Circuits and Electronics
(Fall 2025)

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  1. Section Assignments: We've made our first round of section assignments.

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  2. First Problem Set: Problem sets typically release on Tuesday evenings and come due the following Monday at 10pm. The first p-set will release on Wednesday (3 Sep); it will be available through a link in the calendar below at that time.

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Calendar

This calendar shows the current plan, though some of the details may change as we work our way through the semester.

Week Lecture A
(Tuesday)
Recitation
(Wednesday)
Lecture B
(Thursday)
Design Lab
(Friday)
PSet
002 Sep
No Lecture
(No Classes)
03 Sep
Lumped Element Abstraction
participation.pdf
slides.pdf
04 Sep
Nodal Analysis;
Supernodes
Video
circuits.pdf
participation.pdf
participation_answers.pdf
05 Sep
Scopes, Breadboards, Sensors
PS00
109 Sep
Series/Parallel Combinations
circuits.pdf
participation.pdf
participation_answers.pdf
10 Sep
Loading
participation.pdf
11 Sep
Current and Voltage Dividers
circuits.pdf
12 Sep
Gamepad
PS01
216 Sep
Linearity, Superposition
17 Sep
Superposition
18 Sep
Superposition
19 Sep
No Lab
(Student Holiday)
PS02
323 Sep
Thévenin and Norton
24 Sep
Finding Equivalent Circuits
25 Sep
Using Equivalent Circuits
26 Sep
Digital-to-Analog Converter
PS03
430 Sep
Dependent Sources
01 Oct
Dependent Sources
02 Oct
Superposition/Thévenin/Norton
with Dependent Sources
03 Oct
MOSFET Audio Amplifier
PS04
507 Oct
Capacitors
08 Oct
Inductors
09 Oct
RC/LR Circuits
10 Oct
Capacitive Touch Sensor
PS05
614 Oct
No Lecture
(Indigenous Peoples' Day)
15 Oct
Op-Amps in Positive Feedback
16 Oct
Closing the Loop,
The Ideal Op-Amp
17 Oct
Motor Control
No PSet
721 Oct
Op-Amp Topologies
22 Oct
No Recitation
(Midterm on Tuesday evening)
23 Oct
Op-Amp Topologies
24 Oct
Light-following Robot
PS07
828 Oct
RC Circuits:
Sinusoidal Steady State
29 Oct
SSS Examples
30 Oct
Impedance
31 Oct
Bass Boost
PS08
904 Nov
Frequency Response;
Bode Plots
05 Nov
Filtering
06 Nov
LC Circuits
07 Nov
Frequency Response
PS09
1011 Nov
LC and RLC Circuits
12 Nov
LC and RLC Circuits
13 Nov
RLC in Time;
Quality Factor
14 Nov
Power to the People
PS10
1118 Nov
RLC Circuits: Frequency Domain
19 Nov
RLC in Frequency
20 Nov
RLC in Frequency: Q
21 Nov
Buck Converter
PS11
1225 Nov
RLC Circuits: Complete Solution
26 Nov
Transfer Functions
27 Nov
No Lecture
Thanksgiving
28 Nov
No Lab
Thanksgiving
PS12
1302 Dec
Transfer Functions
03 Dec
Transfer Functions
04 Dec
Transfer Functions
05 Dec
Optical Communication
PS13
1409 Dec
Wrap-up
10 Dec
11 Dec
No Lecture
(No Classes)
12 Dec
No lab
No PSet

Final Exam: TBD