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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

Lab 2 - More Resistor Networks and PoRevtentiometers

 

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      
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
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).    
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      
3/8-12
SPRING RECESS
       
tu 3/16 Lecture 16 - More operational amplifiers. Reading: Scherz 7-7.17 (Op Amps)     Lab 7 - Comparators, Photoresistors, Thermistors, and Hysteresis
th 3/18 Lecture 17      
tu 3/23 Lecture 18 - more op amps, digital logic, binary, hexadecimal, gates, boolean algebra. Reading: Scherz 12.1, 12.2, (digital) 12.6.3, 12.6.4 (flip-flops), Ch. 14, especially 14.1 (safety). Homework 8 due this comming friday by noon
answers
  Lab 8 - Oscillators and Op Amps
th 3/25 Lecture 19      
tu 3/30 EXAM 2: Cumulative through Op Amps, Labs 4-8, Homeworks 5-8.
Reading: Schertz 12.13.1, 12.13.2 (microprocessors and microcontrollers - overview only).     Lab 9 - Digital Circuits, Flip Flops, Counters, Base 2 and 16
th 4/1 Lecture 20 - D flip flop      
tu 4/6 Lecture 21 - Digital/analog interface, basic computer, MOSFETs. Reading: Schrertz 4.3.4 (MOSFETs) Homework 9 due this comming friday by noon
answers
  Lab 10 - Carotid pulse meter using a one-shot
th 4/8 Lecture 22 -      
tu 4/13 Lecture 23 - Communications systems, Batteries Slideshow.       Lab 11 - MOSFET, static electricity
th 4/15 Lecture 24 -      
tu 4/20 Lecture 25 -        
th 4/22 Lecture 26 -      
Exam 3:
Cumulative

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