Electrical Circuits (Engn/Phys 207), fall 2020

Syllabus, Course Calendar and Content Summary

Syllabus and Course Policies
Daily Schedule [updated 10 Nov 2020]

Circuits Summary fall 2020 (we’ll cover all of this material throughout the term!)

Integrative Assignments (aka Labs)

Assignments & Resources	Due Date
Circuits Kit Components List (stuff we’ll use to build circuits throughout this term)	used all term long
Lab Rubric & Grading	used all term long
Lab 0: Voltage Divider and Adafruit Feather Board Intro [.pdf] Tutorial: How to use a breadboard [.pdf]	27 Aug
Lab 1: Voltage Dividers: audio volume knob and flex sensor LED-Adafruit feather hookup guide/tutorial [.pdf]	02 Sep
Lab 2: Wheatstone Bridge: temperature sensor/thermal warning system [.pdf] Wheatstone Bridge Wiring Worksheet [.pdf] Demo Feather32u4 code for Temp Sensor [.docx] Thermistor datasheet from Vishay Electronics [.pdf]	11 Sep
Lab 3: RC filters: Sound and Heart [.pdf] Toy Story Sound File: Aliens Talking with Rockets [.wav] ECG data files:  clean ecg [.wav]   noisy ecg [.wav] RC Filters Worksheet [.pdf]  (complete section 6 to turn in with this lab)	30 Sep
Lab 4: PPG semiconductor devices [.pdf]	14 Oct
Lab 5: Amplifier Design, part I: Active filters [.pdf] Op-amp Inventory–what’s available in the circuits lab [.pdf]	21 Oct
Lab 6: Photodiode–Transimpedance amp design [.pdf] Photodiode-TIA worksheet [.pdf]	28 Oct
Final Design Project System for wearable health monitor (HR and SP02 monitoring) [.pdf]Arduino/Feather code [on box] and User Manual for Arduino Code [pdf]	04 Nov: Design plan/Status report update due 11 Nov: Proof of concept demonstration completed 18 Nov: Final Report due

Exams

1. Sample Problem from 2017 [.pdf]  and   Solution to Count Flapula Problem [.pdf]
2. Exam 1 Coversheet [.pdf]   and Exam 1 Study Guide [.pdf]
3. Exam 2 Coversheet [pdf]

Supplementary Material

(useful stuff posted here throughout term)

1. Picoscope: getting started [.pdf]  and Picoscope Phase Measurement [.pdf] and Pico Frequency Response toolbox [.pdf]
2. General Advice and Free Software Tools for Drawing Circuit Schematics [.pdf]
3. Fluke MultiMeter Manual [.pdf]
4. Example MATLAB code on box drive [.www]
5. Scientific Writing: Sample 1 [.pdf]  and Sample 2 [.pdf] and Lab Revision Examples [.pptx]

Powerpoints/Handouts from Class

1. Intro Circuits Concepts [.pptx]
2. Ohm’s Law: Feather 32u4 workshop [.pdf] and Intro Circuits Concepts [.pptx] and Power (P = IV) [.pptx]
3. Wheatstone Bridge [.pptx]
4. Power (P = IV) [.pptx]  and Solutions to in class probs [.pdf]
5. Capacitors and Phasors [.pptx]   Phasor/Complex Numbers worksheet [.pdf]  with Solutions [.pdf]
6. RC filters: HPF, LPF, BPF, H(f), G(f)  [.pptx]  and Series Equivalent Impedance [.pdf] and Filter Derivation Review [.pdf]  and RC filter worksheet with Solutions [.pdf]
7. Thevenin Equivalent Circuits [.pptx] and BPF Thevenin Equiv In-class Problem [.pdf]
8. Intro Workshop on Semiconductor Devices  [.pdf]  and PN-junction semiconductor physics Intro [.pptx]   and MOSFET switch Intro [.pptx]
9. Op-amp workshop part I: active peak detector, comparator, buffer [.pdf] and Op Amps in negative feedback: non/inverting amplifiers [.pptx] and Active Filters [.pptx]
10. Binary Math, ADCs, and Sampling Theorem [.pptx]
11. CPUs inside:  instruction execution speed worksheet/demo [.pdf] and Repeating tasks at regular intervals worksheet/demo [.pdf] 
12. Wireless Data Transmission: Using BLE to send data for real time plotting [.pdf]
13. Inductors, RLC resonance and RFID [.pptx]