Physics 321 —  Fall 2019
  Electric Circuits and Electronics

Lecture:                                            Labs:
TR 11:00am-12:15pm,  2104 Chamberlin   301:Tu 2:25PM – 5:25PM, 4128 Ch.
                                                                    302:Tu 7:00PM –10:00PM, 4128 Ch.
                                                                      304:R   2:25PM – 5:25PM, 4128 Ch.

Text:   "Introduction to Modern Electronics"   J.C. Sprott  (errata)

                                                                                               
Exams: 6-weeks Oct. 8 (in class);
             12-weeks Nov. 7 (in class);
             Final  Friday Dec. 13, 5:05 pm

Lab Instructors:

Section 301:                                                  Sections 302 and 304:
Trevor Oxholm, 5206 Chamberlin Hall         Jacob Scott, 3331 Chamberlin Hall
oxholm@wisc.edu, 860-303-5100                 jacob.scott@wisc.edu, 303/834-5219
Office Hours: Fri 2:00-3:00PM                      Office Hours: Mon 12:00-1:00PM

   in 5242 Chamberlin                                        in 4128 Chamberlin (lab)

Resources :

Syllabus — 2019

Appendices

Prelab Worksheets

Laboratory Equipment
MSO2014 Oscilloscope Manuals
MSO2014 Oscilloscope Tutorials
DMM4020 Digital Multimeter
AFG2021 Function Generator
BNC 575 Pulse Generator
Topward 6306 Power Supply
Keithley 610c Electrometer

Homework Problem Sets

Fourier Transforms Cheatsheet

Supplementary Notes

Practice Exams

 

Wk Home work Tuesday Topics Thursday Topics Reading 1 HW1 9/3 No class 9/5 (Intro Lab) DC Voltage and Current, Ohm’s Law, Sources 1.1-1.4 2 HW2 9/10 (IntroLab) Meters, Kirchoff’s Law 9/12 (Lab 1) Circuit Theorems 1.5-1.7; 2.1-2.4 3 HW3 9/17 (Lab 1) Inductors, Capacitors 9/19 (Lab 2) Transient Analysis 2.5-2.7; 3.1-3.5 4 HW4 9/24 (Lab 2) AC Circuit Time Domain 9/26 (Lab 3) AC Circuit Frequency Domain 3.6-3.8; 4.1-4.4 5   10/1 (Lab 3) Filters, Transformers 10/3 (Lab 4) Nonsinusoidal circuits, Fourier Analysis 4.5-4.8; 5.1-5.4 6 HW5 10/8 (Lab 4) Midterm Exam #1 10/10 (Lab 5) Fourier Analysis, Transmission Line 5.5-5.8 7 HW6 10/15 (Lab 5) Intro. to p-n Junctions 10/17 (Lab 6) Diode Applications 6.1-6.9 8 HW7 10/22 (Lab 6) Junction FETs 10/24 (Lab 7) Bipolar Transistors 7.1-7.2, 7.7-7.9; 8.1-8.3 9   10/29 (Lab 7) Transistor Amplifiers 10/31 (Lab 8) Transistor Amplifiers; Intro. Operational Amplifiers 8.4-8.9; 9.1-9.2 10 HW8 11/5 (Lab 8) Applications of Ideal Op-Amps 11/7 (Lab 9) Midterm Exam #2 9.3-9.5 11 HW9 11/12 (Lab 9) Negative Feedback with Finite Gain 11/14 (Lab 10) Non-Ideal Op-Amp Characteristics 9.2; 9.6-9.9 12   11/19 (Lab 10) Positive Feedback, Oscillators, Other Nonlinear 11/21 (Lab 11) Boolean Algebra 10.1-10.2, 10.5-10.7 13 HW10 11/26 (No lab) Logic Circuits, Flip Flops 11/28 (No lab) No class (Thanksgiving) 11.1-11.3 14   12/3 (Lab 11) Counters, Registers 12/5 (Lab 12) D-to-A, A-to-D Conversion 11.4-11.8 15   12/10 (Lab 12) Intro to SPICE 12/12 No class 16    Friday, December 13, 5:05 – 7:05PM — Final Exam