This is the course that will try your endurance. Unlike the introductory labs in physics, in electronics you must make everything work, and you must keep really, really precise and accurate records.
Hayes and Horowitz: Student Manual for the Art of Electronics. I also recommend you get a copy of the bible, Horowitz and Hill: The Art of Electronics. The lab manual recommends sections of reading in the bible, and you should follow those recommendations, at least.
You and your lab partner will construct the circuits in the lab of the day, recording everything about them in your lab notebook. When you have your checkout for that lab, you will explain what you did, why things happened the way they did, and you will answer my questions. If you cannot answer my questions, which may be the case because you didn't record sufficient detail, you will both be sent back to lab to do the job right. You can see that it's time to cultivate habits of great precision, so that you'll have time every day to escape for dinner and sleep.
Many of you probably wonder, so I'll tell you that last year we had one midterm (25% of the grade), one project (25%), and one final (50%). You will be able to replace your midterm score with your score on the final if that is higher. To receive credit, you must satisfactorily check out of every lab. If you prefer, we can add a quiz or two.
Instructor: Stephanie DiCenzo, Barnes 222, x6218
Paraprof: Nathaniel Kidd, x8262, Olin 254
Jeff Steele (tech director) x6582 Olin 254
online manual for another course.
We're playing hockey with the 142 class on Friday, May 2. You must be at the rink by 8:30 am.