Physics 220
Electronics
Class Schedule_Fall 1999

 September

October

November

December

 ANALOG
 Th  Aug. 26 Introduction; Ohm's Law and basic electrical principles
    H&H: pp. 1-7, Appendix A (The Oscilloscope)
    Lab I:  Introduction to the equipment; Circuit exercises
       
Tu  Aug. 31 Basic circuits; instruments
    H&H: pp. 8-27 (Voltage dividers, signals, capacitors), Appendix C (Resistors), Appendix E (Schematics)
    Lab II:  Voltage divider; RC filters-time domain
       
 Th  Sept. 2 Circuits; power supplies
    H&H: pp. 28-9 (inductors, transformers), pp. 29-42 (RC filters), pp. 44-53 (diodes and rectification), pp. 328-330, 341-344 (power supplies), pp. 53-58 (misc. components)
    Lab III:  Power supplies
       
 Tu  Sept. 7 Operational Amplifiers
    H&H: pp. 175-180 (introduction to op-amps), pp. 1078-1085 (411 data sheet)
    Lab IV:  Op-amp lecture/ Op-amps (basic circuits)
       
 Th  Sept. 9 Op-amps
    H&H: pp. 180-188 (asstd. op-amps), pp. 222-223 (integrator), pp. 92 & 186 (power booster)
    Lab V:  Op-amp circuits (summer, integrator, power booster)
       
 Tu  Sept. 14 Op-amp characteristics
    H&H: pp. 188-213 (op-amp behavior)
    Lab VI:  Op-amp characteristics
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 Th  Sept. 16 Comparator, Schmitt trigger
    H&H: pp. 229-232
    Lab VII:  Op-amps (comparator and Schmitt trigger)
       
 DIGITAL    
 Tu  Sept. 21 555 Timer, Introduction to digital electronics
    H&H: pp. 284-291 (relaxation oscillator and 555), pp. 471-478 (basic logic)
    Lab VIII:  555 Timer
       
 Th  Sept. 23 EXAM I  
    Lab:  Analog project
       
 Tu  Sept. 28 Transistor application: the saturated inverter as a transistor switch
    H&H: pp. 61-65 (transistor switch)
    Lab:  Analog project
       
 Th  Sept. 30 Logic gates
    H&H: pp. 478-492 (gates, truth tables, TTL/CMOS characteristics)
    Lab XI:  Transistor switch and basic logic gates
       
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 Tu  Oct. 5 Logic combinations
    H&H: pp. 494-504 (combinational logic, decoders)
    Lab XII:  More logic gates
       
 Th  Oct. 7 Flip-flops  
    H&H: pp. 504-516 (FFs, divide-by-2, divide-by-3, pulse synchronizer)
    Lab XIII:  Flip-flops I and switch debouncer
       
 Tu  Oct. 12 Counters and timers
    H&H: 523-525; 7490, '92, '93 data sheets
    Lab XIV:  Flip-flops II
       
 Th  Oct. 14 Timers, displays, and pulse generation
    H&H: 517-522 (one-shots), 590-595 (displays)
    Lab XV:  1 Hz Time base and 0-9 second clock; Pulse gater
       
   Fall Break  
       
 Tu  Oct. 26 Analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog conversion
    H&H: 612-636 (A/D and D/A)
    Lab XVI:  Digital-to-analog converter
       
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 Th  Oct. 28 Digital odds and ends; introduction to microcomputers
    H&H: 582-588 (driving external digital loads from CMOS and TTL), 673-678 (intro to microcomputers)
    Lab:  Digital project
       
 Tu  Nov. 2 EXAM II  
    Lab:  Digital project
       
COMPUTER    
       
 Th  Nov. 4 The IBM-PC clone; machine and assembly language programming
    H&H: 678-683, handout
    Lab:  Lecture on low-level programming and basic instructions
       
 Tu  Nov. 9 Low-level programming, basic instructions, and I/O
    H&H: 683-701, handout  
    Lab XX: Introduction to machine and assembly language programming
       
 Th  Nov. 11 More low-level programming
    Handout  
    Lab XXI:  Switches, lights, and binary data logging
       
 Tu  Nov. 16 Pascal programming
    Pascal handout  
    Lab XXII:  Introduction to Pascal programming _ data logging
       
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 Th  Nov. 18 Pascal, microcomputer applications
    Lab XXIII:  Analog-to-digital conversion
       
 Tu  Nov. 23 Microcomputer applications
    Lab XXIV:  Reaction-time analyzer
       
   Thanksgiving break  
       
 Tu  Nov. 30 Signal averager  
    H&H: p. 774  
    Lab XXV:  Signal averager
       
 Th  Dec. 2 EXAM III  
    Lab:  Final project
       
 Tu  Dec. 7 Odds and ends  
    Lab:  Final project
       
 Th  Dec. 9 Odds and ends  
    Lab:  Final project
       
 Friday, Dec. 17 at 2:00 p.m. FINAL EXAM
       
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