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ME530241 2009
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M.E. 530.241 Electronics and Instrumentation HOME PAGE
http://dscl.lcsr.jhu.edu/ME530241_2009
Course Description
Introduction to basic analog electronics and instrumentation with emphasis on basic electronic devices and techniques relevant to mechanical engineering. Topics include basic circuit analysis, laboratory instruments, discrete components, transistors, filters, op-amps, amplifiers, differential amplifiers, power amplification, power regulators, AC and DC power conversion, system design considerations (noise, precision, accuracy, power, efficiency), and applications to engineering instrumentation.
3 credits
Our Class - Spring 2009
Photo gallery of our class - Spring 2009.
Instructors
Faculty
Dr. Louis L. Whitcomb
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The Johns Hopkins University
office: 115 Computational Science and Engineering Building (CSEB)
Phone: 410-516-6724
[email]
Office Hours: During regularly scheduled weekly problem session and lab sessions.
Dr. Kyle B. Reed
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The Johns Hopkins University
office: 128 Computational Science and Engineering Building (CSEB)
Phone: 410-516-5396
[email]
Office Hours: During regularly scheduled weekly problem session and lab sessions.
Teaching Assistants
- Ms. Caitlin Schneider [email]
- Mr. Yonatan Silverman [email]
TA Office Hours
TA office hours are held during the normally scheduled laboratory sessions.
Professional Staff
Mr. Robert H. Blakely, Laboratory Technician
Department of Mechanical Engineering
G.W.C. Whiting School of Engineering
The Johns Hopkins University
office: B-2 Krieger Hall, phone: 410-516-8660
[email]
Class Schedule
Lectures
Monday, Wednesday, Friday 1:30-2:20PM, Room 311 Hodson Hall.
Laboratory Sessions
Labs are held in Room 140 Wyman Park Building.
The Wyman Park Building is located at the South end of the Homewood Campus.
Click here for a Homewood Campus Map.
Course Requirements
An independently written report of each laboratory assignment is required.
Unless previously arranged with the Instructor, no credit will be given for late assignments. All assignments are due at the announced due date and time.
All assignments must be handed in to Dr. Whitcomb or Dr. Reed in class or at their offices in CSEB. Do not hand in anything to the TAs. The TAs are not authorized to receive assignments. The lowest score laboratory will be dropped.
Course grade will be determined by lecture and laboratory participation, written laboratory reports, a class project, a midterm exam, and a final exam. The relative percentages will be something like the following (this is subject to revision): written laboratory reports (40%), class project (20%), quizzes throughout the quarter (15%), and a final exam (25%).
Prerequisites
- Physics I and II
- Calculus I - III
- Linear Algebra
- Differential Equations
Exam Schedule
Exams are cumulative, closed book, closed notes, closed cell-phone, calculators are OK.
- Midterm Quiz: Friday, March 13, 2009 at 1:30pm (in class). Several other unannounced quizzes will be given in class.
- Final Exam: 2-5 PM, Thursday, May 7, 2009, Hodson Hall Room 311, per the JHU registrar's schedule
Grades
Grades are posted here.
Recommended Text
G. Rizzoni Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering, McGraw Hill, Boston, 2008. ISBN-10: 0073380377 # ISBN-13: 978-0073380377 Also available here.
Syllabus
This syllabus will be revised as the term progresses - please refer to this web site for the latest updates to the syllabus.
| WEEK | DATE | LECTURE TOPIC | READING | LAB |
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| 1 | Jan 26 | Volts, Amps, Ohms, Basic Resistor Linear Circuits, Power, KVL, KCL. | CH 2 | |
| 2 | Feb 2 | DC Network Analysis. | CH 3 |
Lecture materials: |
| 3 | Feb 9 | AC Network Analysis | CH 4 | |
| 4 | Feb 16 | AC Network Analysis | CH 4 | |
| 5 | Feb 23 | Op-Amps 1: Ideal Model and Applications | CH 8 | |
| 6 | Mar 2 | Op-Amps 2: Non-Ideal Model, power op amp, and instrumentation amps. | CH 8 | |
| 7 | Mar 9 | Active filters, op amp design considerations, and Midterm Quiz (March 13) |
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| 8 | Mar 16 | Spring Break - No class or lab this week. | ||
| 9 | Mar 23 | Diodes, LEDs, Bipolar Transistors | CH 9, 10 | |
| 10 | Mar 30 | Digital logic, binary numbers | CH 12 | |
| 11 | Apr 6 | Flip-flops, digital input/output, filters. | ||
| 12 | Apr 13 | Class Project and circuit board fabrication lab. | ||
| 13 | Apr 20 | Class Project |
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| 14 | Apr 27 | Class Project and Project Report. Friday May 1, 2009 is the last day of Spring term classes. | ||
| 15 | May 7 |
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Other Syllabus Ideas
| WEEK | DATE | LECTURE TOPIC | READING | LAB |
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| Microprocessors Basics: Binary numbers, serial I/O, analog I/O. | ||||
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