Experiment 1 | Project 1 |
Experiment 2 | Project 2 |
Experiment 3 | Project 3 |
Experiment 4 | Project 4 |
Experiment 5 | General Info |
Experiment 6 | LTspice |
Experiment 7 | Textbooks |
Experiment 8 | Report Info |
M2K (ADALM2000) Information
Scopy Software Information and Download .
Using Wave Files in Scopy (M2k) (Not all wave files appear to be formatted the same- Examples that work [Right Click to Download]: Batter Churchill Klaatu Kansas Problem)
Kit of Parts ADALP2000
Details on the parts in the kit
Analog Discovery Information
Analog Discovery General Information (Includes info on related products, adaptors, etc.)
Getting Started with Analog Discovery 2
Analog Discovery Getting Started Videos
Waveforms Software Information and Download (Note that there are two versions of Waveforms. Waveforms 2015 is the new version and the one you should use. The older version was used in some of the experiment write ups.
Mobile
Studio & Analog Discovery Connections
Calibration Procedure (This should
be done as soon as possible.)
Using Wave Files in Wavegen (Not all wave files appear to be formatted the same- Examples that work [Right Click to Download]: Batter Churchill Klaatu Kansas Problem)
Math Channel Example in Waveforms
LTspice Information and some legacy Pspice/Capture info
LTspice Getting Started Guide - read pages 14, 17-18, 20-23, 35-38
LTspice Information Flyer & Shortcuts
Introduction to LTspice - RPI Professor Hameed
Using LTspice on a Mac This uses an old version of LTspice but is a very good introdution.
Validating PSpice (New document on using results available from PSpice but not from experiments)
General Information
Troubleshooting and Debugging How to handle all of the little problems that can occur when building circuits and running PSpice. This document is continually updated based on new experiences in the classroom. You will find nearly all issues addressed here.
Electronic Concepts and Troubleshooting 101 Some concepts and troubleshooting issues to think about for each experiment and project.
Concepts for Think-Pair-Share Discussions. Discussion Sheet for TPS. These are the questions addressed at the beginning of each class. The responses are used to check attendance.
Electronic Switching Concept issues in Exp 6
Oscilloscope Tutorials and Overviews:
How to Use an Oscilloscope from Sparkfun
Introduction to Oscilloscopes Lab Experiment from Tektronix
ONLINE: D. M. Gingrich, Electronics
(1999)
ONLINE: S. A. Hoenig, How to Build and
Use Electronic Devices Without Frustration, Panic,
Mountains of Money, or an Engineering Degree (Second
Edition, 1980), (Third
Edition, 2002)
ONLINE: Real Analog from Digilent
ONLINE: A. Ganago and J. L. Sleight, Circuits Laboratory Companion from National Instruments
Paperback or Kindle, iTunes, Goodread,
etc: P. Scherz and S. Monk, Practical
Electronics for Inventors (3rd ed, 2013) Now the recommended text for this
course.
Paperback Only: C. Lunn, The Essence of Analog Electronics (1996) Formerly a Required Text for this Course, Now Optional
Hardcover Only: P. Horowitz and W. Hill, The Art of Electronics (1989) A Wonderful Book
ONLINE: Play-Hookey This is not really an online textbook, but it has all the same useful information
ONLINE: All About Circuits Also contains videos, forums, blogs on circuits and electronics.
ONLINE:
Components
and Circuits Lab from UCSD, excellent materials
on circuit analysis, complex arithmetic, etc.
ONLINE: Lessons
in Electric Circuits from Tony Kuphaldt -- this
is now organized under Learning
Electronics, an open source community you can contribute
to.
ONLINE: Analog Circuits Laboratory from Caltech -- excellent course notes that add up to a decent book.
What to include in Experiment Write-ups
Checklist
Reflection Tasks (Updated 1-27-16) This
document lists all steps necessary to obtain a signature for
specific tasks in experiments and projects.
Project Report Guidelines
PowerPoint
Presentation for Introduction
Experiment
1 using Analog Discovery (docx)
Experiment
1 using M2K (docx)
Experiment 1 Submission Templates (docx):
without
placeholders , with
placeholders
PowerPoint Presentation for
Experiment 1 (pdf)
See Lectures or YouTube for
video lectures on these topics
Audio
Spectrum also Speech
Banana Check out also information on how our hearing
changes with frequency (e.g. Frequency
and Loudness Response of Ear) also the concept of Sound
Pressure is also relevant.
