Engineering
43
Wayne Phillips
Electrical Circuits and Devices
Lab Syllabus, Spring 2016
Course Description
Special Student Materials
Introduction to basic electrical engineering circuit-analysis
and devices. DC, transient and AC circuit analysis methods,
Kirchoff’s laws, nodal/mesh analysis, network theorems,
voltage and current sources, resistors, capacitors and
inductors. Thévenin/Norton equivalent circuits. Natural
and forced response of first and second order circuits.
Steady-state sinusoidal circuit voltage/current analysis, and
power calculations. Frequency response, phasors, Bode
plots and transfer functions. Low/High/Band pass filters.
Operational Amplifiers in DC, transient, and AC circuits.
Diode and NMOS/PMOS FET characteristics. Diode
and MOSFET circuits. Introduction to basic integratedcircuit technology and layout. Digital signals, logic gates,
switching. Combinatorial logic circuits using AND/NAND
OR/NOR gates. Sequential logic circuits using RS, D,
and JK Flip-Flop gates. Computer based circuit-operation
simulation using SPICE and MATLAB software. Electronics
laboratory exercises demonstrating basic instruments, and
experimental techniques in Electrical Engineering: DC
current/voltage supplies, Digital MultiMeters (DMM),
RLC Meters, oscilloscopes, and AC function generators.
Measurements of resistance, inductance, capacitance,
voltage, current, transient response, and frequency
response.
Students will need a 3-ring binder, 1” to 1-1/2” rings, to hold
your lab worksheets. Your lab binder will be turned in on the
last day of class for grading.
You will need a USB 2.0 flash drive, 1 GB or larger, for file
storage.
Lab Schedule and Important Dates
1/28
Lab 1 - What’s a Watt
2/4
Lab 2 - BOE-bot DMM Measurements
2/11
Lab 3 - BOE-bot Oscilloscope Measurements
2/18
Lab 4 - Function Generator & Power Supply
2/25
Lab 5 - RC and L/R Circuits - Transient Response
3/3
Lab 6 - Advanced Oscilloscope Operation
3/10
Lab 7 - Skin Effect and Transmission Lines
3/17
Lab 8 - Introduction to NI-ELVIS
3/24
Make-up/Catch-up session
3/31
Spring Break - No Lab
4/7
Lab 9 - RC and L/R Circuits - Phasors
4/14
Lab 10 - Digital Circuits and Logic Analyzers
4/21
Lab 11 - Diode Characteristics
4/28
Lab 12 - MOSFET Amplifiers
Progress Evaluation / Grades
5/5
Lab 13 - Op-Amp Amplifier Circuits
Students will work in teams. Everyone on the team is
expected to actively participate in the construction of circuits,
use of the test equipment, and recording data during the
activities. You will receive two scores for lab work: one score
for your lab participation, organization and presentation
of your lab binder, and all work completed on your lab
activities; and one score for a hands-on practical lab exam on
the last lab session of the course. Refer to Mr. Mayer’s ENGR
43 course syllabus for how your lab scores count towards your
final grade.
5/12
Lab 14 - Op-Amp Filters and Oscillators
5/19
Lab Hands-On Practical Exams
Online Resources for Lab Activities
Printed lab activity sheets are provided for each lab session.
Several online resources, such as Excel workbooks for data
recording and analysis, online learning modules, and Word
documents of the lab activities, are also provided to complete
the activities. These are stored as shared Google Docs, and a list
of all documents and links is at
http://tinyurl.com/engr43-lablinks
Instructor Contact Information
Wayne Phillips
wphillips@chabotcollege.edu
Start the subject line of all emails with ENGR43, or your email
may be lost in the spam filter.
I am on sabbatical leave this semester, so I do not have regular
scheduled office hours on campus. If a matter cannot be
resolved online or during lab time, an on-campus meeting can
be scheduled.