Physics 313: Electronics, Fall 2009

Instructor: Elizabeth George, KSC 308A, 327-7854, egeorge@wittenberg.edu

Course information and syllabus

Link to list of typos and mistakes for textbook

Exam 1 review

Exam 2 review


Assignments:

Assignment 1, due Thursday 8/27/09

     Assignment 1 solutions

Assignment 2, due Tuesday 9/1/09

     Assignment 2 solutions

Assignment 3, due Thursday 9/3/09

     Assignment 3 solutions

Assignment 4, due Tuesday 9/8/09

    Assignment 4 solutions

    graph for problem 1b) (Excel)

Assignment 5, due Tuesday 9/15/09

    Assignment 5 solutions

    graph for problem 1

Assignment 6, due Friday 9/18/09

    Assignment 6 solutions

Assignment 7, due Tuesday 9/29/09

  Assignment 7 solutions

Assignment 8, due Thursday 10/1/09

  Assignment 8 solutions

Assignment 9, due Tuesday 10/6/09

  Assignment 9 solutions

Assignment 10, due Tuesday 10/13/09

  Assignment 10 solutions


Labs:

Lab book guidelines

Lab 1  (DC circuits, voltage dividers, Thevenin)

Lab 2  (AC measurement, RC filters, integrators/differentiators)

Lab 3  (Diodes, power supplies, voltage regulation)

Lab 4  (Bipolar transistors and transistor circuits)

Lab 5  (Op amps and negative feedback)

Lab 6  (Comparators, Positive feedback, oscillators)


Links related to the course:

Applets, demos

NanoHUB 
 
Circuit construction kit (PhET, U. Colorado) 

Semiconductors (PhET)

Breadboard simulator 

References,Professional organizations and companies

  • DigiKey (electronics components supplier)
  • Allied Electronics (ditto)
  • EE Times (news about the electronics industry)
     

    Interesting research involving electronics

  • Electromechanical transistor
  • Atomtronics


  • Elizabeth George's home page
    Wittenberg home page

    last modified: 13 October 2009 EAG