Tentative Schedule
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Reading Assignment | Homework |
| 3/29 | 1 | Static Electricity - Sparks and Shocks |
Franklin, the Modern Prometheus pp. 3-7 An Electrical Generator p. 75 Electrostatics Demonstration p. 76 |
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| 3/31 | 2 |
More Static Electricity-Van De Graf-Much Bigger Sparks Magnetism Batteries-Current-Electromagnetism |
From Compass to Computer W. A. Atherton83-98 (stop at Laws of Conduction) |
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| 4/2 | 3 | Electric Current/Ohms Law Power |
Electrical Engineering Uncovered p115-131 Direct Current Fundamentals From Compass to Computer W. A. Atherton pp. 98-101 |
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| 4/5 | 4 | Electromagnetism Faraday-Maxwell |
From Compass to Computer W. A. Atherton101-111 Electromagnetic Fields p. 79 Cartoon Guide to Physics: Charge |
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| 4/7 | 5 | Telegraph-2500 miles of Copper | Victorian Internet - By Tom Standage pp. 137-178 | |
| 4/9 | 6 | AC Circuits/Inductor/Capacitor |
Fax: The Priest and the Pendulum pp. 29-32 "Alternating Current and Components" Electrical Engineering Uncovered p 143-160 |
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| 4/12 | 7 | Telephone-The Telephone Video | How Not to Invent the Telephone-pp.32-41 | |
| 4/14 | 8 |
Electric Light and Power Edison-Electric Nation |
Whose Light Bulb?-Edison in a New Light pp. 8-15 "Engineering Design: Why? What?How?" Electrical Engineering Uncovered pg. 9-12 More Cartoon Guide To Physics: Magnetic
Fields
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| 4/16 | 9 |
Electric Power AC Generators/Motors/Ground/Power Distribution |
War of the Currents, or Lets Westinghouse Him pp. 16-25 "Power For the People" Electrical Engineering Uncovered pg. 265-272 |
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| 4/19 | 10 | Electric Power-Tesla:Master of Lightening | ||
| 4/21 | 11 | Early Radio |
Propagation of Electric Waves p. 80 From Compass to Computer W. A. Atherton111-114 and 117-122 |
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| 4/23 | 12 | Electronic Radio |
Electrical Engineering Uncovered pg. 273-287 Wireless Communication Systems The "Edison Effect" pp 77-78 |
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| 4/26 | 13 | Electronic Radio |
From Compass to Computer W. A. Atherton 123-128 Empire of the Air-The Man who Made Radio pp. 181-197 (For those with more technical interest or background check out "A Nonlinear History of Radio" PP 211-232 from "The Design of CMOS Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits" by Thomas H. Lee)
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| 4/28 | 14 | Midterm |
Coming soon, technical problems... |
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| 4/30 | 15 | Radar/Microwaves |
Invention that Changed the World by Buderi pp. 235-257 From a Melted Candy Bar to Microwaves pp. 26-28 |
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| 5/3 | 16 | Electronic Warfare |
The Dream that Won the Battle of Britain pp. 69-71 Instruments of Darkness-The History of Electronic Warfare 261-279 |
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| 5/5 | 17 | TV |
From Compass to Computer W. A. Atherton128-133 Who Really Invented Television? pp. 41-47 |
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| 5/7 | 18 | TV | John Logie Baird: The Scotsman who Almost Won the TV Race pp. 48-51 | |
| 5/10 | 19 | Transistors |
"Dawn of an Age" Crystal Fire-Michael Riordan and Lillian Hoddeson pp. 283-288 Electrical Engineering Uncovered pg. 203-218 Semiconductors:From Ns and Ps to CMOS |
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| 5/12 | 20 | Transistors and Diodes a more detailed view | ||
| 5/14 | 21 | Integrated Circuits |
Crystal Fire-The Monolithic Idea pp. 289-299 Electrical Engineering Uncovered pg. 232-238 Section 28.2 : The Bipolar Junction Transistor Electrical Engineering Uncovered pg. 249-264Fabrication of ICs and MEMs |
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| 5/17 | 22 | Digital Electronics |
Electrical Engineering Uncovered pg. 31-34 How many Words is a picture Really Worth? Electrical Engineering Uncovered pg. 163-181 Digital Logic Devices Section 22 Electrical Engineering Uncovered pg. 163-179 CMOS Logic and Memory Electrical Engineering Uncovered pg. 221-227 |
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5/19 |
23 | Computers-The Dark Ages |
The History of Computers-Les Freed pp. 333-351 The Computer that Saved D-day pp. 59-68 |
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| 5/21 | 24 | Computers-The PC Revolution |
"The Making of the Mouse- Invention and Technology"-Winter 2002 Vol. 17 No 3. Caution: 5MB file not for a modem or slow connection. "Computer Architecture"Electrical Engineering Uncovered pg. 183-191 "What's in the Box?" Electrical Engineering Uncovered pg. 193-201 |
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| 5/24 | 25 | Internet and Digital Communications | Information Technology Inside and Outside-Cyganski pp. 303-315 | |
| 5/26 | 26 | Audio Electronics |
"The Tube is Dead. Long Live the Tube"-Invention and Technology Fall 2002 PP 201-207 Information Technology Inside and Outside-Cyganski pp. 316-329 Electronics Technology Brought to you by the good guys! Electrical Engineering Uncovered pg. 303-310 |
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| 5/28 | 27 | Lasers and Fiber Optics |
Laser: The Atomic Radio-Light pp. 52-58 Electrical Engineering Uncovered pg. 229-232 section 28.1 Diodes(Solar Cells and LEDs) Electrical Engineering Uncovered, pg. 53-60 Advice to Freshmen |
Note: New the new due date for the term paper is June 2 in class. |
| 5/31 | No Lecture-Holiday- Have Fun! Take something apart and see how it works... | |||
| 6/2 | 28 | Alternate Energy |
Term Paper now due on this day in class. |
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| 6/4 | 29 | The Future | Homework 5(PDF) | |
| 6/8 | Final |
Tuesday, June 8 8:00–11:00 A.M. Bring a ParSCORE Sheet, also called the "ParScore Mini blue book" these are available for purchase at the bookstore. this is the pink single sheet version Form No. F1712-ERI-L |
Final | Final |