Circuits and Electronics
(Fall 2024)
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Final Exam Review Materials are now available on this page.
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Endgame: We are rapidly approaching the end of the semester, so here is a quick breakdown of our remaining time together:
- Friday, 13 Dec: No lab assignment; lab open 10-1 and 2-5 as extra open lab hours.
- Monday, 16 Dec: Last regular instructor office hours and open lab hours of the semester.
- Wednesday, 18 Dec: No 2-5pm open lab hours, but additional 7-9pm open lab hours.
- Friday, 20 Dec: Final exam.
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 |
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| 1 | 03 Sep No Lecture (Registration Day) | 04 Sep Brute-force analysis; Nodes, Loops, Conservation Laws rec01.pdf | 05 Sep Nodal Analysis lec01b.pdf | 06 Sep Scopes, Breadboards, Sensors | PS1 |
| 2 | 10 Sep Supernodes lec02a.pdf | 11 Sep Nodal Analysis Practice rec02.pdf | 12 Sep Simplifying Circuits, Current and Voltage Dividers lec02b.pdf | 13 Sep Gamepad | PS2 |
| 3 | 17 Sep Linearity and Superposition lec03a.pdf | 18 Sep Superposition Practice | 19 Sep Thévenin and Norton lec03b.pdf | 20 Sep No lab | PS3 |
| 4 | 24 Sep Thévenin and Norton lec04a.pdf | 25 Sep Equivalent Circuits | 26 Sep Dependent Sources lec04b.pdf | 27 Sep Digital-to-Analog Converter | PS4 |
| 5 | 01 Oct Superposition and Thévenin with Dep. Sources lec05a.pdf | 02 Oct Dependent Sources rec05.pdf | 03 Oct Capacitors lec05b.pdf | 04 Oct MOSFET Audio Amplifier | PS5 |
| 6 | 08 Oct Capacitors and Inductors lec06a.pdf | 09 Oct RC/LR Circuits | 10 Oct RC/LR Circuits lec06b.pdf | 11 Oct Capacitive Touch Sensor | PS6 |
| 7 | 15 Oct No Lecture (Indigenous Peoples' Day) | 16 Oct Op-Amps rec07.pdf rec07.py | 17 Oct Op-Amp Comparator, Hysteresis, Oscillator lec07b.pdf | 18 Oct Oscillators | No PSet |
| 8 | 22 Oct Closing the Loop: Op-Amps in Negative Feedback lec08a.pdf | 23 Oct No Recitation (Midterm on Tuesday evening) | 24 Oct Op-Amp Topologies, Ideal Op-Amp Approximation lec08b.pdf | 25 Oct Motor Control | PS8 |
| 9 | 29 Oct Op-Amp Topologies lec09a.pdf | 30 Oct Op-Amp Topologies | 31 Oct Impulse Response lec09b.pdf | 01 Nov Light-following Robot | PS9 |
| 10 | 05 Nov Sinusoidal Steady State lec10a.pdf | 06 Nov SSS | 07 Nov Transfer Functions lec10b.pdf | 08 Nov Bass Boost | PS10 |
| 11 | 12 Nov Frequency Response lec11a.pdf | 13 Nov Frequency Response rec11.pdf | 14 Nov LC Circuits lec11b.pdf | 15 Nov Frequency Response | PS11 |
| 12 | 19 Nov RLC Circuits: Time Domain lec12a.pdf | 20 Nov LC and RLC | 21 Nov RLC Circuits: Frequency Domain lec12b.pdf | 22 Nov Power to the People | PS12 |
| 13 | 26 Nov RLC Circuits: Complete Solution lec13a.pdf | 27 Nov No Recitation | 28 Nov No Lecture (Thanksgiving) | 29 Nov No lab | PS13 |
| 14 | 03 Dec RLC Filters lec14a.pdf | 04 Dec Quality Factor rec14_rlc_series_freq.py | 05 Dec RLC Filters lec14b.pdf | 06 Dec Optical Communication | No PSet |
| 15 | 10 Dec AM Radio Example lec15a.pdf | 11 Dec Wrap-up | 12 Dec No Lecture (Classes Over) | 13 Dec No lab | No PSet |
Final Exam: Friday (20 Dec), 1:30-4:30pm, 50-340 (Walker Gym) |
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