Electronics Laboratory

3 units

Laboratory exercises provide students with a combination of hands-on experience involving electronic circuits. Students will use a variety of real instruments, analysis techniques and circuit simulation tools to summarize measurement results in written reports that clearly communicate laboratory results. A sequence of lab experiments provide hands-on experience in: properties of diodes and transistors, realistic operational amplifier characteristics, grounding and shielding techniques, signal analysis, and op amp based active filter design and characterization. Students will gain experience working with: sampling oscilloscopes to make measurements in the time and frequency domains, signal generators, digital multimeter and frequency measurements, and in creating circuits and making connections on contemporary circuit boards. The course concludes with a hands-on project to design, demonstrate and document the design of an electronic component.