Introduction to Electronics

Introduction to Electronics

 

Subject Description: This paper is concerned with basic electronic concepts. Topics covered include fundamental d.c. and a.c. circuits, boolean logic, digital circuits, analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog conversion, computer architecture, and solid state devices such as diodes and transistors.
Test: The test papers are now available to be collected from the SCMS School Secretary on the ground floor of G Block.
Breadboards: There are a number of breadboards still outstanding. These MUST be returned to the tutor.
Exam Tutorials: Three exam tutorials have been arranged to be held in G.1.15

• Wednesday 22/6 10-11am Digital Electronics - Richard Nelson
• Thursday 23/6 2-3pm Analogue Electronics - Howell Round
• Friday 24/5 2-3pm General problems - Zhiwei Liu

• Set 1 Number Systems ( powerpoint, pdf)
• Set 2 Digital Logic ( powerpoint, pdf)
• Set 3 Minimisation ( powerpoint, pdf )
• Tutorial 1 Exercises ( postscript, pdf )
• Set 4 Common Circuits ( powerpoint, pdf )
• Set 5 Sequential Logic ( powerpoint, pdf )
• Tutorial 2 Exercises ( postscript, pdf )
• Set 6 Registers and Counters( 4 per page pdf, original powerpoint )
• Set 7 State Transition Diagrams( 4 per page pdf, original powerpoint )
• Tutorial 3 Exercises ( postscript, pdf )
• Set 8 Digital to Analogue Conversion( 4 per page pdf, original powerpoint )
• Set 9 Analogue to Digital Conversion( 4 per page pdf, original powerpoint )
No tutorial this week due to the test.
• Set 10 Digital Devices( 4 per page pdf, original powerpoint )
• Set 11 Memories and Microprocessors( 4 per page pdf, original powerpoint )
ARSTechnica RAM Guide Toms Hardware RAM Guide
• Tutorial 4 Exercises ( postscript, pdf )
• Tutorial 5 Exercises ( postscript, pdf )
Quiz 5 will be held Wednesday June 8.
• Set 12 Hardware Description Languages( 4 per page pdf, original powerpoint )
• Extra Tutorial Exercises ( postscript, pdf )
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• Introduction to Electronics, Signals, and Measurement

  As taught in: Spring 2006

  Level:

  Undergraduate

  Instructors:

  Prof. Manos Chaniotakis

  Prof. David Cory

  Prof. Manos Chaniotakis
  (Lecturer)

  Prof. Ian Hutchinson
  (Lecturer)

  Course Features

  Course Highlights

  Course Description

  Technical Requirements

  

  Transistors and resistors on an old program memory module (ROM) of a Nixdorf 820 system. (Image courtesy of Hermann Schneider.)
  
  

  Course Features

• Lecture notes
• Assignments (no solutions)
• Exams (no solutions)

Course Highlights

This course features an extensive set of lecture notes and laboratory assignments. Review notes and practice exams are also available in the examssection.

Course Description

The course is designed to provide a practical - hands on - introduction to electronics with a focus on measurement and signals. The prerequisites are courses in differential equations, as well as electricity and magnetism. No prior experience with electronics is necessary. The course will integrate demonstrations and laboratory examples with lectures on the foundations. Throughout the course we will use modern "virtual instruments" as test-beds for understanding electronics. The aim of the course is to provide students with the practical knowledge necessary to work in a modern science or engineering setting.

Lecture Notes

LEC #	TOPICS
1	Introduction; Transducers (PDF)
2	Signals and Systems; Time and Frequency Domain (PDF - 1.3 MB)
3	Fourier Transform and Fourier Series (PDF - 1.3 MB)
4	Sampling and Aliasing; Numbering System (PDF - 1.3 MB)
5	KVL and KCL Analysis (PDF)
6	KVL and KCL Analysis (cont.); Nodal Mesh Analysis (PDF)
7	Superposition Method; Thevenin Circuits; Circuits (PDF)
8	Norton Equivalent Circuits (PDF)
9	Dependent Sources (PDF)
10	Quiz 1
11	Dependent Sources (cont.) (PDF)
12	Capacitors and Inductors (PDF)
13	Impedance Method (PDF)
14	Sinusoidal Steady State; Differential Equation Method (PDF)
15	Sinusoidal Steady State with Impedance Method (PDF)
16	Frequency Response; Filters (PDF)
17	Frequency Response (cont.); Filters and Q Factor (PDF)
18	Transient Response of Circuits; First Order and RL Circuits (PDF)
19	Quiz 2
20	Transient Response of First Order Circuits (PDF)
21	Transient Response of Second Order Circuits (PDF)
22	Circuits with Non-linear Elements; Diode (PDF)
23	Design and Analysis of Diode Circuits (PDF)
24	BJT (PDF)
25	BJT (cont.) (PDF)
26	BJT (cont.) (PDF)
27	Quiz 3
28	Op Amp (PDF)
29	Op Amp (cont.); Fundamental Amplifier Circuits; Input/Output Impedance (PDF)
30	Op Amp (cont.); Active Filters; Superdiode, Log, Antilog Filters (PDF)
31	Control Fundamentals
32	Control
33	Op Amp (cont.); Positive Feedback; Schmitt Trigger (PDF)
34-36	Design and Build a Heart Rate Monitor
37	Digital Circuits (PDF)
38	Digital Circuits (cont.) (PDF)

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