Week of

Day

Lect

Topics

Reading

Problems due

Jan 9

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 16

M

Martin Luther King Jr. Day, No Classes

W

4

Batteries, Voltage and current sources

1.4.4-1.4.5

F

5

Series and parallel circuits, Norton & Thevenin

1.5, 1.6

HW 1: Ch1- 4, 5, 7, 10, 15, 17, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32

no lab

Jan 23

M

6

Mesh loop method

1.7

W

7

Capacitors and inductors in series and in parallel, AC circuits

1.4.1-1.4.3, handout from Cook

F

8

RC, RL, LC, RLC circuits

1.8

HW 2: CH1- 22, 34, 36, 40; T1 , DH1

lab 1

Voltage, Current, Ohm's Law, Multimeter

1.3, 1.4.4, Meters handout

Jan 30

M

9

AC circuits, complex notation

2.1, 2.2

W

10

Generalized Ohm's law

2.2

F

11

RC, RL, RLC filters

2.3, 2.4

HW 3: Ch1- 48, 49, 50, 51; DH2

lab 2

DC and AC, Function Generator, Oscilloscope

2.1, 2.2

Feb 6

M

12

Bandwidth, quality factor, Bode plots

2.4.3

W

13

Transformers

2.5, 2.6

F

14

Semiconductors, PN junction, diode

4.1-4.3

HW4: Ch2- 5, 6, 13, 14, 18, T2

lab 3

Capacitors, Inductors, RC and RL Circuits

2.1, 2.2, 2.3

Feb 13

M

15

Diode circuits, Zener diode

3.1-3.4

W

16

Diode circuits, regulators

3.1-3.4

F

17

Bipolar Junction Transistor, Configurations

4.4.1, 4.5.1

HW 5: Ch2- 47, 48; T3 ; CH3-1

lab 4

RLC Passive Filters

2.4, 2.5

Feb 20

M

18

Bipolar transistor circuits

4.5.2-4.5.4

W

19

More bipolar transistor circuits

4.5.2-4.5.4

F

20

Field effect transistors

4.4.2, 4.4.3, 4.5.6

HW 6: CH4-10; HH 1.27 , HH 1.29 , HH 1.30 , DH5

lab 5

Diodes, LEDs Rectifiers, Unregulated Power Supply, Zeners

3.1, 3.2, 3.4, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3

Feb 27

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

F

23

TBA

TBA

HW 7: Ch4-12, 22; T5

lab 6

Bipolar Transistors I, I-V Characteristics, Amplifiers

4.4.1, 4.5.1-4.5.3 ( measuring beta )

Mar 5

Spring Break

Mar 12

M

24

Amplifier

5.1, 5.2

W

25

Operational amplifier

6.1, 6.2, 6.3

F

26

Op-amp difference amplifiers, real world op amps

6.4, 6.5, 6.5.1

HW 8: CH4-23; T6 (updated) , T7

lab 7

Bipolar Transistors II, Regulation, Circuit Construction

4.5.3-4.5.5

Mar 19

M

27

Op-amp integrator and differentiator, filter

6.6, 6.7

W

28

Op-amp comparator and oscillator

6.8, oscillator handout

F

29

Digital electronics

7.1, 7.2

HW 9: CH5-14, CH6-10, CH6-11; T8 , T9 , T10

lab 8

JFETs, Op Amps I

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

Mar 26

M

30

Logic gates

7.3

W

31

Boolean algebra and numbering systems

7.3.5, 7.4.1-7.4.3

F

32

Encoder, decoder and display

7.4.4-7.4.5

HW 10: CH6-19, 24; P3_13 ; T11 , T12

lab 9

Op Amps II: Oscillators and Filters

5.4, 5.5, 6.7

Apr 2

M

33

Flip flops

7.5.1-7.5.6

W

34

Counters and registers

7.5.7-7.5.11

F

35

Programmable logic devices

PLD Intro

HW 11: Ch7-1, Ch7-8, Ch7-13e; HH 8.8

lab 10

Light Emitting Diodes and Digital Circuits 1

4.3, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3

Apr 9

M

36

Digital to analog conversion, analog to digital conversion

6.8.2, ADC , DAC

W

37

Multiplexing

handout

F

38

Computers

8.1, 8.2, 8.3

HW 12: T13 , T14 , T15

lab 11

FPGA Logic - I

Quick Start , DIO1 , D2XL , XLIO_pinout , Troubleshooting

Apr 16

M

39

ROM and RAM

8.3.3, 8.3.4

W

40

Transducers

Handout

F

41

Lock-in amplifiers

Handout

no HW

lab 12

FPGA Logic - II

Quick Start , DIO1 , D2XL , XLIO_pinout , Troubleshooting

Apr 23

M

42

TBA

TBA

W

43

TBA

TBA

F

44

Assessment test, Remember SIRS forms

no HW

no lab

Apr 30

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