Schedule for Physics 440 Electronics, Spring 2014

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 stem from the Horowitz & Hill textbook and are linked from this page, typically as pdf documents. The linked DH problems stem from the Diefenderfer&Holton textbook. A few additional problems (P and T) are also linked from this page. The problems represented in italic are worth 5 pts and other 10 pts.
There will be unannounced short quizzes every week, typically one per week.


Please read ahead of each lecture and even more so ahead of each lab.


Week of

Day

Lect

Topics

Reading

Problems due

Jan 6

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 13

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 20

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 27

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 3

M

12

Bandwidth, quality factor, Bode plots

2.4.3

W

13

Transformers

2.5, 2.6

HW IV: 1.34, 1.36, HH1.9, P5.21, 1.55, DH2.6, 2.5* (phasors given for t=0)

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 10

M

15

Diode circuits, Zener diode

3.1-3.4

W

16

Diode circuits, regulators

3.1-3.4

HW V: 2.6, 2.10, 2.13, 2.14, 2.18, T2, DH3.8, DH3.11

F

17

Bipolar Junction Transistor, Configurations

4.4.1, 4.5.1

lab 4

RLC Passive Filters

2.4, 2.5

Feb 17

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: HH1.26, T3, 2.47, 2.48, 3.1, 3.3, 4.10, 4.9, HH1.30

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 24

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: HH1.29, HH1.27, DH5.12, DH5.3, P5.22, 4.13, 4.17, 4.19

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 3

Spring Break

Mar 10

M

24

Amplifier

5.1, 5.2, 5.4

W

25

Operational amplifier

6.1, 6.2, 6.3

HW VIII: P5.23, HH2.2, HH2.3, HH2.4, P4.10

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 17

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: P4.20, P4.4, T9

F

29

Digital electronics

7.1, 7.2

lab 8

JFETs, Op Amps I

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

Mar 24

M

30

Logic gates

7.3

W

31

Boolean algebra and numbering systems

7.3.5, 7.4.1-7.4.3

HW X: 5.14, 6.8, 6.10, 6.11, 6.13 (corrected figure), T10

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

Mar 31

M

33

Flip flops

7.5.1-7.5.6

W

34

Counters and registers

7.5.7-7.5.11

HW XI: 6.19, 6.24, T11, T12, P3.13, T8

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 7

M

36

Digital to analog conversion, analog to digital conversion

6.8.2, ADC, DAC

W

37

Multiplexing

handout

HW XII: HH8.2, 7.12 (simplify outputs), 7.13, 7.14, P3.10, 7.15, DH11.16

F

38

Computers

8.1, 8.2, 8.3

no lab

Apr 14

M

39

ROM and RAM

8.3.3, 8.3.4

W

40

Transducers

Handout

HW XIII: T13, P3.20, 7.18, 7.19, P2.5, P2.6, 7.29 (check the Boolean formula)

F

41

Lock-in amplifiers

Handout

lab 11

FPGA Logic - I

Quick Start, DIO1, D2XL, XLIO_pinout, Troubleshooting

Apr 21

M

42

TBA

TBA

W

43

TBA

TBA

F

44

TBA, Remember SIRS forms

TBA

HW XIV: 7.34, DH12.9, P2.8, P2.9, P2.20, P2.4, DH9.2, P2.2, 7.37

lab 12

FPGA Logic - II

Quick Start, DIO1, D2XL, XLIO_pinout, Troubleshooting

Apr 28

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


*Can be turned in on Friday, Feb 7.

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Last revised by P. Danielewicz on April 19, 2014.