Spring 2026
     Electronic Aids to Measurement

    Lectures in 2120 Chamberlin Tues. and Thurs.  1:00 pm - 2:15 pm

    Labs in 3119A Chamberlin on Wednesdays 2:25-5:25pm and 7:00-10:00pm

    Text: Horowitz & Hill The Art of Electronics, 3rd ed.
     updated index

    Supplementary text (recommended): Sprott Introduction to Modern Electronics       download pdf
                (pdfs of other useful texts are available below)                              (errata)

    Pre-Lab Worksheets:
       (complete before lab and turn in at the beginning of the lab session)
     Except as noted below, prelab questions are all in the Lab Directions

    Homework Assignments Here (click for directory)

• Transmission Lines
• Fourier Transform cheatsheet
• Negative Feedback
• P/N Junctions
• Bi-Polar Transistors
• Differential Equations Tutorial
• On-line introductory circuits textbook
  (pretty good, lots of diagrams):   "All About Circuits"
• Crummy pdf of AoE 2^nd Edition
  
• *Miscellaneous Electronic Tips*   Some useful articles for circuit design
  
• Digital Circuits Handouts:
• Combinational Logic
• Sequential Logic
• Finite State Machines
• Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs)
  
• Analog and Mixed-Signal Simulation with LT SPICE
  

   LABORATORY

   General Lab Handouts:

• Lab Instructions
• Breadboard Instructions
• Lab notebook comments
• Error estimaton for your lab notebook
• Suggestions for Tabulating and Plotting data
  

• MSO2014B oscilloscope tutorials
• MSO2014B oscilloscope manuals
• Other instrument manuals
  

    Software Documentation (PDF format):

• MultiSim
• Altera FPGA
  

    Lab Directions Here:

1. Oscilloscope
2. Transmission Line
3. Common Emmitter Amplifier
   
4. Operational Amplifiers
5. Johnson Noise
6. Phase Detector
7. Oscillators
8. Digital Circuits
9. Phase Locked Loop
10. Digital to Analog and Analog to Digital Conversion
11. Analog and Digital Circuit Simulation
12. FPGA I
13. FPGA II
    

    Data Sheets (PDF format):

     Get the ones you need for an experiment.
     You may be able to share with your lab partner.

• 2N1480 npn Transistor
• 2N3904 npn Transistor
• NTE 326 p Channel JFET
• 74HC164
• 74LS00
• 74LS04
• 74LS112
• 74LS193
• 74LS221
• 74LS283
• 74LS85
• DG419 analog-switch
• LF357 opamp
• LM311 comparator
• LM741 opamp-new
• LM741 opamp-old
• MC14046 phase locked loop
• MC1408 dac
• OP27 opamp
• TIL311 hexadecimal display Substitute
  

		Above items in PDF format require Adobe Acrobat Reader to access. If you need to download a copy, click on the Acrobat icon.