Course materials

Final exam information handout

Lab Notebook Guidelines


Practical Electronics Boot Camp is due to your TA (by hand) Thursday, April 9, at 2:00 PM.

Lab 1 from
Learning The Art of Electronics (LAoE)
is due Tuesday, April 14 at 11:59 PM.

Lab 1 instructions

Lab 2 from LAoE is due Thursday, April 23 at 11:59 PM.

Lab 3 from LAoE is due Thursday, April 30 at 11:59 PM.

Lab 4 from LAoE is due Thursday, May 7 at 11:59 PM.

Circuit Assembly Boot Camp is due to your TA, by hand, Thursday, May 14, at 11:59 PM.

Lab 6 from LAoE is due Thursday, May 21 at 11:59 PM.

Lab 7 from LAoE is due Thursday, May 28 at 11:59 PM.
Omit sections 7L.4.5–7L.4.7.
Omit measurements requiring the LT6020.

Lab 8 from LAoE is due Thursday, June 4 at 11:59 PM.
Omit sections 8L.3.2, 8L.5.2, and 8L.7.
In section 8L.4, replace the 0.75 mA current source with a 3.3 kΩ resistor.

Lab 12 from LAoE (extra credit) is due Friday, June 12 at 11:59 PM.
Do only the following sections, all parts of each: 12L.1, 12L.3, and 12L.4.
We will us IRLB3036 and IRFZ44N MOSFETs in place of IRL2505 and IRLZ34.

Read the Electrical Safety handout — due Monday, April 6.

Homework 1 — due Saturday, April 11, at 11:59 PM (both parts).
Reading assignment 1 (below) — due Tuesday, April 14.

Reading assignment 2 — due Monday, April 20.
Read the American Wire Gauge handout — due Monday, April 20.
Homework 2 — due Saturday, April 18, at 11:55 PM.

Reading assignment 3 — due Monday, April 27.
Homework 3 — due Saturday, April 25, at 11:59 PM.

Reading assignment 4 (review) — due Monday, May 4.
Homework 4 — due Saturday, May 2, at 11:59 PM.

Reading assignment 5 — due Monday, May 11.
Homework 5 — due Saturday, May 9, at 11:59 PM.
Note: Use a factor of two for the engineering margin in problem 1.

Reading assignment 6 — due Monday, May 18.
Homework 6 — due Saturday, May 16, at 11:59 PM.

Reading assignment 7 — due Tuesday, May 26.
Homework 7 — due Saturday, May 23, at 11:59 PM.

Reading assignment 8 — due Monday, June 1.
Homework 8 — due Saturday, May 30, at 11:59 PM.

Reading assignment 9 — due Saturday, June 6.
Homework 9 — due Saturday, June 6, at 11:59 PM.

Electrical Safety

Oscilloscopes

Reading assignment 1

Thevenin's theorem

Reading assignment 2

American Wire Gauge

Reading assignment 3

Reading assignment 4

555 oscillator/timer

Reading assignment 5

Reading assignment 6

Reading assignment 7

Reading assignment 8

Reading assignment 9

Some things to note about the solutions:

• The set numbers you see on the solutions do not match ours.
• There are some minor errors, for example the batteries are drawn upside down in some solutions (The large bar is supposed to be the positive side of the battery, not the negative).

Homework 1 solutions
Homework 2 solutions
Homework 3 solutions
Homework 4 solutions
Homework 5 solutions
Homework 6 solutions
Homework 7 solutions
Homework 8 solutions

You will submit your lab notebooks and homework assignments as PDF files using Gradescope: https://www.gradescope.com.

Prepare notebook PDF files as instructed in the Lab Notebook Guidelines above. For homework, work the clearly numbered problems on paper, then photograph or scan your work and convert to a PDF file as with the lab notebooks. Do not exceed 20 MB per PDF file.

Click on the Log In button at the top right of the Gradescope home page. Select School Credentials at the lower left of the popup window and use your browser to search for “barb” in the list of schools to find UCSB NetID. Then log in.

Select this class and submit one PDF file for each Gradescope assignment.

If you do not see our class, an account has probably already been created for you using an email different from the one I did (I used the one ending in @ucsb.edu without umail.) In that case, merge your accounts according to the instructions here.

You must complete all lab assignments to pass this class. Work turned in late will have 10% of the possible remaining credit deducted for each 24-hour period past the deadline.

GW Instek GPE-3323 power supply

Keysight DSOX1202A oscilloscope

Keysight EDU33212A function generator

Agilent U3401A setup handout
Agilent U3401A multimeter
Keithley 2000 multimeter

1N4148 switching diode
1N5711 Schottky diode
2N3904 NPN transistor

556 general purpose dual bipolar timer
7555 general purpose CMOS timer

BPW77NA phototransistor
IRLB3036 power MOSFET
IRLZ44N power MOSFET

LF411 op amp
Fuse (Littelfuse 312)
LM386 audio amplifier
LM4667 switching audio amplifier
MJE3055T NPN power transistor
OP27 opamp

5 kΩ potentiometer
500 kΩ potentiometer
5 mm LED