Week 1 Prelab: Order your Lab Kit!
Procedure Discussion Submit to Your TA
Order your lab kit now. Order Window: Jan 9 - Jan 15

Welcome to ECE 110!

ECE 110 is a laboratory course with 100 minutes of lecture and 170 minutes of lab in a "normal" 5-day work week. With this time allotment and a design element within the lab, you can anticipate some concepts will be introduced in lecture but many other concepts will be introduced in lab where the hands-on environment can be a better venue for learning. The two aspects of this course, lab and lecture, are complimentary in their roles to enable you to analyze and design electronic circuits. In fact, no student will pass the course unless earning better than 50% in both the lab and non-lab components separately!

While most of the course communication is handled at Canvas, you will find that the laboratory-specific information is better presented by the web site you are now viewing.

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Lectures in Week 1:
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
No Lecture. MLK Day. Pre-semester. Lecture #1. Intro and Professionalism
Jan 17-20 Week 1: Welcome!
Procedure Discussion Submit to Your TA
No in-person lab ECE 110 in-person labs will run Monday-Friday each week. Since Monday January 16th is pre-semester, the in-person lab will begin in Week 2 to keep us on our M-F schedule. No lab this week, but pickup your lab kit and finish the prelab below for next week!
Order and pick up your lab kit from the ECE Supply Center now.

Here's a short video of what I recieved in my bag from the ECE Supply Center: [video] 		Order Window: Jan 9 - Jan 15

Pickup Window:
Jan 16 - Jan 27 in ECEB Supply Center - 10am-2pm

Last day to request any missing parts: Feb 3
Course Syllabus
... Lab Attendance Policy
... Late Submissions
Lab-Focused Office Hours

Will start in Week 3.

What are these? While the course has multiple office hours staffed by instructors and CAs, there is no guarantee that this person is intimately aware of the lab assignments and lab policies. The lab-focused office hours are staffed by the lab TAs and will be your best resource for getting face-to-face answers to lab-specific questions.

A further perk/draw for attendance will be the extra-credit content available most weeks. By attending the lab-focused office hours, you can receive additional assistance which is particularly nice if you find the topics of the course especially challenging.
Week 2 Prelab: Professionalism in Teamwork--Introduce Yourself
Procedures Discussion Submit to Your TA
Working as a Team [.pdf] [.docx] GradeScope Each student will make a video [*.mp4].
Warning: Other video formats will not be accepted.

Finish prelab exercises below before the next week's lab meeting.

How to Use Gradescope
Lectures this week:
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
2. Current and Voltage 3. Measuring and Modeling
Jan 23-27 Week 2: Professionalism--Meet your Team
Procedures Discussion Submit to Your TA
Labs meet in Room 1005 ECEB Enter 1005 ECEB through the door on the East hallway. You will recevie 15-30 minutes of instruction before moving into the main laboratory space in 1001 ECEB.
Team Collaboration and Charter [.pdf] [.docx] While you complete this exercise to generate your Team Charter, you will want to edit this template [.pdf] [.docx] instead of starting from scratch. GradeScope

"Post-lab" reports are generally submitted within 24 hours after the end of your sheduled lab period (with exceptions noted).
Lab-Focused Office Hours Will start in Week 3.
...but there is a special learning activity. Extra Credit:
A Serious Failure Causes Multiple Deaths! [.pdf] [.docx] 		GradeScope
Week 3 Prelab: Modeling--Open that Kit!
Procedures Discussion Submit to Your TA
Confirm your kit contents using the
[parts list]
Alternately, you can go through the kit on this guided tour with Prof. Schmitz: [video]
 Last day to request any missing or broken parts: Feb 3.

The videos also provide valuable insight into the parts, avoiding damage to the parts, and avoiding injury to yourself.		 GradeScope
Next you need to learn about the Breadboard through this Video
 Until you understand the breadboard, you will not become proficient in lab. GradeScope
Lectures this week:
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
4. Power and Energy; Efficiency 5. Electronic Devices
Jan 30-Feb 3 Week 3: Modeling--Electronic Devices
Procedures Discussion Submit to Your TA
Lab Equipment Walkaround A TA-guided tour of the lab, its equipment and their importances in analysis and design.
How to Breadboard [.pdf] [.docx] You have watched the Breadboard video so this will give you a quick refresher then introduce a few electronic components as we learn to build a small circuit. GradeScope
Transistor Circuit Models [.pdf] [.docx] GradeScope
Lab-Focused Office Hours:

Sunday through Thursday
5-5:50 pm in 1005 ECEB

TAs are available to answer your lab questions and provide guidance on special learning opportunities. 		This week, for our special learning activity, we offer Extra Credit

What is a Resistor? [*.pdf][*.docx]

You can do this activity at home or come to one of this week's Lab-Focused office hours to have guideance as you learn about resistance.		 Extra credit submission via GradeScope.
Week 4 Prelab: Circuit Simulation
Procedures Discussion Submit to Your TA
Falstad Circuit Simulator [.pdf] [.docx] Learn to simulate circuits with this easy-to-use tool!

