ENSC E-123: Schedule
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ENSC E-123 (Physics E123b): Schedule, Spring 2016
Laboratory Electronics: Digital
REV 0; November 17, 2015.
DATE
TOPIC & LAB
January
1. Thu. 1/28
Analog versus Digital; Basic Gates: Gate Innards, TTL & CMOS
Lab 14/D1: Gates, TTL & CMOS
Ass’mt: HW 1 (due at Class #2)
Monday, Feb. 1 is last day to withdraw for full refund, or to change “credit status” (say, from “GRAD” to “Undergrad”). Monday
midnight is the deadline. If you are registered as “Grad,” make sure you mean it!
February
2. Thu. 2/4
Combinational Logic; first look at PLD’s (programmable logic devices: “PALs”); Sequential
Circuits I: Flip-Flops & Counters
Lab 15/D2: Flip-Flops
Ass’mt: HW 2 (due at Class #3; and so on, henceforth)
3. Thu. 2/11
Sequential Circuits II: Counters & Counter Applications
Lab 16/D3: Counters
4. Thu. 2/18
PALs in Sequential Circuits; Memory
Lab 17/D4: Memory; State Machines
5. Thu. 2/25
Analog <--> Digital: Conversion Methods
Lab 18/D5: A/D Converter
MARCH
6. Thu. 3/3
Microcomputer I: Hardware: processor + ? = computer
Quiz: Pre-microcomputer topics (about 40 minutes)
Lab µ1: Add CPU
7. Thu. 3/10
Microcomputer II: I/O hardware; first programming
Lab µ2: I/O Hardware; Subroutine
Thursday, March 17: Spring Break. No class.
8. Thu. 3/24
Microcomputer III: bit operations; stack; conditional branch; subroutine CALL
Lab µ3: Input & Output hardware & code; for SiLabs: Timers
9. Thu. 3/31
Microcomputers IV: Interrupts; ADC & DAC
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Lab µ4: Converting data
APRIL
10. Thu. 4/7
Microcomputers V: Moving Pointers
Lab µ5: Data Tables, serial buses
11. Thu. 4/14
Micro VI: Data Tables
Quiz: micro topics (about 40 minutes)
Lab µ5 (‘Storage Scope’) or Lab µ6: Standalone Microcontroller
12. Thu. 4/21
Micro VII: Micro as Standalone Device; Program Downloader
Lab: Begin Project
13. Thu. 4/28
Micro VIII: Projects
Lab: Continue Project
MAY
14. Thu. 5/5
Review
Lab: Continue Projects
Thu. 5/12
EXAM
(syl xb 16.tex: November 17, 2015)