Intermediate Physics Laboratory
PHYS 2129
Spring 2019
Lecture: Tuesday 1.00 – 1.50 pm
Place: Physics Room 202
Laboratory: Tuesday 2.00 – 4.50 pm
Thursday 1.00 – 3.50 pm
Place: Physics Room 219
Instructor: Yew San Hor
Email: yhor@mst.edu
Office: 111 SJH
Office Hours: Tue, Thu 11.00 am – 12.00 pm
Laboratory Manual: Principals of Electronic Instrumentation (copy).
References: Basic Electronics: An Introduction to Electronics for Science Students by Curtis A. Meyer,
An Introduction to Modern Electronics by William L. Faissler,
Principles of Electronic Instrumentation by A. James Diefenderfer and Brian E. Holton.
Laboratory Schedule:
Date |
Experiment |
Date |
Project |
Jan 22 |
1 |
Mar 19 |
16 |
24 |
2 |
21 |
17/18 |
29 |
3 |
Apr 2 |
1 |
31 |
4 |
4 |
|
Feb 5 |
5 |
9 |
2 |
7 |
6 |
11 |
|
12 |
7 |
16 |
3 |
14 |
8 |
18 |
|
19 |
9 |
23 |
4 |
21 |
10 |
25 |
|
26 |
11 |
30 |
5 |
28 |
12 |
May 2 |
|
Mar 5 |
13 |
7 |
6 |
7 |
15 |
9 |
|
12 |
Midterm Test |
To be determined |
Final Test |
14 |
Spring Recess |
|
|
Experiment Report: Every student must turn in his/her report for grading. Each report should be turned in with a cover page (must be printed page) which contains name, name of lab partner, title of experiment and date. The cover page should have a short description of the experiment and your conclusions.
For each experiment, simulate one circuit with Multisim and turn in a print-out with your experiment report.
Experiment reports must be turned in for grading by Friday and Monday after they are scheduled. This means, Tuesday experiment report is due on Friday and Thursday report is due on Monday. Each experiment will be graded at 100 point scale.
Project Report: The following are the projects to be completed in the last part of this semester. Each completed project will be graded at 200 point scale.
- Start by doing Lab-View Tutorial. (April 2, 4)
These laboratory projects will be different from the follow-the-instruction-in-the-manual type that we do in the first half of the semester. You will get a general description of what your goal is and some suggestions about how to accomplish that goal. Each group of laboratory partners will work out how to do the lab. You can talk with other lab groups but each student is responsible for knowing the why and how of everything.
For this part of the course, each student will keep your own laboratory notebook. For each project, each group submits one written laboratory report (prepared with a word processor; diagrams etc. or can be hand drawn if necessary). I suggest the following be included: Name of project, your name, name of lab partner, date, objectives, procedures, circuit diagrams, data, error analysis, conclusions or results, discussion of difficulties. Each week project report will be collected on the following Tuesdays.
*Late reports will not be accepted.
Grading Scale: >89.5 % = A
>79.5 % = B
>69.5 % = C
>59.5 % = D
Grade weight: Laboratory reports (experiment and project): 50 %
Midterm test: 20 %
Final test: 30 %
*Midterm and final tests will be based on the materials covered in lectures, laboratory experiments and projects.
Intermediate Physics Laboratory
Physics 2129
Spring 2019
Lab Experiments:
1. Ohm’s Law
2. Kirchoff’s Law
3. DC Circuits
4. AC Test Instruments
5. Transient RC Circuits
6. AC Circuits
7. LCR Circuits
8. Diodes I: Rectification and Filtering
9. Diodes II: Zeners
10. DC Power Supplies
11. Transistors
12. Op-Amps I
13. Op-Amps II
14. Circuit Simulation (Multisim is used for each lab experiment)
15. Oscillators
16. Digital Circuits
17. Digital and Analog I/O (I)
18. Digital and Analog I/O (II)
Projects:
1. LabView Interface
2. Digital Counting Circuits
3. Measurement by Using Sensor
4. Data Collecting
5. Counter and detector
6. Controlling Circuits
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