Texts:
"The Art of Electronics" by Horowitz & Hill
"Experiments in Modern Physics" by Melissinos
Both are on reserve in the Fine Hall library
| Week | Dates | Meeting Times | Topic | Assignment Due |
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| 1 | Feb 4-8 | Feb 6 7:30-10:20 PM |
Electronics and Feedback, Transducers. Build and demonstrate a temperature control circuit in LabView. |
Feb 20 |
| 2 | Feb 11-15 | Feb 13 7:30-10:20 PM |
Data Acquisition and Signal Techniques. Start with LabView tutorial. |
March 5 |
| 3 | Feb 18-22 | Feb 20 5:00-8:00 PM |
More Transducers and Error Analysis. Continue work on LabView to find mystery signal. |
March 5 |
| 4 | Feb 25-29 | Feb 27 7:30-10:20 PM |
Vacuum & Cryogenic Techniques. Use vacuum/cryo techniques and continue with sync averaging. |
Feb 29, proposal due |
| 5 | Mar 3-7 | Mar 3 Mar 4 |
30 min proposal presentation on Mar 3 and 4, before 2:30 PM!
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March 5, LabView due Begin projects |
| 6 | Mar 10-14 | w/ groups | Work on project | |
| Mar 17-Mar 21 | Spring Break | |||
| 7 | Mar 24-Mar 28 | w/ groups | Work on project | |
| 8 | Mar 31-Apr 4 | w/ groups | Work on project | |
| 9 | Apr 7-11 | Apr 9 7:30-10:20 PM |
Interim report to class Work on project |
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| 10 | Apr 14-18 | w/ groups | Work on project | |
| 11 | Apr 21-25 | w/ groups | Work on project | Apr 25 Draft web page due |
| 12 | Apr 28-May 2 | w/ groups | Work on project | |
| Reading | May 5-8 | May 8 7:30-10:20 PM |
May 8, group presentations with pizza. | May 12 Final web page due |