Physics 127A First Lecture Handout

Final exam information handout

Practice final exam
See the course announcements for some warnings.

Lab Notebook Guidelines


Practical Electronics Boot Camp is due Monday, April 7, at 9:45 PM.

Lab 1 from the
Student Manual for The Art of Electronics (AoESM)
is due Monday, April 14 at 9:45 PM.

Lab 2 from AoESM is due Monday, April 21 at 9:45 PM.

Lab 3 from AoESM is due Monday, April 28 at 9:45 PM.

Lab 4 from AoESM is due Monday, May 5 at 9:45 PM.
Please see the announcements for May 7 if you did not complete this lab.


Circuit Assembly Boot Camp is due Friday, May 16, at 9:45 PM.
Boot camp project photographs

Lab 7 from AoESM is due Monday, May 19 at 9:45 PM. Omit sections 7-2b and 7-3c.

Lab 8 from AoESM is due Wednesday, May 28 at 9:45 PM.

Lab 9 from AoESM is due Tuesday, June 3 at 9:45 PM.

Lab 10 from AoESM is due Monday, June 9 at 11:45 AM.

Read the Electrical Safety handout — due Monday, April 7.
Read pages 1–20 in The Art of Electronics (AoE) — due Monday, April 7.
Read pages 1–31 in the Student Manual for The Art of Electronics (AoESM) — due Monday, April 7.
Homework 1 — due Wednesday, April 9, at 9:45 PM (both parts).

Read the American Wire Gauge handout — due Monday, April 14.
Read pages 20–32 in AoE — due Monday, April 14.
Read pages 32–60 in AoESM — due Monday, April 14.
Homework 2 — due Wednesday, April 16, at 9:45 PM.

Read pages 32–44 in AoE — due Monday, April 21.
Read pages 61–81 in AoESM — due Monday, April 21.
Homework 3 — due Wednesday, April 23, at 9:45 PM.

Read pages 44–58 in AoE — due Monday, April 28.
Read pages 82–99 in AoESM — due Monday, April 28.
Homework 4 — due Wednesday, April 30, at 9:45 PM.

Read pages 61–79 in AoE — due Monday, May 5.
Read pages 100–117 in AoESM — due Monday, May 5.
Homework 5 — due Wednesday, May 7, at 9:45 PM.
Note: Use a factor of two for the engineering margin in problem 1.

Read pages 79–111 in AoE — due Monday, May 12.
Read pages 124–133 and 142–162 in AoESM — due Monday, May 12.
Homework 6 — due Wednesday, May 14, at 9:45 PM.

Read pages 113–140, 153–156, and 158–173 in AoE — due Monday, May 19.
Read pages 163–183 in AoESM — due Monday, May 19.
Homework 7 — due Wednesday, May 21, at 9:45 PM.

Read pages 175–195 and 209–212 in AoE — due Tuesday, May 27.
Read pages 184–206 in AoESM — due Tuesday, May 27.
Homework 8 — due Friday, May 30, at 9:45 PM.

Read pages 213 and 216–261 in AoE — due Monday, June 2.
Read pages 207–243 in AoESM — due Monday, June 2.
Homework 9 — due Friday, June 6, at 9:45 PM.

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
Homework 9 solutions

Electrical Safety

American Wire Gauge

GW Instek GPS-3303 power supply

GW Instek GDS-1102A-U Oscilloscope

Tenma 72-6858 Function Generator Manual
Tenma 72-6858 Function Generator Datasheet

Agilent U3401A setup handout
Agilent U3401A multimeter
Keithley 2000 multimeter

5 kΩ potentiometer
500 kΩ potentiometer
7555 general purpose CMOS timer
556 general purpose dual bipolar timer
LF411 op amp