Circuits and Electronics
(Fall 2025)
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Section Assignments: We've made our first round of section assignments.
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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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Course Information: Detailed information about the subject is available on the several pages linked under the "Information" header in the menu bar at the top of the page. Please review those pages carefully and let us know if you have any questions; you are responsible for reading and understanding the information on those pages.
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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| 0 | 02 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 |
| 1 | 09 Sep Series/Parallel Combinations Video circuits.pdf participation.pdf participation_answers.pdf | 10 Sep Loading participation.pdf | 11 Sep Current and Voltage Dividers Video circuits.pdf participation.pdf participation_answers.pdf | 12 Sep Gamepad | PS01 |
| 2 | 16 Sep Linearity, Superposition Video circuits.pdf | 17 Sep Superposition | 18 Sep Equivalent Circuits Video | 19 Sep No Lab (Student Holiday) | PS02 |
| 3 | 23 Sep Thévenin and Norton | 24 Sep Finding Equivalent Circuits | 25 Sep Using Equivalent Circuits | 26 Sep Digital-to-Analog Converter | PS03 |
| 4 | 30 Sep Dependent Sources | 01 Oct Dependent Sources | 02 Oct Superposition/Thévenin/Norton with Dependent Sources | 03 Oct MOSFET Audio Amplifier | PS04 |
| 5 | 07 Oct Capacitors | 08 Oct Inductors | 09 Oct RC/LR Circuits | 10 Oct Capacitive Touch Sensor | PS05 |
| 6 | 14 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 |
| 7 | 21 Oct Op-Amp Topologies | 22 Oct No Recitation (Midterm on Tuesday evening) | 23 Oct Op-Amp Topologies | 24 Oct Light-following Robot | PS07 |
| 8 | 28 Oct RC Circuits: Sinusoidal Steady State | 29 Oct SSS Examples | 30 Oct Impedance | 31 Oct Bass Boost | PS08 |
| 9 | 04 Nov Frequency Response; Bode Plots | 05 Nov Filtering | 06 Nov LC Circuits | 07 Nov Frequency Response | PS09 |
| 10 | 11 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 |
| 11 | 18 Nov RLC Circuits: Frequency Domain | 19 Nov RLC in Frequency | 20 Nov RLC in Frequency: Q | 21 Nov Buck Converter | PS11 |
| 12 | 25 Nov RLC Circuits: Complete Solution | 26 Nov Transfer Functions | 27 Nov No Lecture Thanksgiving | 28 Nov No Lab Thanksgiving | PS12 |
| 13 | 02 Dec Transfer Functions | 03 Dec Transfer Functions | 04 Dec Transfer Functions | 05 Dec Optical Communication | PS13 |
| 14 | 09 Dec Wrap-up | 10 Dec | 11 Dec No Lecture (No Classes) | 12 Dec No lab | No PSet |
Final Exam: TBD | |||||