Circuits and Electronics
(Spring 2025)
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Final Exam: information and review materials are now available.
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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 |
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| 0 | 04 Feb Lumped Elements; Nodes, Loops, Conservation Laws slides.pdf | 05 Feb Nodal Analysis | 06 Feb Nodal Analysis; Supernodes Video participation.pdf participation_solutions.pdf slides.pdf | 07 Feb Scopes, Breadboards, Sensors | PS00 |
| 1 | 11 Feb Series/Parallel Combinations Video participation.pdf participation_solutions.pdf slides.pdf | 12 Feb Simplifying Circuits | 13 Feb Current and Voltage Dividers Video slides.pdf | 14 Feb Buttons, Pots, and Joysticks | PS01 |
| 2 | 18 Feb No Lecture (Monday Schedule) | 19 Feb Linearity, Superposition | 20 Feb Superposition Examples slides.pdf | 21 Feb Gamepad | PS02 |
| 3 | 25 Feb Thévenin and Norton participation.pdf participation_solutions.pdf slides.pdf | 26 Feb Finding Equivalent Circuits | 27 Feb Using Equivalent Circuits slides.pdf | 28 Feb Digital-to-Analog Converter | PS03 |
| 4 | 04 Mar Dependent Sources Video participation.pdf participation_solutions.pdf slides.pdf | 05 Mar Dependent Sources | 06 Mar Superposition/Thévenin/Norton with Dependent Sources Video participation.pdf slides.pdf | 07 Mar MOSFET Audio Amplifier | PS04 |
| 5 | 11 Mar Capacitors Video participation_solutions.pdf | 12 Mar Inductors | 13 Mar RC/LR Circuits Video slides.pdf | 14 Mar Capacitive Touch Sensor | PS05 |
| 6 | 18 Mar Operational Amplifiers Video slides.pdf | 19 Mar Stability, Relaxation Oscillator | 20 Mar The Ideal Op-Amp Video | 21 Mar Motor Control | No PSet |
| 7 | Spring Break |
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| 8 | 01 Apr Op-Amp Topologies Video slides.pdf | 02 Apr No Recitation (Midterm on Tuesday evening) | 03 Apr Op-Amp Topologies Video | 04 Apr Light-following Robot | PS08 |
| 9 | 08 Apr RC Circuits: Sinusoidal Steady State Video participation.pdf participation_solutions.pdf | 09 Apr SSS Examples | 10 Apr Impedance Video | 11 Apr Bass Boost | PS09 |
| 10 | 15 Apr Frequency Response; Bode Plots Video | 16 Apr Filtering | 17 Apr LC Circuits Video | 18 Apr Frequency Response | PS10 |
| 11 | 22 Apr LC and RLC Circuits Video | 23 Apr LC and RLC Circuits | 24 Apr RLC in Time; Quality Factor Video participation.pdf participation_solutions.pdf | 25 Apr Power to the People | PS11 |
| 12 | 29 Apr RLC Circuits: Frequency Domain Video | 30 Apr RLC in Frequency | 01 May RLC in Frequency: Q Video rlc_series_freq_response.py | 02 May Buck Converter | PS12 |
| 13 | 06 May RLC Circuits: Complete Solution Video | 07 May Transfer Functions | 08 May Transfer Functions Video | 09 May Optical Communication | No PSet |
| 14 | 13 May Wrap-up | 14 May No Recitation | 15 May No Lecture | 16 May No lab | No PSet |
Final Exam: Wednesday, 21 May, 9am-12pm, Johnson Ice Rink | |||||