Experimental Physics I

3 credits · Undergraduate

This course introduces students to electronics and measuring techniques. Topics include digital electronics: logic gates, clocks, shift registers, counters, memory; analog electronics; R.C.L. circuits, operational amplifiers; electronic systems: A/D and D/A chips, computer chips, and displays. The course also introduces students to modern data acquisition methods (including LabVIEW), skills which will be applied in the design and execution of experiments that illustrate fundamental concepts in physics. This course is open to Honours students only. CALENDAR NOTES: This course has no final examination. Student evaluation is through performance on assignments and projects, and evaluation of written lab reports. PREREQUISITES: PHYC 2150.03 and PHYC 2515.03, or permission of the instructor. FORMATS: Lecture | Lab