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Bioe 1310 - Linear Systems and Electronics I - Spring 2012

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Lectures - Tue/Thur 2:30-3:45 PM 157 Benedum
Labs - Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, 6:30-9:00 PM in G08 (was B63) Benedum (please attend your assigned day) See Room Policy.
TA Office hours - Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, 5:30-6:30 PM in G08 Benedum
Homework - to be put in box in lab
Pitt Academic Calander (Spring 2012)

This Year's Schedule (2012)

Lecture Reading Homework Review Tests Lab
th 1/5 Lecture 1 - Current, Voltage, Ohm's Law.       No Labs

tu 1/10 Lecture 2 - Safety, Kirchoff's Laws, Series/Parallel, measurements.

 

Reading: Scherz 2.1-2.19 (2.4, 2.8 optional; 2.14 with large grain of salt); Shaum Ch 1-3.    

Lab 1 - Using the Meter, Breadboard, and Soldering Iron.

 

th 1/12 Lecture 3 - Voltage and current dividers, resistivity, power.      
tu 1/17 Lecture 4 - Potentiometers, superposition, Thevenin and Norton equivalents. Reading: Shaum Ch 4-5.   Review DC concepts Build your BLIP
see directions at end of users manual
th 1/19 Lecture 5 - AC circuits, capacitors and inductors. Reading: Scherz 2.20-2.21, 2.22-2.24, 2.26-2.27; Shaum Ch 8-11 (up to Phasors on p. 221) Homework 1 due today by noon, Schaum Problems 1.39-1.64  
tu 1/24 Lecture 6 - Sinusoids, Euler's Identity, complex exponentials
    Review capacitors and inductors

Lab 2 - More Resistor Networks and Potentiometers

 

th 1/26 Lecture 7 More complex exponentials, complex impedance.
  Homework 2 due today by noon, Schaum Problems 2.40 - 2.72 (even; beware in 2.52, the "mil" unit is .001 inch), 3.53, 3.56-3.63, 3.68-3.72  
tu 1/31 Lecture 8 - RC Filters, decibels.
Phasor Notation Manifesto
Reading: Scherz 2.35 (Fourier Series), Scherz 2.32 (Decibels),   Lab 3 - Measuring Capacitor Discharge with the BLIP (Lab 3 spreadsheet)
th 2/2 Lecture 9 - Bode Plots, types of amplitude for sinusoids, Fourier series   Homework 3 due today by noon, Schaum Problems 3.75-3.79, 3.88 - 3.90, 4.33-4.39, 5.35-38, 5.58 Review AC concepts
tu 2/7 Review
      Catch-up Lab
th 2/9 EXAM 1
Lectures 1-5 (through Caps and Inductors), Labs 1-3, Homeworks 1-4 (through 9.44).

Equations 1
Reading: Scherz 4.1-4.2 (Diodes) Homework 4A due today by noon, Schaum Problems 8.38, 8.40 (see page 154), 8.45, 8.46, 8.48, 8.53, 8.61, 8.62, 9.35, 9.36, 9.40, 9.42, 9.44,  
tu 2/14 Old Lecture 10 - Non-linear components, diodes. Reading: 2.30-2.30.1 (Input/Output Impedance), 2.33 - p.216 (2-port filters), 4.3.2 (biopolar transistors),
  Lab 4 - Exploring AC Waveforms (Tektronix Scope Manual)
th 2/16 Old Lecture 11 - More diodes, bipolar transistors.   Homework 4B due today by noon, Schaum Problems 10.49, 10.51, 10.52, 11.21, 11.28, 11.29, 11.30, 11.31, 11.33, 11.35  
tu 2/21 Old Lecture 12 - More transistors, gain, buzzers, latches, Reading: Scherz 5-5.3.4 (LEDs).     Lab 5 - RC Filters
th 2/23 Old Lecture 13 - Thermistors, photosensors, comparators. Reading: Scherz 5.4-5.7, 5.9 (photosensors). Homework 5 due today by noon Review nonlinear and sensors
tu 2/28 Old Lecture 14 - Thermoregulation, hysteresis, operational amplifiers.       Lab 6 - Diodes and Transistors
th 3/1 Old Lecture 15 - More operational amplifiers. Reading: Scherz 7-7.17 (Op Amps) Homework 6 due today by noon
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3/5-9
SPRING RECESS
       
tu 3/13 Old Lecture 16 - More operational amplifiers, Intro to digital logic, binary, hexadecimal. Reading: Scherz 12.1, 12.2, (digital) 12.6.3, 12.6.4 (flip-flops), Ch. 14, especially 14.1 (safety).   Review Op Amps Lab 7 - Comparators, Photoresistors, Thermistors, and Hysteresis
th 3/15 Old Lecture 17- more digital logic, gates, boolean algebra, D flip-flops.   Homework 7 due today by noon
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tu 3/20 Old Lecture 18 - More logic and D flip flops, logic circuitry, MOSFET, CMOS. Reading: Schrertz 4.3.4 (MOSFETs)     Lab 8 - Oscillators and Op Amps
th 3/22 Old Lecture 19 - A/D, D/A, encoders, decoders, memory.   Homework 8 due today by noon
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tu 3/27 EXAM 2
Cumulative through Op Amps, Labs 4-8, Homeworks 5-8.

Equations 2
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      Lab 9 - Digital Circuits, Flip Flops, Counters, Base 2 and 16
th 3/29 Old Lecture 20 - Computer architecture and types of programs, Deep Submersible Alvin telemetric egg Reading: Schertz 12.13.1, 12.13.2 (microprocessors and microcontrollers - overview only).    
tu 4/3 Old Lecture 21 - Hi-frequency, cables and antennae Reading: Schertz 3.1.5     Lab 10 - Carotid pulse meter using a one-shot
th 4/5 Old Lecture 22 - Radio transmitters and receivers   Homework 9 due today by noon
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tu 4/10 Old Lecture 23 - Preview of convolution and Fourier transform, AM modulation/demodulation. Reading Schertz 3.2     Lab 11 - MOSFET, static electricity
th 4/12 Old Lecture 24 - FM, phase lock loop, forshadowing Laplace,Crystals, Q, stability, voltages in biology and chemistry, Batteries Slideshow.      
tu 4/17 Lecture 25 - Review       Catch-up Lab
th 4/19 Lecture 26 - Review     Review Other
EXAM 3
Cumulative

date to be determined
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