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Date |
Topic, Reading, and Assignment |
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Sep 3 |
Introduction, go over Syllabus
Review EE 302 (Chapters 1-5), if needed
Read Chapter 7 "Logic Circuits"
Homework # 1 assigned, Due Friday
September 4
Aditional homework may be assigned over the weekend
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Sep 7 |
No Lab -- Labor Day
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2 |
Sep 10
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We should just about finish Chapter 7 today. Homework and a Lab assignment
will be given after class, based on how far we get and how well I think
you understand the material.
We will be opening another lab section from 3-6 on Wednesday. I would like
to have about half of the students volunteer to be in each section. Give some
thought to this, and maybe discuss it with your potential partner(s) prior to
class.
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Lab 1 |
Sep 14, 16
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Here is the
lab for this week.
If you did not receive email from be at about 5 pm on Friday, you have not
yet completed the first homework and may not know which lab you're in. In that
case, this link's for you.
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3 |
Sep 17
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We should just about finish Chapter 7 today, but I said that before. Please read
all of Chapter 7 before class. Have questions on what we've already covered (up to
around page 365) and be ready for lecture on the remainder of the chapter.
Homework 2 assigned. Due before class
on Thursday, September 24th
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Lab 2 |
Sep 21, 23
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Lab 2: Karnough Maps and MSI Components
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4 |
Sep 24
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We will finish Chapter 7 today, and start in Chapter 10 next week.
Today we will re-visit addition/subtraction hardware and talk about
sequential digital circuits.
Homework #2 is due at the beginning of class today
Homework 3 assigned. Due before class
on Thursday, October 1st.
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Lab 3 |
Sep 28, 30
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Lab 3: Combinational Addition and Subtraction
Hardware and an Introduction to Sequential Circuits
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5 |
Oct 1
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Chapter 10: Diodes
Please read all of Chapter 10 prior to class today
Homework #3 is due at the beginning of class today
Homework 4 assigned. Due before class
on Thursday, October 8th
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Lab 4 |
Oct 5, 6
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Lab 4: Using Diodes for Voltage Rectification
Note that lab meets in Crothers 356 this week
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6 |
Oct 8
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Finish with Diodes (Chapter 10),
and start with
Chapter 14: Operational Amplifiers. Please read Chapter 14 through 14.9
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5.5 |
Oct 13
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Tuesday, October 13th at 4:00 pm
We will meet for 1 hour as a review/recitation session.
Initially this was going to be an optional session, but the half of you that
showed up for class on 10/1 voted to leave early and go to the job fair in
exchange for having a regular class meeting on this day.
I will not take roll of give a quiz, but will hold you
responsible (on Thursday's test) for material discussed in this session.
I will not attempt to introduce new material, but you may gain new
insights as we work and discuss the old problems.
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Lab 5 |
Oct 14
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Lab 5: Wave-Shaping Circuits (Using Diodes)
Note that lab meets in Crothers 356 this week
Note that there is no Monday lab due to the holiday. Veteran's day falls on
a Wednesday this year, so the Monday section will meet Nov 9th, so it will all even
out. At that time the Monday students may be asked to perform this lab, or a more
onerous lab dealing with the material we are covering at that time.
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7 |
Oct 15
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Exam I for approximately 1 hour.
This is an open-book type exam. You may use your textbook and
one side of one 8.5 x 11" sheet of paper as a formula sheet.
You may use your calculator to calculate, but not to store reference material.
We will also spend approximately one hour on a continuing discussion
of Chapter 14 (Operational Amplifiers). Notice that
I didn't mention the order in which these events would occur...
Homework 5 assigned.
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Lab 6 |
Oct 19, 21
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Lab 6: Operational Amplifiers
Note that lab meets in Crothers 356 this week
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8 |
Oct 22
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Chapter 6: Frequency Response, Bode Plots, and Resonance
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Lab 7 |
Oct 26, 28
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Note that lab meets in Crothers 356 this week
There is very little pre-lab for this week. You should show up at
your regular lab section, and will be given
several circuits to analize.
These include the circuits we raced over on Thursday:
high- and low-pass first order filters as well as parallel and series resonant
circuits. You will be instructed to measure several parameters as you change
the input frequency. You will not need to write a report for this
week's lab, but will incorporate this discussion when you design and test your
own filters next week.
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9 |
Oct 29
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Chapter 6: Frequency Response, Bode Plots, Filters, and Resonance
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Lab 8 |
Nov 2, 5
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Note that lab meets in Crothers 356 this week
You will be given
several filters to design and analize.
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Nov 3
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No Makeup Test Today -- Moved to Thursday, Nov 5
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10 |
Nov 5
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(Approximately) one hour make up exam -- see lengthy email
followed by (approximately) one hour recitation session and lab
discussion on Chapter 6 and maybe Chapter 14 problems.
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Lab 5 |
Nov 9
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Lab 5: Wave-Shaping Circuits (Using Diodes)
Note that lab meets in Crothers 356 this week
Note that there is no Wednesday lab due to Veteran's day
The Monday students have already completed this lab.
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11 |
Nov 12
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More problems over Chapter 6 and Chapter 14 material, and
Microcomputers, Chapter 8.
Read 8-8.3,
skim 8.4,
skip the rest of the chapter.
We are going to learn how microcomputers work, but will program them in
C (a language most of us already know) instead of learning a new language.
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Lab 9 |
Nov 16, 18
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Lab 9 -- Traffic Light Controller.
Note that the lab meets in SECS 232 this week
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12 |
Nov 19
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Microcomputers, Chapter 8.
Read 8-8.3,
skim 8.4,
skip the rest of the chapter.
We are going to learn how microcomputers work, but will program them in
C/C++ (a language most of us already know) instead of learning a new language.
Ideal Transformers (Section 15.5)
Homework 6 assigned for Wednesday, 11/25
Homework 7 assigned for Thursday, 12/3
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Lab 10 |
Nov 23, 25
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Lab 10 -- Stepper Motor Controller.
Note that the lab meets in SECS 232 this week
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Nov 26
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No Class -- Thanksgiving Day
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13 |
Dec 3
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More on Motors
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14 |
Dec 10
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Exam II
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Dec 18 |
Final exam -- 4 pm -- ECS 131 (Friday, December 18th)
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