How to use a breadboard
Video:
Identifying Resistors (pdf)
General discussion of how to accurately identify the value
of resistors. (Addresses a big idea for this course and
engineering.)
Additional reading:
Series
and Parallel Resistors
Battery Specs and Battery
Measurements
Optional related
information:
Electric
Generator Applet
Basic
Circuit Information
Identifying
Electronic Components (uC
Hobby)
Experiment
2 Analog Discovery (docx)
Experiment
2 using M2K (docx)
Experiment 2 Submission Templates (docx): without
placeholders , with
placeholders
PowerPoint Presentation
for Experiment 2 (pdf) See Lectures or YouTube
for video lectures on these topics
Steady State Handout (Typos: P3
Line 1 'os' should be 'of' and P12 Equation 11 should be the
impedance of an inductor not a capacitor)
Gingrich
Notes
on AC Circuits
Complex
Numbers
(Clark)
Complex
Numbers (Interactive Math, also has some circuit
analysis)
Complex
Numbers (Tony
Kuphaldt, part of Lessons in Circuits linked above)
Circuit
Review (Swarthmore, done as a review for the next
course)
Additional reading:
Phasors (Wikipedia)
More on
Filters
Optional related
information:
Analog
Filter Design Applet
Experiment
3 using M2K (docx)
Math Channel Example in Waveforms
Experiment
3 using Analog Discovery (docx)
Experiment 3 Submission Templates (docx): without
placeholders , with
placeholders
PowerPoint Presentation
for Experiment 3 (pdf) See Lectures or YouTube
for video lectures on these topics
Additional reading:
Ferrite Core Specifications: 495-3864-ND;
495-3856-ND;
495-3861-ND
(from Digi-key)
Transformer Equation Notes
Gingrich
on Inductance
Inductor
Design Help
Optional related
information:
Inductor
Simulator from Barry's Coilgun Website
Mutual
Inductance from All About Circuits
Faraday
Inductance Experiment 1
Faraday
Inductance Experiment 2
Transformer
Applet
Magnetic
Levitation (of assorted objects)
Wire gauge information:
Cirris
(Table and Calculator)
Thevenin
Equivalent Circuits:
Class notes on Thevenin
Equivalent Circuits
Thevenin Applet
Gingrich
on Thevenin Equivalents
Experiment
4 using M2K (docx)
Experiment
4 using Analog Discovery (docx)
Experiment 4 Submission Templates (docx): without
placeholders , with
placeholders
PowerPoint Presentation
for Experiment 4 (pdf) See Lectures or YouTube
for video lectures on these topics
Differentiators
and Integrators Approaching new ideas using
multiple engineering tools
(Addresses a big idea for this course and engineering.)
Additional reading:
Op-Amp
Circuits
Optional related
information:
Gingrich
on Op-Amp Circuits
More
on Op-Amp Circuits from All About Circuits
Mind Machine
Web Museum
Specifications:
OP-27
741 Op-Amp
LF351 Op-Amp
Experiment 5
(docx)
Experiment 5 Submission Templates (docx): without
placeholders , with
placeholders
PowerPoint Presentation for
Experiment 5 (docx) See Lectures or YouTube for
video lectures on these topics
Cantilever Beam
Frequency
Damping
Constant and Natural Frequency General mathematical
analysis of damped harmonic oscillators, including cantilever
beam and RLC circuit. (Addresses a big idea for this course and
engineering.)