GradeScope
Lectures this week:
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
6. Kirchhoff's Circuit Laws 7. Series and Parallel, Power Ratings, Divider Rules
Feb 6-10 Week 4: Capacitors--RC Time Constants
Procedures Discussion Submit to Your TA
Keysight Oscilloscope Intro [*.pdf][*.docx]
Falstad RC time constant [*.pdf][*.docx]
Breadboard RC time constant [*.pdf][*.docx]
Lab-Focused Office Hours:

Sunday through Thursday
5-5:50 pm in 1005 ECEB		 This week, we offer Extra Credit

Plotting with Python [*.pdf]

You can do this activity at home or come to one of this week's Lab-Focused office hours.		 Extra credit submission via GradeScope.
Week 5 Prelab: Validating Kirchhoff's Laws
Procedures Discussion Submit to Your TA
Extech MN35 Multimeter

Intro Video

[.pdf][.docx]		 Watch the video, then work through the prelab document. GradeScope
Kirchhoff's Laws on a Breadboard

[.pdf][.docx]		 Now that you know how to use the multimeter, build a circuit and show that you understand Kirchhoff's Laws! Video on GradeScope
Lectures this week:
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
8. Kirchhoff in Circuit Analysis 9. Time-Varying Signals: AC, PWM
Feb 13-17 Week 5: Practical Voltage Dividers
Procedures Discussion Submit to Your TA
Schmitt-Trigger Inverter

[.pdf][.docx]
Cloud Detector

[.pdf][.docx]
Lab-Focused Office Hours:

Sunday through Thursday
5-5:50 pm in 1005 ECEB		 This week, we offer

A Timed Reaction [*.pdf] [*.docx]

You can do this activity at home or come to one of this week's Lab-Focused office hours.		 Extra credit submission via GradeScope.
Week 6 Prelab: Time-Varying Signals
Procedures Discussion Submit to Your TA
Scopy Tutorial

[.pdf] [.docx]
ADALM 2000 (M2k) Tutorial

[.pdf] [.docx]
Lectures this week:
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
10. Absorbed Power plus Design Choices 11. Current-Voltage relationships
Feb 20-24 Week 6: Time-Varying Signal Generation
Procedures Discussion Submit to Your TA
Square-Wave Oscillator

[.pdf][.docx]
More on the Oscilloscope

[.pdf][.docx]
Function Generator Introduction

[.pdf][.docx]
Lab-Focused Office Hours:

Sunday through Thursday
5-5:50 pm in 1005 ECEB		 This week, we offer

What is a Capacitor? [*.pdf][*.docx]

You can come to one of this week's Lab-Focused office hours to have guideance as you learn about resistance.		 Extra credit submission via GradeScope.
Week 7 Prelab: Practical Resistor Design
Procedures Discussion Submit to Your TA
Getting Around Resistor Power Limits

[.pdf][.docx]		 You can use more than one resistor to 1) get the resistance value you desire and 2) build an "equivalent" resistor from many that can dissipate a much-higher power.
Assemble Your Car Chassis:
  1. Do a quick motor check.
  2. ONLY then build the car.
 If you have a faulty motor, DO NOT BUILD the car. They are very difficult to disassemble and you may break it. Go to lab to get a replacement motor first.
Lectures this week:
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
12. Using IV for Predicting Behavior 13. Thevenin-Equivalent Models
Feb 27-Mar 3 Week 7: Putting it Together!
Procedures Discussion Submit to Your TA
Light-Controlled Motor [.pdf] [.docx]
Light-Seeking Robot [.pdf] [.docx]
Lab-Focused Office Hours:

Sunday through Thursday
5-5:50 pm in 1005 ECEB		 This week, we offer

Oscillator Analysis [*.pdf] [*.docx]

You can do this activity at home or come to one of this week's Lab-Focused office hours to have guideance as you learn about resistance.		 Extra credit submission via GradeScope.
Week 8 Prelab: Debugging
Procedures Discussion Submit to Your TA
Storytelling in oral reports. [.pdf] [.docx]
Hangups of personal assumptions. [.pdf] [.docx]
Lectures this week:
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
14. Norton Models, Transforming Models, Superposition 15. Node-Voltage Analysis
Mar 6-Mar 10 Week 8: Debugging
Procedures Discussion Submit to Your TA
Interviewing to avoid assumptions. [.pdf] [.docx]
Debugging [.pdf] [.docx]
Story Telling Video [.pdf] [.docx] Finish the Video in class or make as much progress as you can using the available in-lab time. You cannot leave early if it isn't done, but you will be given additional time to submit for this part of today's lab.
Lab-Focused Office Hours:

