Hands-On Introduction to Electrical Engineering Lab Skills

Lecture Notes

LEC #

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LECTURE NOTES

1

Electronic components (resistors, capacitors, inductors, diodes)

Use of multimeters and oscilloscopes

Construction and debugging of simple electronic circuits

Soldering exercise

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2

LEDs, bipolar junction transistors, MOSFETs, optical isolators, op amps

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3

More integrated circuits: 555 timers, voltage regulators, Zener diodes

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4

Digital ICs: inverters, counters, flip flops, shift registers, digital to analog converters

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Appendix (PDF)

5

Motors, AD/DA converters, digital design lab, wrap-up

Guest lecture (not included in MIT OpenCourseWare) given by Prof. Steven Leeb

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Labs

LAB #

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LAB HANDOUTS

1

Function generator, digital multimeter, oscilloscope

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2

Bipolar junction transistor (BJT), comparator, oscillator, op amp circuits

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3

Zener diodes, timers, and other useful circuits

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4

Digital circuits: digital logic, design, and implementation

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5

Digital circuits: building and debugging a digital lock

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