This laboratory paper consists of a number of experimental tasks, or 'labs'. Students engage in applied projects that explore important circuit topologies, and techniques in modern electronics for collecting, transmitting, and processing information represented as electrical signals.
The paper is taught by Colin Fox, laboratory demonstrator is Hilary Lawrence.
There are currently 7 labs available, some of which are designated 1-week labs, the rest are 2-week labs. We run a type of Keller plan, which means that students progress at their own pace; there is no fixed time to start or finish a given lab. The final grade is the sum of the grades for each completed lab, plus a mark for the end-of-semester presentation.
All students make a short presentation of a lab of their choosing to the class on the last lab session of the semester (date TBA).
Lab paper outline (with a rant on keeping lab books, and marking/grading details).
Lab sheet | Pre-lab reading | |
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Introduction to ELVIS | ELVIS | NI ELIVS II Orientation Manual |
Time and Frequency Response of RC Circuits | RC | Horowitz and Hill sections 1.13, 1.14, 1.19 H. P. Hsu, section 5.47 |
Near-Field Electrostatic Communicator | NFEC | Horowitz and Hill section 13.15 LF356 data sheet LM386 data sheet example layout (and arduino code) Using ARB to generate custom waveforms |
Optical Data Link | Optic | LM361 data sheet BC558 data sheet |
Differential Amplifier | DiffAmp | Horowitz and Hill section 2.18 |
Arduino #1 | Control | |
Arduino #2 | HalfTheremin | |
Arduino #3 (optional) | The Full Theremin Δ |