Last Update: 03/08/2023

Course Overview:

Course Description	Lab Information	*Sample Notebook Page
Course Information	Lab Report Format	*Sample Lab Report
Course Schedule	Lab Grading Criteria
Help Sessions	Recommended Lab Strategy
Academic Honesty Policy	Leave No Trace Brochure
WPI Consequences of Academic Dishonesty

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Problem Sets:

HW1

HW2

HW3

HW4

HW5

HW6

HW7

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Homework and Exam Solutions:

HW1 Solution	HW2 Solution		Exam1 Solution
HW3 Solution	HW4 Solution		Exam2 Solution
HW5 Solution	HW6 Solution	HW7 Solution	Exam3 Solution
Kyle Mitard Q on HW2 03/29/2022

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Lab Investigations:

LAB1	LAB2	LAB3	LAB4	LAB5	LAB6
Lab Notebook Check-Off	Lab1: Peak-to-Peak Measurement Caution	Lab1: Rise Time Measurement Tips	Lab6: Automatic Gain Control

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Lab Videos:

Power Supply Setup	Scope Setup	Lab1 Breadboard Setup
Lab1:L1.1-L1.6	Lab1:L2.1-L2.5	Lab1:L2.6
Lab1:L2.6 Measurements	Lab1:L2.7	Lab1:L2.9
Lab1:L3.1 - L3.7	Lab1:L4.1 Measurements	Lab1:L5.1 Photodiode Amplifier
Lab2:L1.1 - L3.4	Lab2:L4.1 - L4.5
Lab3:L1.1 - L1.3	Lab3:L2.1	Lab3:L3.1 - L3.3
Prelab4 MOSFET Models	Lab4:L1.1 - L1.3	Lab4:L2.1
Lab4:L3.1 - L3.3	Lab4:L4.1 - L4.3
Lab5:L1	Lab5:L2	Lab5:L2.1 Measurements
Lab5:L3.1-3.2	Lab5:L3.1 Measurements	Lab5:L3.3-3.4
Lab5:L4
Lab6:L1	Lab6:L2	Lab6:L3
Lab6:L3 AGC Simulation	Lab6:Measurements L3.4-3.7

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Simulation Videos:

How to Access Multisim

RC Low-Pass Filter Frequency Response

Simulation Help Lab3

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Lecture Notes:

Lec1: Introduction to the Operational Amplifier
Lec2: The Ideal Op-Amp	Video Lecture 2
Lec3: Op-Amp Circuit Configurations	General Amplifier Model
Lec4: Signals Review	Complex Number Review	Video
Time Domain vs. Phasor Analysis
Lec5: Op-Amp Frequency Response	Bandwidth vs. Risetime	RC LPF Frequency Response
Lec6: Op-Amp DC Errors	Input Offset Voltage	Input Bias Currents
Lec7A: Slew Rate Limitation	Lec7B: Op-Amp Integrator	More on Slew Rate
Lec8A: Active Low-Pass Filter or Integrator	Lec8B: Step Response	LPF and Integrator Summary
Question by Joshua Hollyer 03/24/2022	Single Supply Op-Amp - Minimizing DC Gain
Lec9A: Active High-Pass Filter or Differentiator	Lec9B: HPF Response - Laplace Techniques	HPF and Differentiator Summary
Lec10A: Useful OpAmp Configurations	Lec10B: Three Channel Color Organ	Lec10C: Band-Pass Filter Analysis
Lec11: Hysteresis, Schmitt Trigger, Lab3 Prep	Schmitt Trigger Review	Schmitt Trigger Osc Comparison
Lec12: Prelab3 Topics	A Light Beam Transceiver
Lec13: A Digital Audio System	Sample & Hold
Lec14: Clock Oscillators	LM555 Analysis Handout	Discrete 555 Timer Schematic
Breadboard	Video	Design Challenge 50% Duty-Cycle - Inspired by Kosti Pano 2022
Lec17: Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC)
Lec18: Butterworth Filter Intro / Lab5 Prep	Filter Types	Filter Families
Sallen and Key Circuit	Lab5 3rd order Butterworth Filter	Fourier Series of a Square Wave
Lec19: General Butterworth Filter Design	5th order Butterworth Design Example	Sallen-Key Fun
Lec20: Stability Analysis	Differentiator Example
Stability Lecture (powerpoint)
Lec21: Sinewave Oscillators	BPF Oscillator	Wien Bridge Oscillator
Lec22: Stability Analysis Practice
Lec23: Will It Oscillate?	Bubba Oscillator	Phase Shift Oscillator Analysis(without buffers)
s-Plane Notes	Fourier Series of a Square Wave
All Pass Filter	Speaker Example

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Demos:

Digital Voice Recorder	ADC0820	DAC0800	32kx8 SRAM	Dual 4-Bit Counter
	DAC Output	Filtered Output

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Resources & Handouts:

pSpice HW Set 1 example circuit	Link to helpful pSpice tutorial from UTA
.cir text file from example

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Specification Sheets:

LM741	LTE-302	LTR-516AD
LM348	LM311	MC14007
LF357	74HC163