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Schedule |
N. Cotter |
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S13 |
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Lect # |
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Lecture
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Reading |
Lecture/Notes |
CTools |
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1 |
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7 |
Jan |
Introduction, Systems in radio-controlled car. |
Ch. 1, 2.1-3 |
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2 |
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9 |
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Basic electrical units & symbols, Kirchhoff's laws. |
2.5-7, 17 |
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3 |
F |
11 |
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Resistance,
Ohm's law, Power, Resistors in parallel & series. |
2.11-12,
3.5 |
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2 |
4 |
M |
14 |
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Nodes, Grounds, Branches, Meters, Voltage and current dividers. |
2.10, 2.13-16 |
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5 |
W |
16 |
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I vs V curves of, sources, resistors, bulbs, and diodes. Thevenin. Max pwr xfer |
3.2, 2.19 |
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6 |
F |
18 |
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Thevenin examples |
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Lab 1 |
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Introduction to lab, procedures, basic equipment. Measure I-V curves of devices. |
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3 |
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M |
21 |
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MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY |
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7 |
W |
23 |
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Intro to AC and time-varying v(t) & i(t). Concept of signal. Sinusoids. Fourier. |
2.20, 3.8 |
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8 |
F |
25 |
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Power transmission, Transformer. |
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Lab 2 |
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Measurements of I and V for RC car battery. Create model of the car's battery. |
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4 |
9 |
M |
28 |
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PWM duty cycle and power, AM, FM |
2.23, C.8, C.9 |
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10 |
W |
30 |
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A/D conversion, Capacitors |
2.34 |
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11 |
F |
1 |
Feb |
Exam 1 |
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Lab 3 |
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Learn about oscilloscope. Motor drive control RC car. PWM circ. with func gen. |
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5 |
12 |
M |
4 |
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RC Circuits. First-order transients. |
Ch 6 |
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13 |
W |
6 |
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Op amps |
Ch 7 |
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14 |
F |
8 |
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Op amps and the PWM circuit |
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Lab 4a |
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Make PWM circuit with op-amps. |
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6 |
15 |
M |
11 |
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Op amps |
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16 |
W |
13 |
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Introduction to block diagrams, feedback |
13.1-4 |
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17 |
F |
15 |
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Exam 2 |
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Lab 4b |
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Model PWM circuit in PSpice |
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7 |
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M |
18 |
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PRESIDENTS' DAY |
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18 |
W |
20 |
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Feedback
control, esp. as it relates to steering position control of the car. |
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19 |
F |
22 |
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Stability
and Performance of Control Systems. |
Ch 12 |
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Lab 5 |
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Steering
position control. Pots as
sensors. Measure system response of
servo. |
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8 |
20 |
M |
25 |
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Introduction to digital circuits, esp. related to encoding and decoding RC signals |
Ch 12 |
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21 |
W |
27 |
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Boolean algebra, Digital gates |
Ch 12 |
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22 |
F |
1 |
Mar |
Flip-flops |
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Lab 6 |
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Construct digital adder circuit |
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9 |
23 |
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4 |
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Steady-state sinusoids, Phasors, & Complex numbers. |
2.34 |
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24 |
W |
6 |
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Phasors, Impedance, and AC circuits |
2.27 |
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25 |
F |
8 |
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AC circuit examples |
2.29-30 |
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Lab 7 |
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Construct counter circuit |
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10 |
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M |
11 |
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SPRING BREAK |
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W |
13 |
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SPRING BREAK |
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F |
15 |
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SPRING BREAK |
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11 |
26 |
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18 |
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Filters and frequency-response plots |
2.33 |
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27 |
W |
20 |
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Exam 3 |
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28 |
F |
22 |
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M1: Overview of Sounds and Speech; Matlab® Intro; Starting and quitting; Matlab® Primer book, Desktop; Matlab® as powerful graphics calculator |
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Lab 8 |
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Build and test audio circuit. |
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12 |
29 |
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25 |
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M2: Variables, Arrays, Matrices: entering, addition, transpose, inverses, products, element-by-element operations, Concatenation, Complex Numbers |
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30 |
W |
27 |
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M3: Script files, Array indexing, Colon operator, Indexing using arrays, Sum function, Functions operating on columns, Generating matrices |
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31 |
F |
29 |
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M4: Operators, Identity matrix (eye), min, max, size, character strings, Advanced indexing |
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Lab M1 |
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Experiment with sound files using simple script functions (provided). |
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13 |
32 |
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1 |
Apr |
M5: Advanced indexing continued, Writing script files, Clearing functions |
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33 |
W |
3 |
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M6: 3-D plots using meshgrid and surfl, Array processing, Fourier theory, Creating 3-D surfaces |
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34 |
F |
5 |
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M7: Solving simultaneous equations, Fitting lines or other functions to data, Comparison operators: ==, >=, ~=, >, <, Any and All functions |
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Lab M2 |
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Alter sound waveform (apply functions [= distort], add noise, delete parts, etc.). |
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14 |
35 |
M |
8 |
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M8: 3-D plot example with array processing,And and Or operators, Any and All operators, If else control flow |
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36 |
W |
10 |
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Exam 4 |
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37 |
F |
12 |
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M9: Digital Signal Processing, Fast Fourier Transform, Spectrum |
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Lab M3 |
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Process and plot sound waveforms: spectrogram, sound effects, filtering, plots. |
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15 |
38 |
M |
15 |
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M10: Control flow: if, else, elseif, end; switch; for loops; while loops |
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39 |
W |
17 |
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M11: Writing Matlab® functions |
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40 |
F |
19 |
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M12: Writing Matlab® functions, Digital filter function |
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Lab M4 |
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Create a sound effect: write functions, plot waveforms, create sound effect. |
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16 |
41 |
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22 |
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M13: Matlab® input/output to and from files, dlmread, wavread, imread |
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42 |
W |
24 |
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Solution of Practice Final Exam |
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1 |
May |
Final Exam
8:00-10:00 a.m. (regular classroom) |
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