Week of

Day

Lect

Topics

Reading

Problems due

Jan 7

M

1

Introduction, assessment test

W

2

Current, voltage, Ohm's law, resistors in series and in parallel, power

1.1 - 1.3

F

3

Kirchoff's equations, voltage and current divider

1.3.7, 1.5.1

no lab

Jan 14

M

4

Batteries, Voltage and current sources

1.4.4-1.4.5

W

5

Series and parallel circuits, Norton & Thevenin

1.5, 1.6

HW I: 1.4, 1.5, 1.7, DH1.3, 1.15, 1.17, DH1.5, DH1.6, 1.26

F

6

Mesh loop method

1.7

no lab

Jan 21

M

Martin Luther King Jr. Day, No Classes

W

7

Capacitors and inductors in series and in parallel, AC circuits

1.4.1-1.4.3, handout from Cook

HW II: 1.32, P5.20, 1.28, 1.34, 1.36, HH1.9, P5.21

F

8

RC, RL, LC, RLC circuits

1.8

lab 1

Voltage, Current, Ohm's Law, Multimeter

1.3, 1.4.4, Meters handout

Jan 28

M

9

AC circuits, complex notation

2.1, 2.2

W

10

Generalized Ohm's law

2.2

HW III: 1.22 (check here), DH2.1, DH2.2, HH1.14, 1.48, 1.51, 1.52, 1.19, 1.21 (check here)

F

11

RC, RL, RLC filters

2.3, 2.4

lab 2

DC and AC, Function Generator, Oscilloscope

2.1, 2.2

Feb 4

M

12

Bandwidth, quality factor, Bode plots

2.4.3

W

13

Transformers

2.5, 2.6

HW IV: 1.55, DH2.6, 2.5 (phasors given for t=0), 2.6, 2.10, 2.13, 2.14, 2.18, T2

F

14

Semiconductors, PN junction, diode

4.1-4.3

lab 3

Capacitors, Inductors, RC and RL Circuits

2.1, 2.2, 2.3

Feb 11

M

15

Diode circuits, Zener diode

3.1-3.4

W

16

Diode circuits, regulators

3.1-3.4

HW V: DH3.8, DH3.11, HH1.26, T3, 2.47, 2.48, 3.1, 3.3

F

17

Bipolar Junction Transistor, Configurations

4.4.1, 4.5.1

lab 4

RLC Passive Filters

2.4, 2.5

Feb 18

M

18

Bipolar transistor circuits

4.5.2-4.5.4

W

19

More bipolar transistor circuits

4.5.2-4.5.4

HW VI: 4.10, 4.9, HH1.30, HH1.29, HH1.27, DH5.12, DH5.3, P5.22

F

20

Field effect transistors

4.4.2, 4.4.3, 4.5.6

lab 5

Diodes, LEDs Rectifiers, Unregulated Power Supply, Zeners

3.1, 3.2, 3.4, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3

Feb 25

M

21

Junction Field effect transistors

4.5.6-4.5.8

W

22

More JFET circuits and other FETs

4.5.6-4.5.8, 4.4.4

HW VII: 4.13, 4.17, 4.19, P5.23, HH2.2, HH2.3, HH2.4

F

23

TBA

TBA

lab 6

Bipolar Transistors I, I-V Characteristics, Amplifiers

4.4.1, 4.5.1-4.5.3 (measuring beta )

Mar 4

Spring Break

Mar 11

M

24

Amplifier

5.1, 5.2, 5.4

W

25

Operational amplifier

6.1, 6.2, 6.3

HW VIII: P4.10, P4.20, P4.4

F

26

Op-amp difference amplifiers, real world op amps

6.4, 6.5, 6.5.1

lab 7

Bipolar Transistors II, Regulation, Circuit Construction

4.5.3-4.5.5

Mar 18

M

27

Op-amp integrator and differentiator, filter

6.6, 6.7

W

28

Op-amp comparator and oscillator

6.8, oscillator handout

HW IX: 5.14, 6.10, 6.11, T8, T9, T10

F

29

Digital electronics

7.1, 7.2

lab 8

JFETs, Op Amps I

6.1, 6.2, JFET, Op-Amps (FET hint)

Mar 25

M

30

Logic gates

7.3

W

31

Boolean algebra and numbering systems

7.3.5, 7.4.1-7.4.3

HW X: 6.19, 6.24, T11, T12, P3.13

F

32

Encoder, decoder and display

7.4.4-7.4.5

lab 9

Op Amps II: Oscillators and Filters

5.4, 5.5, 6.7

Apr 1

M

33

Flip flops

7.5.1-7.5.6

W

34

Counters and registers

7.5.7-7.5.11

HW XI: 7.12 (simplify outputs), 7.13, 7.14, P3.10, 7.15, HH8.2

F

35

Programmable logic devices

PLD Intro

lab 10

Light Emitting Diodes and Digital Circuits 1

4.3, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3

Apr 8

M

36

Digital to analog conversion, analog to digital conversion

6.8.2, ADC, DAC

W

37

Multiplexing

handout

HW XII: DH11.16, T12, P3.20, 7.18, 7.19

F

38

Computers

8.1, 8.2, 8.3

lab 11

FPGA Logic - I

Quick Start, DIO1, D2XL, XLIO_pinout, Troubleshooting

Apr 15

M

39

ROM and RAM

8.3.3, 8.3.4

W

40

Transducers

Handout

HW XIII: P2.5, P2.6, 7.29 (check the Boolean formula), DH12.3, 7.34, DH12.9

F

41

Lock-in amplifiers

Handout

lab 12

FPGA Logic - II

Quick Start, DIO1, D2XL, XLIO_pinout, Troubleshooting

Apr 22

M

42

TBA

TBA

W

43

TBA

TBA

F

44

Assessment test, Remember SIRS forms

HW XIV: P2.8, P2.9, P2.20, P2.4, DH9.2, P2.2, 7.37, HH15.2

no lab

Apr 30

Finals Week , no labs, no class, no final exam