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LTspice Getting Started Guide - read pages 14, 17-18, 20-23, 35-38
LTspice Information Flyer & Shortcuts
LTspice Mac OS X 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
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
Introduction -- Course outline, Policies, Materials, Studio
and Open Shop
PowerPoint
Presentation for Introduction
4 Students Per Group
Experiment 1 using Analog Discovery (pdf
w/ comment section) docx
Experiment 1 using M2K (pdf
w/ comment section) (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
2 Students Per Group
Experiment
2 using 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
2 Students Per
Group
Experiment 3
using M2K (docx)
Experiment 3
using Analog Discovery (docx)
Experiment 3 Submission Templates (docx): without
placeholders , with
placeholders
Math Channel Example in Scopy
Math Channel Example in Waveforms
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
2 Students Per Group
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
4 Students Per Group
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
2 Students Per Group
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
2 Students Per Group
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
2 Students Per Group
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
4 Students Per Group
Project
1 handout (docx)
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
4
Students Per Group
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.
4
Students Per Group
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
4 Students Per Group
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
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