Paul A Nakroshis | Associate Professor & Chair | Dept of Physics Portland, Maine
Principles of Electronics: Physics 251
Syllabus
Phy251Syllabus.pdf
Textbook
The Art of Electronics, 3rd Ed., Horowitz and Hill
Overview of this Course:
An introduction to electronics including DC and AC circuits, transistors, operational amplifiers, and (possibly) combinatorial and sequential logic devices. The laboratory will cover the use of electronic instrumentation as well as illustrate principles. This semester, if a majority is interested, we will add some material to allow you to pass at least your FCC Technician exam for an amateur radio license.
Prerequisite(s): MAT 152 or equivalent, or permission of instructor
Credits: 3
21 Jan:
Introduction; how to “read” H&H, Resistors in series & parallel, power, voltage dividers, potentiometers. Introduction to amateur radio: band structure (frequency and wavelength). Downloads:
1. Resistor Color code Chart
2. HW 01
3. Lab1: Basic Measurements I
4. ARRL Amateur Radio Bands
23 Jan:
More about voltage dividers, Thevenin’s Theorem, maximizing power to the load, how to multiply 5 times 25.
Read 1.2.4, 1.2.5
28 Jan
No Lecture; work together on Lab 1 and finish HW.
30 Jan
Signals, capacitance, inductance. Complex numbers.
Content Area 3
Lab Handouts
Lab 1: Basic Measurements I
Lab 2: Basic Measurements II
Lab 3: Filters I : RC
Lab 4: Filters II: LC
Lab 5: Transistors I
Lab 6: Transistors II
Lab 7: Transistors III
Lab 8: Transistors IV
Lab 9: Operational Amplifiers I
Final Project: Audio Amplifier