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EE122 - Introduction To Electronic Circuit Design: Prof. Greg Kovacs With Amy Droitcour and Bob Ricks
EE122 - Introduction To Electronic Circuit Design: Prof. Greg Kovacs With Amy Droitcour and Bob Ricks
About EE122
Curiosity-driven laboratories with a flexible structure.
A team-based approach to learning.
Practical, rather than theory-driven content.
Preparation for laboratories will involve team research and
analysis, rather then lengthy write-ups.
An informal lab-book-based approach to taking data.
No formal examinations (midterms or final), with grading
based on laboratory notebooks, teamwork, and final
project.
Final project with a full three weeks provided for design
and construction.
Final demos given by each team to the entire class.
EE122, Stanford University, Prof. Greg Kovacs
Gotta hack
circuits!
Bob Ricks
bricks@mail.arc.nasa.gov
Amy Droitcour
adroit@stanford.edu
Grading
Laboratory notebooks - 20%
Formal laboratory write-ups - 30%
Final project (team) demonstration/presentation and
write-up - 40%
TA evaluation of laboratory skills (individual) - 10%
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THIS IS A PROJECT-BASED
CLASS!
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Spring 00/01
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On Clear Communication
You are the chief airplane washer at the company
hangar and you:
(1) Hook high pressure hose up to the soap suds machine.
(2) Turn the machine "on".
(3) Receive an important call and have to leave to go home.
(4) As you depart for home, you yell to Don, your assistant, "Don, turn it
off.
(5) Assistant Don thinks he hears, "Don't turn it off. He shrugs, and
leaves the area right after you.
(6) Refer to next slide for the results.
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Safety Issues
Electricity can kill you.
Keep voltages below +/-15 V unless specifically
authorized.
No line-powered projects please. Use the bench
power supplies, wall wart AC adapters, solar
cells, or batteries.
If any circuits interface to the human body, they
must be battery powered and isolated from any
instruments, etc.
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LTC1475
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NO!
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Good Books
Horowitz and Hill, The Art of Electronics.
Application notes and books of them from chip
manufacturers like:
National Semiconductor
Linear Technology
Maxim
Analog Devices
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Good Magazines
Nuts and Volts (www.nutsvolts.com).
Wireless World.
Popular Electronics.
Elektor (way cool Euro mag!) (http://www.elektorelectronics.co.uk/index.html)
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Good
Surplus
Sources
Alltronics
Parts, some instruments, much junk (catch owner in a good mood).
2300D Zanker Road, San Jose, (408) 943-9773, www.alltronics.com
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More
Surplus
Sources
http://community.webshots.com/photo/1297708/1510906PaIhCjlKGC
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Schedule
Notes: Lab assignments, course organization will be discussed. Kovacs, Gilchrist, Ricks, and TAs will
introduce themselves in class and schedule laboratory times.
Students should purchase textbooks and laboratory books.
Lecture Topics:
Students will learn how to operate the electronic instruments in the laboratory and familiarize themselves
with the necessary software, as required.
Lecture Topics:
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Schedule
Students will experiment with simple operational amplifier circuits and get a feel for what these chips can
and cannot do.
Lecture Topics:
Simple oscillators.
Students will learn to use filters, nonlinear circuits with op-amps, and how to generate a basic set of useful
signals. Fooling around with the circuits will be encouraged.
Lecture Topics:
Interface circuits to motors, relays, lamps, etc., using discrete transistors (bipolar and MOSFET).
Project proposals due in class on Monday, 10/27. Approved project proposals will be returned to
teams in class on Wednesday, 10/29. Turning in proposals early is highly encouraged!
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Schedule
Students will gain hands-on experience with optoelectronic components and demonstrate an optical signal
transmitter and receiver.
Lecture Topics:
Students will be exposed to a variety of interesting circuit concepts that might come in handy when
working on the details of their projects.
Lecture Topics:
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Schedule
Students should begin construction of projects, obtain any special components, and team member
responsibilities should be clarified and assigned.
Lecture Topics:
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Schedule
The final project demonstrations are scheduled for Wednesday, 12/3, and
the final reports are due Friday, 12/5 by 5 pm (please turn them in to Ms.
Sandy Plewa).
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Booty
Beware
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Beer
Cooler
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Ultrasonic
Distance
Gauge
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Disco Mixer
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Dissin
Parrot
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Line
Following
Robot Car
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Example of How
To Build Projects
The Tweak-O guitar
effects box article by
Steve Daniels
(http://home.netcom.com/~
smallbearelec) is a great
example of how to build,
package and decorate a
project.
The circuit itself, however,
is a bit too simplistic for
EE122.
PDF of article courtesy of
Steve Daniels.
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Gotta hack
circuits!
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