Course Syllabus

Electronics I: Electronics for Scientific Instrumentation

Lecture: TH 7:15-8:45 PM, Building: Circle of Hell, Room: 9

Labs: TH 9:00-5:00, Building: Circle of Hell, Room: 9

Course Description

This is a course in analog and digital electronics. It assumes no prior knowledge of Physics, but will make extensive use of Algebra, Calculus and Complex Analysis.

The course will consist of two class sessions and two lab sessions per week for each student. The laboratory exercises are the focus of the course and compromise half of the course grade. There will be several homework assignments, two midterm exams and one final exam. Students are also expected to have a TurningPoint clicker (or a smartphone app) for use during class discussions.

Instructor

Daniel Ramig (RoboDAN)

 

 

Textbook

Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering,

 

Lab Policy

My Lab My Rules

 

Exams 

There super hard. Pray hard and you might pass.

 

Rights & Responsibilities

All students are expected to maintain professional behavior in the classroom setting, according to BLAH BLAH BLAH, just DON'T be mean. 

Weekly Schedule

Week 1 (8/25-27): Ohm's Law, Kirchhoff's Laws, Node Method, Mesh Method

Week 2 (9/1-3): Thévenin Equivalent, Superposition, OpAmps

Week 3 (9/8-10): OpAmps, Schmitt Trigger

Week 4 (9/15-17): Digital Electronics, Boolean Algebra, Karnaugh Maps

Week 5 (9/22-24): Sequential Logic

Week 6 (9/29-10/1): Midterm 1; Diodes, Diode Circuits

Week 7 (10/6-8): Voltage Regulators, Capacitors & Inductors, 1st & 2nd Order Circuits

Week 8 (10/20-22): Complex Representation, Impedance

Week 9 (10/27-29): Power, Frequency Domain, Bode Plots, Laplace Transform

Week 10 (11/3-5): Active Filters

Week 11 (11/10-12): Midterm 2; Bipolar Junction Transistors

Week 12 (11/17-19): Transistor Amplifiers, BJT Circuits

Week 13 (11/24): Field Effect Transistors

Week 14 (12/1-3): FET Amplifiers, CMOS, OTA, Sample & Hold

Week 15 (12/8-10): AM, FM