Course Syllabus: Physics 475, UH Fall Semester 2015
Instructor: Prof. Gary Varner
Class Hours: T Th 10:30 - 11:45am, Lab Th 12:30 - 3:20 Watanabe 415A
week
date
Lecture topics
1
25-Aug
27-Aug
1-Sep
3-Sep
8-Sep
10-Sep
15-Sep
17-Sep
22-Sep
24-Sep
29-Sep
1-Oct
6-Oct
8-Oct
13-Oct
15-Oct
20-Oct
22-Oct
27-Oct
29-Oct
3-Nov
5-Nov
10-Nov
12-Nov
17-Nov
19-Nov
24-Nov
26-Nov
Overview of electronics
V,I,R, signals
AC circuits
Time/frequency domains
Diodes
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
Prerequisite:
Text:
Optional/Reference:
Office hours:
email:
Lecture:
Lab:
Writing Intensive:
1-Dec
3-Dec
8-Dec
10-Dec
17-Dec
Transistors
Field Effect Transistors
Operational Amplifiers (I)
Op Amps (II)
SPICE & Comparators
555 timer, AMUX, review
Midterm #1
Digital Logic I
Digital Logic II
Flip Flops
Counters / Comp Intro
Digital -> Analog
Analog -> Digital
Intro to Programmable Logic
Further VHDL
Computers
Midterm #2
Holiday: Thanksgiving
Reading/Laboratory topics
Intro, Chap 1 - 12
LAB1: Intro/DC circuits
Chap 13 - 26
LAB2: Capacitors
Chap 27
LAB3: Diode circuits
Chap 28 - 29
LAB4: Transistors
Chap 30 - 31
LAB5: FETs
Chap 33
LAB6: Op Amps I
Chap 33
LAB7: Op Amps II
Review
LAB8: Comparators
Class Notes
LAB9: Logical Gates
Class Notes
LAB10: Flip-flops
Class Notes
LAB11: Counters and timers
Class Notes
LAB12: Universal Eval Rev. B
Class Notes
LAB13: Prog Logic / A-D & D-A
XRM
XRM
Student Project work
Student Project work
Student project work
Student Project work
Design Review
Student project work
Final Presentations -- Project Write-ups due by 5pm
Physics 272L, and at least junior standing, or permission from instructor
Schultz: Grob's Basic Electronics, 11th Edition
Horowitz and Hill: The Art of Electronics
WAT214 M 4-5pm, during lab period, any afternoon in WAT214 by appointment
varner@phys.hawaii.edu
T Th 10:30 - 11:45am WAT 415A
Th 12:30 - 3:20 WAT415A, mandatory. Scientific Calculator & lab notebook also mandatory
Scientific writing and lab reports will be critiqued and graded on both lab and writing
techniques by the formula at the bottom:
40% of the course grade is determined by satisfactory completion of the writing assignments
Homework: Assigned Tuesday, due next Tuesday, no late homework.
Grading: Based on curve derived from Total (100) = (MT1(100)+MT2(100)+HW(100)+FINAL(100)+Lab(100))/5