Sunday through Thursday
5-5:50 pm in 1005 ECEB		 This week, we offer

Does the Motor have a Thevenin-Equivalent? [*.pdf] [*.docx]

You can come to one of this week's Lab-Focused office hours.		 Extra credit submission via GradeScope.
Week 10 [after break] Prelab: Soldering and/or Unit Report!!
Procedures Discussion Submit to Your TA
Soldering is Easy: Here's How to Do It by Mitch Altman, et. al. [.pdf] With Spring Break coming, consider doing your prelab for Week 10 BEFORE you leave for break so you don't forget!
Watch this video on "Tinning Your Tips" at Weller Tools
Mid-Term Written Report: Draft the Outline [.pdf] [.docx] Start Early!
Mar 13-Mar 17 Week 9: SPRING BREAK!
Procedures Discussion Submit to Your TA
SPRING BREAK! SPRING BREAK! SPRING BREAK!
Week 10 Prelab: Refer to previous "Soldering" Prelab!
Procedures Discussion Submit to Your TA
Did you remember to finish the Soldering Prelab?
Lectures this week:
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
16. Intro to Diodes 17. Diode Circuits
Mar 20-Mar 24 Week 10: Diodes+Practical Time-Varying Waveforms
Procedures Discussion Submit to Your TA
Pulse-Width Modulation [.pdf] [.docx]
PWM Straight-Run Car [.pdf] [.docx]
Week 11 Prelab: Analog-Circuit Logic
Procedures Discussion Submit to Your TA
A two-nMOS circuit AND operator. [.pdf] [.docx]
Finish and Submit the Storytelling Video.
Complete the CATME peer evaluation
Lectures this week:
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
18. Diode Applications 19. Bipolar Junction Transistor
Mar 27-Mar 31 Week 11: Analog-Circuit Logic
Procedures Discussion Submit to Your TA
PWM Straight-Run Car with Speed Control [.pdf] [.docx]
Week 12 Prelab: Finish the Mid-Term Report
Procedures Discussion Submit to Your TA
Mid-Term Written Report: Finish the Report[.pdf] [.docx] Requires the entire team to meet and work together!
Lectures this week:
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
20. The BJT's IV Characteristics 21. BJT's Voltage Transfer Characteristic
Apr 3-7 Week 12: Design
Procedures Discussion Submit to Your TA
Final Project: Build a One-Bit Memory-controlled Car [.pdf] [.docx]
Task:
Microphone [.pdf] [.docx]
Amplifier [.pdf] [.docx]
As time allows (will be formally assigned next week!): DRAM [.pdf] [.docx]
 Divide into pairs and Complete these Modules.
Week 13 Prelab: Final Project--Individual Responsibility
Procedures Discussion Submit to Your TA
Lectures this week:
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
22. BJT as a Voltage Amplifier 23. Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor (MOSFET)
Apr 10-16 Week 13: Final Project--Team Collaboration
Procedures Discussion Submit to Your TA
Task:
H-Bridge [.pdf] [.docx]
DRAM [.pdf] [.docx]
 Divide into pairs and Complete these Modules.

Some possibly helpful (or not) additional modules:
Timer [.pdf]
Individual modules and Team Collaboration. Progress Report on GradeScope
Week 14 Prelab: Final Project--Team Collaboration
Procedures Discussion Submit to Your TA
Meet with your Team outside of lab.
You don't know what you don't know: Common issues in building real circuits. Submit a completed circuit schematic of your current full-car design. Progress Report on GradeScope
Lectures this week:
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
24. More on MOSFET 25. cMOS Logic
Apr 19-23 Week 14: Project Completion
Procedures Discussion Submit to Your TA
This is your last in-lab opportunity for TA assistance and you combine your modules to complete a working design! Final Project Video and Report due on GradeScope by Wednesday, May 3, midnight!

Final Report Rubric [pdf] [docx]

Final Video Rubric [PNG]
Week 15 Prelab: Know Your Design!
Procedures Discussion Submit to Your TA
Finish your project and prepare for the Q&A session!
Lectures this week:
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
26. cMOS Power Consumption 27. Photodiodes and Solar Panels
Apr 26-30 Week 15: ECE 110's Game Day! Presentations...
Procedures Discussion Submit to Your TA
Individual Question and Answer Your TA will apply this Question and Answer Rubric
Week 16 Prelab: Complete CATME Peer Evaluations
Procedures Discussion Submit to Your TA
Complete your peer evaluations. The stakes are high! If you don't complete them, you will lose 50% on all submissions related to the Final Project of this course! CATME
Lectures this week:
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
28. Finish and Review 29. Review
May 1-3 Week 16: End of Semester!
Procedures Discussion Submit to Your TA
No In-Lab Meeting Final Project Video and Report due on GradeScope by Wednesday, May 3, midnight!

Final Report Rubric [pdf] [docx]

Final Video Rubric [PNG]