The lab for the course is located in 1206 Mudd Bldg. The lab space is dedicated exclusively to this course. The lab has 13 work stations, each one to be used by a team of two students. We will have 4 lab sections. To see the detailed schedule and also find out which lab you have been assigned to, please see the Lab Sections page.
The following is the schedule of lab experiments. Make sure that you read
the relevant material from Tsividis' book in advance
of coming to the lab. Also, in preparation for the first lab, you must read
the introductory material in pages 1-13 ('Good Lab Practices', and 'Ground
Connections').
Week of |
Lab Assignment |
Jan. 27 |
Experiment 1, |
Feb. 3 |
Experiment 2, Simple DC circuits; resistors and resistive sensors |
Feb. 10 |
Experiment 3, Generating, observing, and hearing time-varying signals |
Feb. 17 |
Experiment 4, Basic characteristics of op amps and comparators |
Feb. 24 |
Midterm Project |
Mar. 3 |
Experiment 5, Amplifier design using op amps; a sound system |
Mar. 10 |
Experiment 6, RC circuit transients; more on measurement techniques |
Mar. 17 |
Spring Break |
Mar. 24 |
Experiment 7, Filters, frequency response, and tone control |
Mar. 31 |
Experiment 8, LC circuits, resonance, and transformers |
Apr. 7 |
Experiment 9, Diodes and their application, parts 1-10 and Experiment 10, Modulation and radio reception, parts 15-19 |
Apr. 14 |
Experiment 11, MOSFET characteristics and applications; project proposals due |
Apr. 21 |
Experiment 14, Digital logic circuits; gates and latches |
Apr. 28 |
Final project |