Phys 3150/5190 - Electronics Lab                               Fall 2011

Instructor:  Cass Sackett     email:  sackett@virginia.edu

Class location: Physics 219

Course information:
 syllabus  

Textbook:  The Art of Electronics, 2nd edition, Horowitz and Hill
                    
Laboratory Exercises:
1: Tools Due 8/30 6: Op amps II Due  10/2 11: Counters Due 11/13
2: Impedance, transfer funcs Due 9/6 7: Servos I Due 10/11 12: DAC/ADC Due 11/20
3: Diodes Due 9/11 8: Servos II Due 10/18 13: Microcontrollers Due 12/4
4: Transistors Due 9/18 9: Logic Gates Due 10/30
5: Op amps I Due 9/25 10: Flip Flops Due 11/6

Lab reports are due at midnight on the day specified.
                   
Lecture notes:
8/24 - Ohm's Law 9/12 - Transistors 9/28 - Op amp frequencies 10/19 - Soldering 11/7 - Case construction 11/28 - Microcontrollers
8/29 - Impedance 9/14 - FETs 10/3 - Servo systems 10/24 - Logic gates 11/9 - Clocks 11/30 - Multichannel analyzer
8/31 - Zin and Zout 9/19 - Op amps 10/5 - Switches 10/26 - Binary numbers 11/14 - Digital/Analog
9/2 - ac Signals 9/21 - More op amps 10/12 - PID control 10/31 - Flip flops 11/16 - Nyquist theorem
9/7 - Diodes 9/26 - Op amp output 10/17 - Optoelectronics 11/2 - RAM 11/21 - Project assembly

References:  
ELVIS manual
Oscilloscope manual
Charts in Excel
Chart Tutorial
Photodiode Response Curve
mbed setup instructions

Homework Assignments:  

  Assignment 1 due 8/31   solution    Average: 14/15

  Assignment 2 due 9/7     solution    Average: 16/20

  Assignment 3 due 9/14    solution    Average: 19/20

  Assignment 4 due 9/21    solution    Average: 16/20

  Assignment 5 due 9/28    solution    Average: 15/20

  Assignment 6 due 10/19   solution    Average: 14/15

  Assignment 7 due 11/2   solution    Average: 13/15

  Assignment 8 due 11/16   solution    Average: 9/10

Homework assignments are due at the beginning of class on the day specified.

Project:
   
Overview
Circuit
Design assignment   (analysis of three-op-amp circuit)
Parts list 
AD627 data sheet
Testing circuit  
Case construction
Assembly, testing, and grading

Schedule:
Design assignment 10/5
Purchase parts  10/19
Circuit testing 10/23
Solder to board 11/7
Case preparation 11/21
Project due 12/5

                        Average score: 84/100

Final Exam:  Saturday, December 10, 9 am - noon

Average: 55/112    High score = 86, low = 17

Solutions


Grade Distribution:
GradeNumber
A4
A-3
B+3
B2
B-3