ECEN4618   ECEN4618: Spring 1999 Syllabus

Updated April 21, 1999.



Notes:  Links to Lab Handouts and Grading Sheets are Underlined.
Things that earn points toward your grade appear in RED.
 
 
ECEN4618 Advanced Electronics Lab Spring 1999 Syllabus 
January 11:  No Lab January 15:  Intro to course
    Lecture on Lab # 1 Timing Circuits With the 555 Timer experiment
January 18:  No Lab January 22:  Lecture on Lab # 2 Pulse Width Modulator experiment
    Prelab # 1 is DUE
January 25:  Begin Lab # 1 Timing Circuits With the 555 Timer
        Quiz # 1    Solution to Quiz # 1		 January 29:  Continue with PWM experiment lecture
    Prelab # 2 is DUE
February 1:  Begin Lab # 2 Pulse Width Modulator Lab session 1 of 2
   Report # 1 is DUE, see Lab # 1 Grading sheet		 February 5:  Lecture on Lab # 3 Voltage-Controlled Waveform Generator experiment
February 8:  Finish PWM experiment, Lab session 2 of 2
       Quiz # 2    Solution to Quiz # 2		 February 12:  Continue with VCW Generator experiment lecture
     Prelab # 3 is DUE
February 15:  Begin Lab # 3 Voltage-Controlled Waveform Generator Lab session  1 of 2
    Report # 2 is DUE, see Lab # 2 Grading sheet
    Quiz # 3 Solution to Quiz # 3		 February 19:  Lecture on Lab # 4 CMOS 4046 Phase-Locked Loop experiment
February 22:  Finish VCW Generator experiment, 
   Lab session 2 of 2		 February 26:  Lecture on Lab # 5 FSK Data Modem Design experiment
     Prelab # 4 is DUE
March 1:  Begin Lab # 4 CMOS 4046 Phase-Locked Loop
    Report # 3 is DUE, see Lab # 3 Grading sheet
    Quiz # 4 Solution to Quiz # 4		 March 5:  Continue with FSK Modem lecture
     (Prelab # 5 is not due until Monday, March 8)
March 8:  Begin FSK Data Modem Design Lab session 1 of 4
      Prelab # 5 is DUE
    (Report # 4 is NOT due; see next week)		 March 12:  Continue with FSK Modem lecture
March 15:  Continue FSK Modem Lab session 2 of 4
   Quiz # 5A  Solution to Quiz # 5a
     Report # 4 is DUE, see  Lab # 4 Grading sheet		 March 19:  NO LECTURE; office hours in the lab from 11 to 12.  Additional materials:
Understanding 300 Baud Modem Specifications , and
CMOS 300 Baud Modem
March 22:  SPRING BREAK (No Lab) March 26:  SPRING BREAK (No Lecture)
March 29:  Continue FSK Modem Lab session 3 of 4
    Quiz # 5B  Solution to Quiz # 5b		 April 2:  Lecture on Lab # 6 A/D Converter Design experiment 
April 5:  Finish FSK Modem Lab session 4 of 4
    Modem Demo is DUE in the Lab		 April 9:  Continue with A/D Converter lecture
    Prelab # 6 is DUE
April 12:  Begin A/D Converter Design Lab session 1 of 4
   **You can still demo your modem on this day!**
    Report # 5 is DUE, see Lab # 5 Grading sheet		 April 16:  Office Hours in the Lab
April 19:  Continue A/D Converter Lab session 2 of 4
    Quiz # 6 (the final quiz!)    Solution to Quiz # 6 		 April 23:  Office Hours in the Lab
April 26:  Continue A/D Converter Lab session 3 of 4
     Fill out FCQ's		 April 30:  Office Hours in the Lab
May 3:  Finish A/D Converter lab session 4 of 4
    A/D Converter Demo is DUE in the Lab		 May 7:  No Lecture
May 10:  No Lab
    Report # 6 is DUE Tuesday, May 11 by 5:00 PM
*** There is no specific grading sheet for Report # 6:  your report will be graded w/ respect to the quality of other groups' reports (presentation is KEY!) 

 

Grading Policy
  1. Experiment 1: 5%
  2. Experiment 2: 10%
  3. Experiment 3: 15%
  4. Experiment 4: 10%
  5. Experiment 5: 15%
  6. Experiment 6: 15%
  7. Prelabs (total): 10%
  8. Quizzes: 10%
  9. Laboratory work: 10%
Prelabs are due at the beginning of the Friday lecture before the lab starts.  Prelabs turned in at the beginning of the first lab session will be docked 25%;  Prelabs later than the beginning of the lab will be graded, BUT NOT SCORED.
All lab reports are due at the beginning of the lab session.  Reports late by under 1 week will be docked 10%; two weeks 25%, three weeks 50%.  Reports more than three weeks late will NOT BE ACCEPTED and no reports will be accepted after May 11 at 5 PM.  (The beginning means within 15 minutes after the class officially begins: NO EXCEPTIONS!)

 

 
 
 
 
 

         Lab Quizzes will be given during certain lab sessions.  Quizzes will be short and will either cover material in the prelabs or concepts from the current lab experiment.
 

Important Dates
  1. No lab on January 18 for Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday
  2. No lab on March 22 for Spring Break
  3. Lab 6 project demostrations in the lab: May 3
  4. Last day of classes: May 3
  5. No reports accepted after this date: May 11 at 5:00 PM

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