EE-241-Fall2009
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EE-241: Introductory Electronics Laboratory
Instructor: Dr Abubakr Muhammad
Email: abubakr [at] lums.edu.pk
Office: 301 (PDC Bldg)
Office Hours: TBA
Year: 2009-10
Semester: Fall
Category: Undergrad (EE core)
Credits: 2
Course Website: http://cyphynets.lums.edu.pk/index.php/EE-241
Course Description
A lab course to introduce electric circuits, electrical measurements and electronic devices. Topics include generating and measuring electrical signals; building and analyzing simple circuits using transformers, OP-Amps, diodes, MOSFETS; concepts of amplification, filtering and modulation. Includes a term project on constructing a complete electronic system.
Course Status
Core course for electrical engineering majors
Pre-requisites
Enforced : Phys 100: Experimental Physics - I
Recommended: None
Goals
To provide a self-contained introduction to building, testing and understanding basic electrical circuits and electronic devices.
Text book
A First Lab in Circuits and Electronics by Yannis Tsividis. John Wiley & Sons. 2002.
Laboratory Staff
- Syed Abdullah Nauroze (Teaching fellow)
- Kashif Rahim (Teaching assistant)
- Farhan Ateeq (Teaching assistant)
- Zain Khan (Teaching assistant)
- Syed Atif Adnan (Lab Engineer)
- Syed Muhammad Asif (Lab facilitator)
- Muhammad Umer Qureshi(Sr. Lab technician)
- Tahir Javaid (Lab technician)
- Sarfraz Ali (Lab attendant)
- Iqrar Ahmed (Lab attendant)
- Abubakr Muhammad (Faculty in-charge)
Grading Scheme
Lab performance : 50%
Project : 25%
Final Exam: 25%
Policies and Guidelines
- This is a 2 credit-hours course. You are expected to spend a total of 6 hours per week for this course. This is not a pass/fail course.
- The class has been divided into various sections. Please find out your weekly schedule from your program coordinator.
- Each lab session can be completed in roughly 2.5-3 hours.
- After your weekly lab performance, you should visit the course website and download the pre-lab exercises and handouts for the next lab. You are expected to read them thoroughly before coming to the next lab session. Plan to dedicate 2.5-3 hours per week on reading the handouts and solving pre-lab exercises.
- If assigned, hand in the pre-lab exercises at the start of each experiment.
- There will be 11 lab sessions in total, including a computer based tutorial session on circuit simulation. Your performance in these 11 sessions will count towards 50% of your final grade. Your ten best performances will be used to compute your grade. Lab 0 will only be an orientation session and will not be counted towards course grading.
- PROJECT
- A major requirement for this course is a group project. The project will carry a weight of 25% in the final grade.
- A list of project ideas can be found here. You can also suggest your own project idea, with the permission of the instructor.
- You will do this project in groups of three (all members must be from the same section). You can also choose a mentor from the list of laboratory staff, who can guide you during your project.
- By November 10th, 2009, each group must submit a proposal for a project. Here you can find a template for the projects with detailed instructions on how to write the proposal. A sample proposal is found here. (For those who can use LaTeX, here is the Tex file for this template.)
- You will be expected to design, test and fabricate a small electronic system, thus demonstrating your understanding of basic ideas of electrical and electronic engineering.
- Soon after you submit your proposal, the lab will be opened for extended hours to let you work on your projects.
- In the last week of the semester, there will be a project exhibition during which your projects will be graded and displayed.
- Attendance in lab sessions in mandatory. Failure to attend the lab sessions may seriously affect your final grade.
- Make use of the hands-on circuit simulation and circuit board manufacturing workshops to facilitate your laboratory exercises as well as to enhance your project.
Schedule
| WEEK | SCHOOL CALENDAR | COURSE CALENDAR | TOPICS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1. August 24 | Aug 24. Classes begin. | Orientation / Lab 0 | Electrical safety Slides.
Introduction to electrical components and instruments.Handout. Generating and observing time-varying signals. Oscilloscope Manual |
| Week 2. August 31 | Aug 31. Add/drop with full refund | Lab 1 | RC circuits and transients. Handout |
| Week 3. September 7 | Sept 10. Second payment deadline | Lab 2 | Diodes and their applications. Handout |
| Week 4. September 14 | Lab 3 | Basic characteristics of op amps and comparators Handout | |
| Week 5. September 21 | Eid-ul-Fitr holidays | No lab this week. | |
| Week 6. September 28 | Sept 30. Drop with penalty | Lab 4 | Introduction to SPICE; Computer based exercises. PSPICE tutorial slides.
Assignment Handout. |
| Week 7. October 5 | Lab 5; Project list distributed | Amplifier design using op amps; Making a simple sound system. Handout. | |
| Week 8. October 12 | Lab 6 | Filters, frequency response, and tone control. Handout | |
| Week 9. October 19 | Midterm exams - CLASSES CANCELLED FOR ONE WEEK | Lab 7 - GROUPS a,b | LC circuits, resonance and transformers. Handout |
| Week 10. October 26 | CLASSES CONTINUED. | Lab 7 - GROUPS c,d | LC circuits, resonance and transformers. Handout |
| Week 12. November 2 | Nov 7. Makeup class (Monday schedule) | Workshop - All groups
Lab 8 - Group a only; | Hands-on workshop on PCB making (Groups a,b,c,d).
MOSFET characteristics and applications (Group a only). Handout |
| Week 13. November 9 | Nov 9. Iqbal day; | Lab 8 - GROUPS b,c,d;
Nov 10. Project proposal due. | MOSFET characteristics and applications. Handout |
| Week 14. November 16 | Lab 9 | Principles of amplification. Handout. CD4066 Data Sheet. | |
| Week 15. November 23 | Eid-ul-Azha holidays. Nov 27-30. | Lab 10 | Modulation and radio reception. Handout |
| Week 16. Novemeber 30 | Eid-ul-Azha holiday. Nov 30. Dec 5th. Makeup class (Monday schedule) | Lab 11 | MOSFET Digital Logic Gates. Handout |
| Week 17. December 7 | Dec 11. Last day of classes; Dec 12-15, Reading and review. | Project work. | |
| Week 18. December 14 | Dec 15. Convocation;
Dec 16-23. Exams; Dec 31. Final grades submission; Dec 24-Jan 22 Semester break. | December 14. Project exhibition & grading | Project Exhibition List of Student Projects |
