Lab Notes and Write-ups

dc circuit basics.pdf Kirchoff’s laws, parallel and series combinations, mesh loop method, Thévenin and Norton equivalent circuits, and power in dc circuits.
Complex numbers review Basic identities and operations for complex numbers; application to harmonic oscillator systems.
RC and RLC circuits Impedance, power factors, decibels, and analysis of sinusoidally driven circuits, including transmission lines.
Diodes Basic physics of PN junctions, typical properties, examples of typical applications.
Transistors Properties of bipolar transistors; basic circuits, including the common-emitter amplifier.
FETs A very brief summary of field-effect transistors and a few circuits that use them.
Op Amps Operational amplifier properties and a survey of the most useful op amp circuits.
Digital Logic Basic digital logic: Logic levels, 2-input gates, logic design example.
DACS and ADCs Analog/digital interface: D/A and A/D converters, phase-locked loops.
Memory Basics of memory chip organization and usage.
Microcontrollers Brief introduction to microcontrollers, in particular the Microchip PIC32MX250F128B 32-bit, 28-pin microcontroller.

Sample C program Complete MPLAB-X project file for the microcontroller design in the schematic at the end of the Microcontroller lecture notes.

Data Transmission Considerations for digital and analog data transmission; modulation.
Noise Shot noise, resistor Johnson noise, and a quick look at some other noise sources.