Department of Electrical and Computer EngineeringInstructor:Lectures:Laboratory:GradingPolicy on CheatingDisabilityESE 123 Spring 2005 Introduction to Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University at Stony Brook Instructor: Jayant P. Parekh, Rm. 225, Light Engineering Building Office Hours: Mon., Wed., 3 PM to 5 PM email address: [email protected] Tel: 631 632-8399/8400 Course Description: This course, required of all freshmen intending to major in electrical or computer engineering, introduces basic electrical engineering concepts through hands-on analog and digital lab experiments, and lectures providing concepts and theory relevant to the labs, with primary emphasis being placed on physical insight rather than mathematical rigor. The intent is to use experiments as a vehicle for gaining a sound foundation for further study of electrical engineering. Lectures: Lectures are held on Mondays and Wednesdays 5:20 PM to 6:40 PM in room 079 of the Earth Sciences Building. Textbook: The required textbook for this course is Analog Electrical Circuits for the Beginner by J.P. Parekh Laboratory: The laboratory portion of this course has two components: (a) a virtual laboratory component in which the response of a circuit is theoretically predetermined through calculations or computer simulation; and (b) a real laboratory component in which circuits are hard wired on a breadboard and their response to a stimulus measured using appropriate instruments. The latter thus involves designing and constructing analog and digital circuits using physical components, and also involves becoming familiar with basic instruments. The bench laboratory activities will take place in the Engineering Electronics Laboratory in room 283 of the Light Engineering Building at the announced times. Any questions pertaining to course registration must be taken up with Ms. Caroline Huggins in room 267 of the Light Engineering Building. The student must check the preannounced schedule hours for his or her lab section. 1The CAD laboratory involves the use of a schematic capture and simulation software package, which allows one to construct a virtual circuit and simulate its performance. Wherever appropriate, pre-labs will require simulation of circuits, which then will be hard-wired and tested during a bench laboratory session. The CAD package used in the course is MultiSim, which constitutes the interactive schematic capture and simulation portion of the popular software package known as Electronics Workbench. This software package is available on the computers in the Undergraduate Electrical Engineering CAD Laboratory located in Room 281 of the Light Engineering Building. You may use this software in the CAD Laboratory during any of the hours that this laboratory is open for general use. However, you must have a student account for this specific facility. Information is posted in the CAD laboratory on how to open an account. The latest version of Mul S m is MultiSim 8, with the preceding version being MultiSim 7. ti i The Student Edition of MutiSim 8 may be obtained from www.electronicsworkbench.com. A demo version of MultiSim 8 may be downloaded from this web site. You may also want to go to this web site to familiarize yourself more with this product as well as related products, e.g., Ultiboard 2001, which provides the tool for the design of printed circuit boards used in final production or manufacture of circuits. The laboratory assignments consist of two parts, a pre-lab and a post-lab. PRE-LAB: The pre-lab consists of all the necessary preparatory theoretical work that you must do prior to performing the experiment in the laboratory. The pre-lab represents individual effort, i.e., each student must hand in a copy of his or her pre-lab at the time of entering the laboratory. A student will be denied entry into the lab if the pre-lab is not submitted to the TA at the time of entering the lab. This is because the available time in the lab is limited and, therefore, the student cannot be allowed to squander time in trying to figure out the theoretical aspects of the experiment in the lab. The student is expected to come to the lab as much prepared as possible. It is important that the student, through calculations or computer simulation, have prior knowledge of what to expect when making experimental measurements. It makes for a good learning experience if a theoretical projection of the behavior of a circuit is obtained prior to a physical lab and then confirmed in the measurements made in the lab. Details of what to put in the pre-lab will be discussed in the class. POST-LAB: The post-lab report documents the result of your laboratory work and includes data from measurements and answers to any questions based on observation or measurements of a circuit’s performance. The post-lab report must be written in a bound laboratory notebook with numbered carbon copy pages. One copy of the post-lab report (probably better called co-lab report since this report is to be prepared while doing the lab) must be handed in at the end of the lab while the other copy remains in the notebook. While the pre-lab reports represents an individual effort, the post-lab report represents a group effort. 2Details of how to write the post-lab report will be discussed in the class. In short, it will include details of measurements and any graphs that are plotted plus of a discussion of how the experimental results compare with theory and, finally, conclusion. Grading Your course grade will be computed based on the following: Quizzes 30% Laboratory performance 30% Final examination 35% Portfolio 5% There is no mid-term examination. Instead quizzes will be given at the rate of three quizzes every three weeks, with each quiz taking about 5 to 10 minutes. The intention of the quizzes is to engage the student into studying on a regular basis rather than waiting until the night before an examination. Regular study is important also from the standpoint that the student is expected to come to the lab fully prepared. In engineering work in the real world, deadlines are a harsh fact of life. Sometimes you, or your company, will successfully meet these deadlines and sometimes you will not. When deadlines are not met, there is inevitably a price to be paid. The same will be true in this course. Late