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GENERAL SAFETY RULES
Electric and electronic circuits can be dangerous. Safe practices are necessary to prevent electrical shock, fires,
explosions, mechanical damage, and injuries resulting from the improper use of equipment. Even moderate
voltages may cause a serious shock (i.e. if the human skin is moist its resistance to the flow of electricity can
drop drastically). You should know that so-called low-voltage equipment may have a high-voltage section.
Therefore, never assume protective devices are working. Also, never assume a circuit is off even though the
switch is in the "OFF" position. The switch could be defective.
- Always follow procedures carefully;
- Investigate everything before you act;
- When in doubt, do not act. Ask your instructor or supervisor.
Safe practices will protect you and your fellow students. Please do not hesitate to ask your instructor about
anything that you are not sure of or do not understand. Many accidents occur when people rush into things and
cut corners. Take the time required to protect yourself and others. Running, horseplay, and practical jokes are
strictly forbidden in laboratories. Circuits and equipment must be treated with respect. Learn how they work and
the proper way of working on them.
LABORATORY RULES
Considering the large number of students attending the labs and in order for the lab to operate properly, the
students are asked to abide by the following rules:
1. Eating, or drinking is not permitted in the laboratory.
2. Overcoats and briefcases are not permitted in the laboratory.
3. Students should bring their own laboratory manual.
4. No equipment is allowed to be exchanged from one bench to another.
5. Upon entering and when leaving the laboratory students should check equipment against the list posted at
each station.
6. All damaged or missing equipment and cables must be reported immediately to the demonstrator. Failure to
do so will result in students being charged for damages or losses.
7. All data must be recorded neatly in the laboratory on a clean piece of paper and must be signed by the
demonstrator.
8. No more than two students are allowed to occupy one laboratory section.
9. Any student who is more than 30 minutes late will not be permitted into the laboratory.
10. After your laboratory session is completed all components, connecting jumpers, and cables must be
returned to their respective places.


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SCOPE OF ELECTRONICS LABORATORY
The main purposes of electronic laboratory work are as follows:
- To provide practical experience in electronic devices and electronic circuits in general.
- To provide experience in electronic measurements.
- To provide experience in report-writing.

DOING THE EXPERIMENTS
Each experiment must be studied in advance. If the theory is understood the student knows exactly what to
expect in an experiment and accurate measurements can be obtained very quickly. The procedure section may
often dictate that graphs be plotted. It is a very good engineering practice to plot such graphs as the readings are
taken. In this way discrepancies can be immediately detected and checked. Often sketches of various
waveforms are required. You can print your data in one of nearby printers such as Marker, Chalk, or QUILL
(H852). Devices are invariably characterized with maximum voltage, current, and power ratings. These should
never be exceeded. Otherwise, the device will be destroyed.
If in doubt about the use of a particular instrument, the operating instructions provided by the manufacturer
should be read. Since the laboratory represents a significant portion of the student's practical training, it is
imperative that the students perform all the experiments. If a student has missed an experiment due to
circumstances entirely beyond his/her control, that student will have the opportunity to perform it at the end of
the term. Any student who misses more than one experiment will not be eligible for any form of passing grade.
That is, should a student miss more than one experiment, the student will earn the grade "R" (Repeat)!

THE LAB REPORT
For each experiment a lab report must be written which can be regarded as a record of all activities,
observations and discussions pertaining to the experiment. Lab reports should above all be legible and should
contain as much information as possible. A lab report should consist of papers stapled together with a title page
identifying the course, experiment, date, student's name and demonstrator's name.
Each lab report should be divided into five parts as follows:
- Objectives
- Introduction
- Experimental results
- Questions and discussion
- Conclusions
Objectives: They have to be stated clearly and can be copied from the lab manual.
Introduction: It should prepare the reader as to what is done during the experiment. It should be brief.
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Experimental results: It should be broken down into items 1,2,3...etc. as in the lab manual. Each item
should contain the tabulated results followed by the explanation and the comment on the results.
Questions and discussion: It answer all the questions (if any) posed in the lab manual or by the lab
demonstrator. Discussion of any problems encountered during the experiment and any important observations
made during the report write-up.
Conclusions: should indicate success or failure and be brief and concise.

GRADING SCHEME
Laboratory reports for each experiment are to be submitted within one week, the same day that the experiment
was performed. The report will be returned at the day that the next experiment is to be performed. Each lab
report will be marked out of ten. Late lab reports will be marked out of five and no lab will be accepted after the
last day of classes. The grading scheme is as follows:
Objectives, introduction 10%
Results 50%
Questions and discussion and Conclusion 20%
Preparation and participation 20%