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Bioe 1310 - Linear Systems and Electronics I - Spring 2010


Lectures - Tue/Thur 2:30-3:45 PM G34 Benedum
Labs - Tue, Wed, Thu, 6:30-9:00 PM in G08 (was B63) Benedum (attend your assigned day) See Room Policy.
TA Office hours - Tue, Wed, Thu, 5:30-6:30 PM in G08 Benedum

Pitt Academic Calander (Spring 2010)

This Year's Schedule (2010)

Lecture Reading Homework Review Tests Lab
th 1/7 Lecture 1 - Current, Voltage, Ohm's Law.       No Labs

tu 1/12Lecture 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. Homework 1 due this comming friday by noon, Schaum Problems 1.39-1.64  

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

 

th 1/14 Lecture 3 - Voltage and current dividers, resistivity, power.      
tu 1/19 Lecture 4 - Potentiometers, superposition, Thevenin and Norton equivalents. Reading: Shaum Ch 4-5. Homework 2 due this comming friday by noon, Schaum Problems 2.40 - 2.72 (even), 3.53, 3.56-3.63, 3.68-3.72 Review DC concepts Build your BLIP
see directions at end of users manual
th 1/21 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)    
tu 1/26 Lecture 6 - Sinusoids, Euler's Identity, complex exponentials
Phasor Notation Manifesto
  Homework 3 due this comming friday by noon, Schaum Problems 3.75-3.79, 3.88 - 3.90, 4.33-4.40, 5.35-38, 5.58 Review capacitors and inductors also included in Review AC Concepts

Lab 2 - More Resistor Networks and Potentiometers

 

th 1/28 Lecture 7 More complex exponentials, complex impedance.
     
tu 2/2 Lecture 8 - RC Filters, decibels. Reading: Scherz 2.35 (Fourier Series), Scherz 2.32 (Decibels), Homework 4 due this comming friday 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, 10.49, 10.51, 10.52, 11.21, 11.28, 11.29, 11.30, 11.31, 11.33, 11.35, Lab 3 - Measuring Capacitor Discharge with the BLIP (Lab 3 spreadsheet)
th 2/4 Lecture 9 - Bode Plots, types of amplitude for sinusoids, Fourier series     Review AC concepts
tu 2/9 SNOW DAY
Remaining Lecture Notes from Last Year no homework due    
th 2/11 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)    
tu 2/16 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), Homework 5 due this comming friday by noon
  Lab 4 - Exploring AC Waveforms (Tektronix Scope Manual)
th 2/18 Lecture 11 - More diodes, bipolar transistors.      
tu 2/23 Lecture 12 - More transistors, gain, buzzers, latches, Reading: Scherz 5-5.3.4 (LEDs). Homework 6 due this comming friday by noon
Answers
  Lab 5 - RC Filters
th 2/25 Lecture 13 - Thermistors, photosensors, comparators. Reading: Scherz 5.4-5.7, 5.9 (photosensors).   Review nonlinear and sensors
tu 3/2 Lecture 14 - Thermoregulation, hysteresis, operational amplifiers.   Homework 7 due this comming friday by noon
Answers
  Lab 6 - Diodes and Transistors
th 3/4 Lecture 15 - More operational amplifiers. Reading: Scherz 7-7.17 (Op Amps)    
3/8-12
SPRING RECESS
       
tu 3/16 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 3/18 Lecture 17- more digital logic, gates, boolean algebra, D flip-flops.      
tu 3/23 Lecture 18 - More logic and D flip flops, logic circuitry, MOSFET, CMOS. Reading: Schrertz 4.3.4 (MOSFETs) Homework 8 due this comming friday by noon
answers
  Lab 8 - Oscillators and Op Amps
th 3/25 Lecture 19 - A/D, D/A, encoders, decoders, memory.      
tu 3/30 EXAM 2 Cumulative through Op Amps, Labs 4-8, Homeworks 5-8.
Equations 2
      Lab 9 - Digital Circuits, Flip Flops, Counters, Base 2 and 16
th 4/1 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 4/6 Lecture 21 - Hi-frequency, cables and antennae Reading: Schertz 3.1.5 Homework 9 due this comming friday by noon
answers
  Lab 10 - Carotid pulse meter using a one-shot
th 4/8 Lecture 22 - Radio transmitters and receivers      
tu 4/13 Lecture 23 - Voltages in biology and chemistry, Batteries Slideshow. Reading Schertz 3.2     Lab 11 - MOSFET, static electricity
th 4/15 Lecture 24 - Crystals, Q, stability, forshadowing Laplace.      
tu 4/20 Lecture 25 - Review        
th 4/22 Lecture 26 - Review     Review Other
EXAM 3:
Cumulative (not including batteries or music)

Sat. May 1, 10-11:50 AM, G34
Exam Schedule