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Intro to the class.

Preliminary ideas and the equipment.

L-1 The Oscilloscope

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Basic Electric Theory. Chaps. 1, 2, &3.
Charge, current, voltage, power. Simple components and simple circuits, V-I curves.

L2-Ideas of current, voltage, and resistance-Ohm’s law, the voltage divider.

Measuring resistance, using power supply, verifying Ohm’s law, using voltage divider.

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More theory. Chaps 4 & 5.
Formal theory, multi-resistor systems.

L3-A multi-resistor circuit. Solve problem in class. Build, and see that it all works out.

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Chap. 6. Time varying voltages and currents, phase, slope resistance.

Computer chapter 1-Bit patterns, binary numbers, hex representations.

L4-Time varying measurements; the signal generator and oscilloscope. The voltage divider and time-varying voltages of different shapes.

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Computer chap. 2-
Introduction to microcomputers

Computer chap. 3
Introduction to CodeWarrior

L5-Programming the TM4C123G I.

Meeting Energia. Our first programs. Pretty lights!

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Chap 7. The capacitor. RC circuits driven by square waves and sine waves.

Chap. 8 Filters.

L6-The capacitor-high and low pass filters.

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Chap 9. Non-linear elements, V-I curves, the diode. Rectifier circuits.

Computer Chap. 4
Basic C Programming

L7-Diodes-V-I curve of signal and power diode, voltage divider with a diode, half-wave rectifier, ripple.

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Computer Chap. 5
A new chapter on the new system.

Computer Chap. 6. Conditionals & Loops.

L8-Programming the TM4C123G II.

Reading switches and more lights.

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Chap 10. Power Supplies I
Transformers, rectifier circuits-half-wave, full-wave, and bridge rectifiers, capacitive filtering.

L9-Transformers-Step-down transformer, RMS and peak-peak voltage, half-wave and full-wave bridge rectifiers, filter capacitors, ripple, and the effects of load current

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Review PSpice sections in chapters 5, 7 and 8.

L10-Learning PSpice. Simulating passive circuits in software.

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Computer Chap. 7 Digital I/O
Computer Chap. 8 Variables in C

L11-Programming the TM4C123G III.

Do-it-yourself traffic lights.

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Chap 11. The FET-construction, operation, characteristics. What is an amplifier? What is a switch.

L12-The FET-Characteristic curves, simple amplifier, basic switch.

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Chap 12. FET switches-power switching vs. logic switching. Switching speeds. CMOS switches, current draw of CMOS.

L13-FET Switches-N&P channel switches, discrete CMOS switches, integrated CMOS switch.

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Chap 13. Digital Logic Theory.
Basic logic gates. Combining logic gates to make more complicated functions. Sum-of-products and product-of-sums design.

L14-Programming the TM4C123G IV.

Event driven traffic lights.

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Chap 14. Combinatorial functions. Encoders, decoders, multiplexers, demultiplexers, arithmetic etc.

L15-Logic gates-nand, nor, and not gates, simple combinatorial circuits, decoders and LED output.

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Chap 15-Programmable Logic

L16- Programmable Logic

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Computer Chap. 9
Useful subroutines.

L17-More Digital IO: Interfacing 7-segment LEDs

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Chap 16 §§1-6. Sequential circuits. Feedback, flip-flops, memory, latches

L18- Flip-flops & latches

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Chapter 16§§7-8. Ripple counters and a bestiary of available circuits.

L19- Ripple counters

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Computer chap. 10
Serial communications.

L20-serial communication-looking at serial signals, programming the SCI

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Chap 17. Counters and synchronous logic. How to design your own synchronous circuits.

L21- Synchronous Counters I

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L22- Synchronous Counters II

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 Chap. 18-Amplifiers

L23- FET Amplifiers

Spring Break

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Chap. 20. Operational Amplifiers I -ideal op-amps, golden rules, basic circuits

L24-Op-amp I-inverting amp, non-inverting amp, unity gain buffer

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Chap 21. Op-Amps II-real op amps. Characteristics of real op-amps and what to do about them.

L25-Op-amp II-Op-amp bandwidth, input bias current, offset voltage

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L26-Pulse Width Modulation:
Steps Towards a Robot.

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L27-Op-Amps III-slew-rate limiting,
using a faster op-amp.

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 L28-Op-Amps IV-op-amp w/ power booster, build a simple audio amp

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L29-A Self-Contained Robot 1:
Roll robots roll!

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Chap. 24-Power supplies II.
Voltage and current regulated power supplies. Multi-component and 3-terminal solutions.

L30-Voltage regulators-op-amp and pass transistor, (add current limit), three-terminal regulators

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 Chapter 22. Positive Feedback: Comparators
Op-amp comparator, Hysteresis, and commercial comparator chips.

L31-Comparators. Op-amps with positive feedback, hysteresis, the LM311 comparator.

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Computer Chapter Analog to Digital Converter

L32-A Self-Contained Robot II: Free the robots--figure eights and wall detection

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Chapter 23. Oscillators

L33-Oscillators

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Chap. 25. Digital-to-analog

L34-digital-to-analogue - switches & resistors, logic control, R-2R ladder, digital ramp generator

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L35-A Self-Contained Robot 3: Seeking the light

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Chap 26. Analog-to-digital

L36-Analogue-to-digital—DAC, comparator, and TM4C123G, linear search

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L37-Multi-Digit LED

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Hope for new chapters on PWM and interrupts

L38-A Self-Contained Robot 3—Interrupts, Timers, & PWM: How to walk and chew gum at the same time.

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Projects

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Projects

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Projects

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Projects

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Projects

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Final Projects due at 5pm!!!