schwienhorst