PH5950 Graduate Electronics for Scientists (0,0,6)   f (alternate years) (3cr)


Course Description:
A graduate-level, laboratory-based course in electronics for scientists. Foundations of analog electronics will be covered including DC circuits, RCL filters, timers and tank circuits, diodes, FETs, OP Amps, and power circuits. Digital circuitry will include gates, counters, registers, D/A and A/D conversion, and microcontrollers.

Texts:
The Art of Electronics laboratory manual. T.C. Hayes and P. Horowitz
The Art of Electronics. P. Horowitz and W. Hill.

Schedule: 2 labs weekly, approximately 3 hours per lab.
  1. DC Circuits
  2. Capacitors
  3. Diodes
  4. Transistors I
  5. Transistors II
  6. Transistors III
  7. Field Effect Transistors I
  8. Op Amps I
  9. Op Amps II
  10. Oscillators
  11. Field Effect Transistors I
  12. Power Supplies
  13. Gates
  14. Flip-Flops
  15. Counters
  16. Memory; State Machines
  17. Phase-Locked Loop
  18. Microcontroller Basics
  19. Microcontroller Programming
  20. Microcontroller Input/Output
  21. Microcontroller A/D, D/A
  22. Microcontroller Applications
  23. Electronic Instrument Fabrication: Soldering and Circuit Boards
  24. Circuit Layout, Board Fabrication
  25. Press Brake, Drill Press, Tapping
  26. Project
  27. Project
  28. Project
Course Rationale:
Last Modified: Monday, 10-Jul-2000 14:25:28 EDT