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An outline of topics to be addressed each day is presented below. This list is not complete; additional items are covered for most classes. If students are absent, they should consult these pages and check with the instructor concerning material missed.
Last Month
Last Month
Last Month
Last Month
No Class
n Next class Last day to turn in assignments 4-1 through 4-3
n Review exercise Tuesday of next week
Ø Covers all material through chapter 13
Ø Review on Monday
n Relays (and solenoids)
Ø How relays work: 1 minute, 27 seconds: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz4X5umfNkQ&NR=1
Ø Relays: How to Wire, 3 minutes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkG22KgciwY
n AC Video, about 100 minutes, covers topics in
Ø Chapter 13: AC Motors
Ø Chapter 14: Inductance and RL circuits
Ø Chapter 15: Capacitance and RC circuits
n HW 4-3 and all previous - past due
n HW 4-4 (due next class)
n Schedule
n HW 4-5 due Thursday of next week - should be able to finish most in class today from commentary - explanations in the video
n HW 4-6 and 4-7 due Thursday of next week
n Remainder of AC Circuits video
No Class: ISAS
No Class: ISAS
No Class: ISAS
n Exercises
Ø HW 4-1, 4-2, and 4-3 graded and returned - will have makeups for Owen
Ø HW 4-4 is past due
Ø HW 4-5, 4-6, and 4-7 due Thursday
n Quiz on Thursday - will also serve as exit exam for seniors
Ø Will cover all material to date
Ø I will provide a review next class. Among other items it will include questions-problems-terminology associated with
a. Resistors, Batteries, Coils, and Capacitors in parallel and in series
b. Relays
c. Transformers
d. Inductors
e. Capacitors
f. AC Power: cycle, frequency, effective value, period, Hz
g. RC Circuits
h. RL Circuits
i. Symbols and terminology (inductance, capacitance, reactance, impedance, etc)
n Labs (this week and part of next week)
Ø Soldering, AC Power, and Function Generator Lab: Due 4-14
n Next week:
Ø Start chapter 18 and study of transistors
Ø Introduction to circuit design software: TinyCad
n Lab (next week): Telephone Assembly Lab (introduces new electrical components)
n Pass out lab sheet and begin Soldering, AC Power, and Function Generator Lab
For today: complete only the soldering portion - the remainder will be accomplished during about the first 10 minutes of next class
n Review for quiz on Thursday - will also serve as exit exam for seniors
Ø Will cover all material to date
Ø Among other items it will include questions-problems-terminology associated with
| a. | Resistors, Batteries, Coils, and Capacitors in parallel and in series | |
| b. | Relays | |
| c. | Transformers | |
| d. | Inductors | |
| e. | Capacitors | |
| f. | AC Power: cycle, frequency, effective value, Hz | |
| g. | RC Circuits | |
| h. | RL Circuits | |
| i. | Symbols and terminology (capacitance, inductance, reactance, impedance, etc. |
n Finish the above lab (DUE 4-14)
n Work on assignments
Ø HW 4-4 is past due
Ø HW 4-5, 4-6, and 4-7 due Thursday
n Reminder (as said many times)
Ø When you turn in an assignment, watch me date it, mark you off in my notebook, and place it in my notebook
Ø If it is not marked off - guess what?
n Exercise 4-8 due Friday: 18-1, 18-2
n Soldering, AC Power, and Function Generator Lab: Due 4-14
No Class
n Quiz and exit exam for seniors - highlights of material covered to date - chapters 1 through 15
n Lab due today
n Check past due exercises
n Seniors Last Day
n Start chapter 17, Semiconductors next class
n I will not be here on Monday - will be attending a presentation by some students on base
n During Monday class, work on assignments - note change to HW 4-8 (changed to HW 4-9)
Ø HW 4-8
Ø Read chapter 17
n RL Circuit lab
n HW 4-8 due
No Class
n Gone Monday and Tuesday - at LANL - bring notebook and text to class - check web site - work on assignments - homework and reading
n Final Project or Final Exam
n Videos on transistors: Chapter 18
No Class
n At Los Alamos - work on assignments
Ø HW 14-9 4-9 (AS 17-1) due date extended to Friday - 4-29 because of mixup in numbering - only 1 student, Owen, has submitted
Ø Brenna needs to submit Exercise 4-8
n Next lab will be Wednesday - on RC Circuits
n Owen needs to set a date to take the last quiz
n New assignment, HW 14-10- will be distributed by sub: On inductance and RL circuits (Review)
n At Los Alamos - work on assignments
n New assignment, HW 14-11, will be distributed by substitute in class: On capacitance and RC circuits (Review)
n Assignments
Ø HW 4-4, 4-5, 4-6, 4-7 graded, returned.
Ø Individual grades distributed
Ø Quiz will be returned next class - Owen takes today
Ø HW 4-9 due date extended to Friday
Ø HW 4-10 and 4-11 also due Friday
Ø Brenna needs to submit HW 4-8
n RC Circuits Lab Friday
n Final exam or Final Projects?
n No Class
n Final Projects: Andy A - select topics
Can be individual PowerPoint or combined
n Quiz 4-1 graded and returned
Ø Solution
Ø 62 parts, each part counted 1 point.
Ø Grades ranged from 55 to 92
n Homework 4-8 graded and returned
Ø Solution
Ø Grades ranged from 84 to 93
Ø If you are absent - it is your responsibility to check assignments (and ask for handouts missed, etc)
Ø HW 4-9 due today (assigned 4-15) - assigned long time ago
Ø HW 4-10 due today (assigned 4-25) - had the days I was at LANL to work on it
Ø HW 4-11 due today (assigned 4-26) - had the days I was at LANL to work on it
n Schedule for next week -summaries of major concepts
Will be in Los Angeles the following week - work on projects plus assigned homework on chapters covered this week
Ø Monday: Chapter 19 - Integrated Circuits
Ø Tuesday: Chapter 20 - Digitial Circuits
Ø Wednesday - Chapter 25 - Personal Computers
Ø Thursday: No Class
Ø Friday: Chapter 25 - Personal Computers
n RC Circuits Lab: Due Wednesday of next week