PC/CP300 Electronics Laboratory II

Material indicated like this has not been revised for this year.--TS.

Introduction

Expectations [ June 15, 2009 ]
Lab Demonstrations [ June 15, 2009 ]
Lab Notebook [ June 15, 2009 ]

Design Project

Design Project [ February 7, 2007 ]
Documentation Standards [ November 24, 2008 ]
Project Specifications [ February 12, 2007 ]
Components [ December 10, 2008 ]
New: Sub-tasks [ November 5, 2008 ]

Course Material

Week of ...	Lab / Lecture	Reference Material [white background indicates required reading; gray background indicates optional reading]
	Lecture: (1) About this course, (2) Introduction, (3) Operational Amplifiers
Sept. 14	Safety - Emergency Numbers [ June 15, 2009 ] Lab notebooks Review good wiring practices Introduction to Operational Amplifiers [ September 23, 2009 ] Assignment of padlocks and lock up areas Postlab Requirements [ September 23, 2009 ]	Text: Appendix A Op amp Basics
Sept. 14		Op Amps for Everyone: Design Reference [PDF 464pp; Ron Mancini,Texas Instruments, Aug. 2002] Resistors [from PC200] Resistor colour code: 4, 5, 6 band [JPG; T. May, University of Colorado]
	Lecture: Operational Amplifier Dynamic Response Applications: Glass breakage monitor, X Ray Imaging [National Semiconductor, 2005]
Sept. 21	Prelab Requirements [ September 23, 2009 ] 5 minute quiz [opamp - sample] Operational Amplifiers [ September 23, 2009 ] Postlab Requirements [ September 11, 2009 ]	Understanding and Interpreting Standard-Logic Data Sheets [PDF 68pp, S. M. Nolan and J. M. Soltero, Texas Instruments, May 2003]
Sept. 21
	Lecture: Inductive Output Transducers Applications: Starter Motor [V. Samarin, 2005]
Sept. 28	Prelab Requirements [ September 14, 2009 ] 5 minute quiz [op amps] Analog Output Transducers [ September 14, 2009 ] Postlab Requirements [ September 23, 2009 ]	Text: Ch 6 Solenoids, Relays, and Other Analog Outputs Text: Ch 7 Motors
Sept. 28		Solenoid Catalog [ © 1999, 2000 Magnetic Sensor Systems ] Actuators and Drives [ F. W. Frank Liou, The University of Missouri-Rolla]
	Lecture: Resistive Sensors and Signal Conditioning Application: Medical Sensor [National Semiconductor, 2005]
Oct. 5	Prelab Requirements [ September 14, 2009 ] 5 minute quiz [opamp and/or inductive transducer - sample ] Resistive Sensors and Signal Conditioning [ September 14, 2009 ] Postlab Requirements [ September 14, 2009 ]	Text: Ch 3 Sensors - read the resistive sensor sections: (1) Thermistors, (2) RTDs, (3) Strain Gauges; note the use of voltage-dividers, Wheatstone bridges and op-amps Sensors and Signal Conditioning Overview [ September 23, 2009 ]
	Lecture: Controlling Output Transducers
Oct. 12		Text: Ch 11 Analog Toolbox - AC Control section (only in 2nd edition)
Oct. 12		SSRs Technical Information [PDF 8pp; © Copyright Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.] Solid State Relays [PDF 5pp; Vishay, 2001]
	no prelab 5 minute quiz [resistive sensor and/or zener diode - sample] Optical Isolators [ September 14, 2009 ] Postlab Requirements [ September 14, 2009 ]	Text: Ch 3 Sensors - Optical Isolators Exploring optical and magnetic sensors [Stuart Ball, Courtesy of Embedded Systems Programming 2003 ]
		Analog Optical Isolators VACTROLS® [©1998-2004. PerkinElmer, Inc.]
	Lecture: Signal Conditioning Application: US Patent 4245309 Microprocessor based control circuit for washing appliances with diagnostic system
Oct. 19	Prelab Requirements [ October 15, 2008 ] 5 minute quiz Signal Conditioning [ October 15, 2008 ] Postlab Requirements [ October 10, 2008 ] Project - select group	Text: Ch 6 Solenoids, Relays, and Other Analog Outputs - relays, optoisolators, analog switches Text: Ch 3 Sensors - Optical Isolators Text: Ch 11 Analog Toolbox - MOSFETs
	Lecture : Analog to Digital and Digital to Analog Conversion Applications: Blood Analyzer, Slot Machine [National Semiconductor, 2005]
Oct. 26	Prelab Requirements [ July 20, 2007 ] 5 minute quiz Digital to Analog and Analog to Digital Converters [ May 15, 2008 ] Postlab Requirements [ October 22, 2008 ]	Text: Ch 2 Digital-to-Analog Converters, 1st ed Ch 2 Analog-to-Digital Converters, 2nd ed - only the title has been changed; content is essentially the same
Oct. 26		ADC and DAC Glossary [HTML; PDF] [Dallas Semiconductor, 2000]
	Lecture: Other Sensors and Project Introduction
Nov. 2	Prelab Requirements [ October 22, 2008 ] Other Sensors [ September 23, 2009 ] Postlab Requirements [ October 22, 2008 ]	Text: Chapter 3 Sensors - remainder of chapter. Text: Chapter 4 Time-Based Measurements
	Lecture: ESD and Decoupling Capacitors
Nov. 9	Project: Review progress and schedule with lab instructor. Sign-off required. suggest that you get the motor control working first	Text: Chapter 8 EMI Basic Circuits - Bypass Capacitors [K. Ross, Seattle Robotics Society, 1997] Circuit Integrity - Bypassing [© 2002 Williamson Labs] Circuit Integrity - Decoupling [© 2001 Williamson Labs]

Friday Nov. 13 by 1:30pm	Deliverable: Preliminary version of Design Specification, Block Diagram, and Schedule submitted as hard copy (one per group). Submission should be written up formally; copying rough work from lab notebook not sufficient.	Component Inventory Servo Operation and Calibration LM7805 Voltage regulator LM7805 Voltage regulator datasheet (includes TAB package)
	Lecture: - project lab time -
Nov. 16	Project: Review progress and schedule with lab instructor. Sign-off required.	Text: Chapter 5 Output Control Methods
	Lecture: - project lab time -
Nov. 23	Project: Review progress and schedule with lab instructor. Sign-off required.
	Lecture: - project lab time -
Nov. 30	project demonstration in lab -- Dec. 3 Deliverable: Demonstrate project prototype
	Lecture: - project lab time -	Lecture: course evaluation
Dec. 7
Monday Dec. 7 by 4:30pm	Deliverable: Project Documentation (zip and email to course instructor)

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