Topics and Notes Summary (last update 4/23/2010):

DATE COMMENT

Apr. 23 (Fri)

Meet in classroom Cobleigh 632:  status update for each project team

 

Apr. 21 (Wed)

Meet in lab:  get together with project teams

 

Apr. 19 (Mon)

Meet in lab:  get together with project teams

 

Apr. 16 (Fri)

Meet in lab:  get together with project teams

 

Apr. 14 (Wed)

Meet in lab:  get together with project teams

 

Apr. 12 (Mon)

Meet in lab:  get together with project teams

 

Apr. 9 (Fri)

Meet in classroom Cobleigh 632:  project team updates

 

Apr. 7 (Wed)

Meet in lab:  get together with project teams

 

Apr. 5 (Mon)

Plan projects/project ideas:  project teams assigned

 

Apr. 2 (Fri)

University Day:  No MSU classes.

 

Mar. 31 (Wed)

Meet in lab:  simple PC microphone circuit.

 

Mar. 29 (Mon)

Meet in classroom Cobleigh 632:  microphones and loudspeakers.

 

Mar. 26 (Fri)

Meet in lab Cobleigh 602:  hands-on soldering practice.

 

Mar. 24 (Wed)

Meet in lab:  interconnect the mini projects.

 

Mar. 22 (Mon)

Meet in classroom Cobleigh 632:  principles of soldering.

 

Mar. 15-19 (Mon-Fri)

Spring Break:  No MSU Classes

 

Mar. 12 (Fri)

Meet in lab:  each team demonstrates the mini projects.

 

Mar. 10 (Wed)

Meet in lab:  finish mini projects.

 

Mar. 8 (Mon)

Meet in lab:  work in teams on the mini projects.

 

Mar. 5 (Fri)

Meet in lab:  work in teams on the mini projects.

 

Mar. 3 (Wed)

Meet in lab:  work in teams on the mini projects.

 

Mar. 1 (Mon)

Meet in classroom Cobleigh 632:  introduction for "mini projects."  Divide class into teams.  Mini projects due on Friday 12 March.

Feb. 26 (Fri)

Meet in classroom Cobleigh 632:  microphones and inputs.

 

Feb. 24 (Wed)

Class cancelled (instructor has last-minute administration meeting).

 

Feb. 22 (Mon)

Meet in classroom Cobleigh 632:  basics of a residential electrical system, as relevant to audio apps.  Handout.

 

Feb. 19 (Fri)

Op amps with diodes; single supply circuits (621 CobH).

 

Feb. 17 (Wed)

Meet in classroom Cobleigh 632:  other components and basic circuits (wrap up on formal intro material).

 

Feb. 15 (Mon)

Presidents' Day Holiday (no MSU classes; offices closed this day)

 

Feb. 12 (Fri)

Follow-up on op amps:  frequency response and inverting summer (621 CobH).

 

Feb. 10 (Wed)

Lab #5:  non-inverting op-amp circuit (621 CobH).

Handouts:  Lab #5.

 

Feb. 8 (Mon)

Meet in classroom Cobleigh 632 this day.  Operational Amplifiers.

EE homework problem solution due at the start of class.

 

Op amp handouts:  overview, notes, example data sheet.

 

Feb. 5 (Fri)

Follow-up on basic lab setups:  bipolar power supply connections, etc. (621 CobH).

 

Feb. 3 (Wed)

Lab #4:  frequency response of resistor-capacitor circuit (621 CobH).

Handouts:  Lab #4.  Students enrolled in EE 480 (EE majors) have a homework problem (due next Monday).

 

Feb. 1 (Mon)

Meet in classroom Cobleigh 632 this day.  Capacitors and amplifiers.

 

Jan. 29 (Fri)

Simple lab procedures involving the signal generator and the oscilloscope (621 CobH).

Handouts:  Basic Lab Equipment  and  Lab #3

 

Jan. 27 (Wed)

Simple lab procedures (cont.), including measuring current. (621 CobH).

 

Jan. 25 (Mon)

Meet in classroom Cobleigh 632 this day.  Review of resistor circuits, breadboard connections, and power supplies.

 

Handout:  Lab #2

 

Jan. 22 (Fri)

Simple lab procedures involving series and parallel resistor combinations (621 CobH).

 

Jan. 20 (Wed)

Simple lab procedures involving multimeter measurements of resistance and voltage (621 CobH).

Handout:  Lab #1

 

Jan. 18 (Mon)

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Holiday.  No MSU classes this day.

 

Jan. 15 (Fri)

Meet in classroom Cobleigh 632 this day.  Basic physical quantities and laws.  Measurement units and circuit symbols.

 

Jan. 13 (Wed)

First class meeting at 3:10PM in Cobleigh Room 621.

Course introduction and topic discussion.