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LAB WORK

CONTENTS
Laboratory Expt Intro ................................................................................................................................................................................. 2
Laboratory Expt Circuit Construction .................................................................................................................................................. 2
Laboratory Expt Voltage Sources and Node Equations ................................................................................................................ 3
Laboratory Expt RC Transients ............................................................................................................................................................... 3
Laboratory Expt Radio Controlled Car................................................................................................................................................. 4
Laboratory Expt Power and Energy ...................................................................................................................................................... 5
Laboratory Expt Feedback Control ....................................................................................................................................................... 5
Laboratory Expt AM radio reciever, Crystal Set............................................................................................................................... 6
Laboratory Expt A/D & D/A conversion ............................................................................................................................................. 6
Laboratory Expt Introduction to Digital Logic.................................................................................................................................. 7

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LABORATORY EXPT INTRO

Things to know:

Prototyping Board
Reading Resistor color codes
Digital Multimeter
Power Supply
Signal Generator
The Oscilloscope

(Appendix 1)
(Appendix 2)
(Appendix 3)
(Appendix 4)
(Appendix 5)
(Appendix 6)

Things to bring:

Prototyping board

Notes:
1. When using the Precision Resistance Bridge:
a. Make sure youre measuring resistance not something else
b. There is a button just under the two metal jaws. That button will open the metal jaws. Use it.
Pre-Lab:
Section A

- Theoretic equivalent resistance:

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LABORATORY EXPT CIRCUIT CONSTRUCTION

Things to know:

Soldering

(Appendix 8)

Things to bring:

Your entire Lab kit (PCB, Resistors, LEDs, etc.)

Notes:
1. You can build and test your LED circuit on your breadboard instead of soldering it all together
2. Make sure your LEDs are the correct way around
Pre-Lab:
Assemble the amplifier and tape down the components so they dont fall out during transport. You can solder at
home if you have a soldering iron.

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LABORATORY EXPT VOLTAGE SOURCES AND NODE EQUATIONS

Things to know:

V=IR
Kirchhoffs Laws
Node voltage equations

Things to bring:

Prototyping board
9V Battery

Notes:
1. Your battery will drop in voltage as it is used
Pre-Lab:
Section A

- i) Load current:
Power dissipated:
Power delivered:
Power delivered equals power dissipated? Yes
- ii) Terminal Voltage: 8.3 A
Current flowing:
Voltage drop:
Internal resistance:

1.2V

LABORATORY EXPT RC TRANSIENTS

Things to know:

How a capacitor works

Things to bring:

Breadboard
LED set
Something that can count seconds

Notes:
1. The capacitor wont be destroyed if its non-polarized.
2. You dont have to do Part C if you dont want to. However you can get bonus Lab marks which may help
cover marks you lost in other labs
Pre-Lab:
None

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LABORATORY EXPT RADIO CONTROLLED CAR

Things to know:

AM, FM, PWM and PPM signals

Things to bring:

Yourself and the Lab book

Notes:
1. The radio uses PPM except the oscilloscope will show them as voltage drops
Pre-Lab:

You may want to exaggerate the amount of amplitude and frequency modulation.
PWM

PPM

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LABORATORY EXPT POWER AND ENERGY

Things to know:

P=IV

Things to bring:

3 different colored pens

Notes:
N/A
Pre-Lab:
Result h)
Type

Power

Light Output

Incandescent
Compact Florescent
Compact Florescent
Quartz halogen
LED

100 W
18 W
9W
50 W
5W

1500 Lumens
1400 Lumens
600 Lumens
600 Lumens
150 Lumens

Output/Watt
(performance)
15 L/W
78 L/W
67 L/W
12 L/W
30 L/W

LABORATORY EXPT FEEDBACK CONTROL

Things to know:

Read the information given

Things to bring:

Your best reaction skills and maybe something that you can use to count seconds

Notes:
1. You can hit pause to draw the graph
2. If you hit pause more than once in the application you may need to click run more than once
Pre-Lab:
None

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LABORATORY EXPT AM RADIO RECIEVER, CRYSTAL SET

Things to know:

How a radio works

Things to bring:

Headphones or the provided headphone in your lab kit

Notes:
1. For the last question asking how many stations you can get you can just write 0
Pre-Lab:

AM
Amplitude modulation alters and encodes the signal
in the varying amplitude of a frequency-constant wave
FM
Frequency modulation alters and encodes the signal
in the varying frequency of a amplitude-constant wave

LABORATORY EXPT A/D & D/A CONVERSION

Things to know:

What sampling is w.r.t. A/D and D/A conversions

Things to bring:

Headphones or the provided headphone in your lab kit

Notes:
1. Do the Prelim reading before the lab, theres a lot to read
2. Make sure the equipment is wired properly and the wires are as short as possible. Long wires will cause
problems.
Pre-Lab:
None

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LABORATORY EXPT INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL LOGIC

Things to know:

Logic Gates NOT, AND, OR, NAND, NOR, XOR

Truth tables

Things to bring:

Yourself and the Lab book

Notes:
1. Lab not usually done
Pre-Lab:
None

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