Additional reading:
Theory
of Damped Harmonic Motion from Michael Richmond at RIT
Young's
Modulus from Wikipedia
Background
on Harmonic Motion
Cantilever
Beams
Measuring
Strain With Strain Gauges from NI
Strain
Gauges from All About Circuits (excellent discussion)
Strain
Gauges (supplemental slides)
Wheatstone
Bridge from Electronics
Tutorials
Load
Cells from Omega
Optional related
information:
Strain Gauges
Experiment
6 M2k or Analog Discovery (docx)
Experiment 6 Submission Templates (docx): without
placeholders , with
placeholders
PowerPoint Presentation for
Experiment 6 (pdf) See Lectures or YouTube
for video lectures on these topics
Electronic Switching
Addresses the relay experiment using Mobile Studio, but the
concepts are general
Additional reading:
Schmitt
Trigger
Carburetor
Application
Flow
Valve
Control
Optional related
information:
Gingrich
on Transistors
Specifications:
Coto Reed Relay
8L01-05-001
Omron
Relay G5LE-1A4
Panasonic
JS1-5V-F
OP-27
741 Op-Amp
7414 Schmitt Trigger | CMOS 7414 from NXP
7404 Inverter
2N3904 Transistor
2222 Transistor
PN2222 Transistor
Experiment
7 (docx)
Experiment 7 Submission
Templates (docx): without
placeholders , with
placeholders
Proper wiring of Part A, Logic gates: video
PowerPoint
Presentation for Experiment 7 (pdf) See Lectures or YouTube
for video lectures on these topics
555 Timer
Animation
Mushroom Timer
Information
Gingrich
on Digital Electronics or try this if the link is broken
Additional reading
555 Timer Time Constant
Introductory
Digital Electronics
Basic
Digital Information
Optional related
information
Boolean
Algebra
How Boolean
Logic Works
How
digital gates work
Digital
Electronics Links
Gingrich
on
RC Decay
Specifications
7404 Inverter
7402 2-input NOR
7410 3-input NAND
74107 JK Flip-Flop
74393 Counter
555 Timer
Logic Gate Applets (try
out these applets to see if you understand digital logic
concepts)
Interactive
Simulation Framework
Experiment
8 M2k or Analog Discovery (docx)
Experiment 8
Submission Templates (docx): without
placeholders , with
placeholders
Supplemental information for experiment 8
PowerPoint Presentation for
Experiment 8 (pdf) See Lectures or YouTube for
video lectures on these topics
Supplement to
experiment 8 handout
Second Supplement
on Diode Measurements
Additional reading:
Photosensors
Gingrich
on
Diodes
Basic
Diode Information
Diodes
The
Radiometry of Light Emitting Diodes (Labsphere)
Optional related
information:
More
on Zener Diodes
Diodes
and
P/N Junctions
Specifications:
1N4148 Diode Specs
1N750A Zener
Diode Specs
LT1893 Phototransistor
Project
1 PowerPoint Presentation (pdf)
also see Lectures or YouTube
for video lectures on these topics
Additional reading:
Science
Buddies Building an Electric Motor
Jose Pino's
Beakman's Motor instructions (very good with nice
pictures)
Hila
Science Camp motor project
Science
toys you can make with your kids, includes some excellent
photos.
SimpleMotor,
a site dedicated to simple, inexpensive motors that are easy to
build.
Motors
from the Buffalo State Physics Education site
Beakman
Video
Optional related
information:
AC
Generator Applet
Stepper
Motors
How
Batteries Work
Specifications:
Battery Specs
Project 2 Analog Discovery or M2k handout (docx)
Project 2 PowerPoint
Presentation (pdf) See Lectures or YouTube
for video lectures on these topics
Additional reading:
Data Analysis Example
How
Accelerometers Work (More
on Accelerometers from Dimension Engineering)
Additional related
information:
Spreadsheet
in Mathematics -- Fitting Functions
Specifications:
ADXL327 accelerometer
OP-27
Maxim473
741 Op-Amp
ADXL250 No longer used.
Project
3 handout (docx)
See Lectures or YouTube for
video lectures on these topics
555 Timer Animation (for
project 3)
Additional reading:
Binary
Counters
Specifications
555 Timer
MAX474
MAX492
Project
4 handout {M2k or Analog Discovery} (docx)
Project 4 PowerPoint
Presentation (pdf)
also see Lectures or YouTube for
video lectures on these topics
LTspice model
for Project 4, .asc file (download and open with LTspice)
Recording of TV-B-Gone Remote output detected
with Project 4 Receiver Circuit. Short excerpt of TV-B-Gone
signal (wav files).
Additional reading:
Simulation Information
Audio
Circuits
Optional related
information:
Background
on A/D and D/A Conversion
Frequency
Modulation
Specifications:
741 Op-Amp
386 Audio Amplifier
555 Timer
LT1893 Phototransistor
Supplementary pin-outs and
circuits