ECE341 - Lecture and Lab Materials
Software Tools
Restore lost files using snapshots
Access COE LINUX via PuTTY
Run X11 Applications on Windows
ngspice manual (release-34)
ngspice printing options
Running ngspice
Datasheets
1N4148
1N5817
2N4401
2N4403
TPQ3904
1N5227
LM358
BD136(PNP)
BD135(NPN)
RL5-WL10015 (white LED)
0.1uf ceramic cap
1uf electrolytic cap
3.5mm audio jack
Model files
LM358.subckt
1n4007.mod
1n4148.subckt
1N5230B.subckt
2n2222a.mod
2n4401.mod
2n4403.mod
BD13516.mod
BD13616.mod
bat17.subckt
xqawht.mod
MCP6281.subckt
Parts List
Lab parts W24(.xlsx)
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Lecture and Lab Schedule
Week
Date
Lecture Topics
Lab Work
Supplemental Reading/Viewing
1
1/10
About This Class
About Design
The P-N Junction
Diode Models
Lab 0
Keeping a Lab notebook
Tools you need for lab
Linux Survival Commands
Editing with
vim
A good, sane .vimrc file
Videos:
-Getting in and out of Vim
-Moving around in Vim
-Adding and deleting in Vim
-Dot, make, split, shell commands
2
1/17
Snowed out
3
1/24
Diode Applications
Linux, ngspice (in-class work)
Amplifier Parameters
BJT structure
BJT Regions of Operation
Lab 1 - Diodes
How to use a DMM
Spice Netlist Format
Another Spice Netlist Example
4
1/31
How the BJT Works
Reading Datasheets
Small-Signal Analysis
Prototyping
Lab 2 - Analysis of BJT Q-point
Deadbug Prototyping-Lab 2
5
2/7
Capacitors
Biasing the BJT
Lab 3 - Designing Bias for Amplifier
6
2/14
Fixing the Gain
BJT Biasing Guidelines
In-class Oscilloscope demo
Lab 3b - AC amplifier with Gain Fix
Videos:
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Intro to Using the Oscilloscope
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Care and Feeding of Oscilloscope Probes
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Setting up one channel to view
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Triggering
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Horiz. timebase, cursors, measurements
7
2/21
Current Mirrors
Lab 4 - Current Mirror Lab
8
2/28
Differential Amplifiers
Inside a LM741 OPAMP
Lab 5 - Diff-Amp Application
9
3/6
Op amps
Feedback and Op amps
Lab 6 - Op amps
Skip steps 9 and 10, but you can do them if you wish.
Interesting audio op amp projects
Scroll to "Simple Post Index"
10
3/13
Op amp Oscillators
Sine wave OPAMP oscillators - TI Appnote
Lab 7 - OPAMP Phase Shift Oscillator