EE80T: Modern Electronic Technology and How it works
Course Schedule
The readings associated with each lecture are posted here. The page numbers refer to the numbered pages in the reader or the course text. Occasionally I may post a .pdf file for you to read here as well. In the homework column the homework assignments are posted next to the lecture at which they are due. You are free to turn the assignments earlier but late homework will not be accepted or graded. You may expect the homework solutions to be posted in the form of a link on this page adjacent to the assignment shortly after each assignment is due.
Please carefully note the midterm final and term paper due dates and times.
If you cannot make these dates please do not take this class. Alternate tests
or times will only be scheduled due to dire circumstances such as those outlined
in campus academic policy. In particular no allowances can be made for travel
plans or needs, airline reservations, vacation plans etc. so please take these
factors into consideration before starting this class.
KEY to reading assignments:
R = Reader for EE080t available through the Baytree bookstore
W = White "Electrical Engineering Uncovered"
A = Amdahl "There are no Electrons: Electronics for Earthlings"
The Page numbers will be preceeded by R, W, or A indicating in which text the reading material is to be found
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Reading Assignment | Homework |
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Thurs 1/5/06 |
1 | Static Electricity - Sparks and Shocks |
Franklin, the Modern Prometheus pp. R 3-7 An Electrical Generator pp. R 75 Electrostatics Demonstration R pp. 76 Cartoon Guide to PhysicsChapter 12 Charge pp.R 355-366 There are no Electrons - Electrons, Charge and Voltage pp. A 1-30 |
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Tuesday 1/10/06 |
2 |
Batteries-Current-Magnetism-Ohms Law |
Electricity and Magnetism to 1820 W. A. Atherton pp. R 83-101 Cartoon Guide To Physics: There are no Electrons-Current, Resistance, Magnetism pp A 30-48 |
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Thursday 1/12/06 |
3 | DC
Circuits, Fundamental Circuit Laws, and the Telegraph
Video-Telegraph-2500 miles of Copper |
Electrical Engineering Uncovered p W 115-131 Direct Current Fundamentals (this reading is in the course textbook) Victorian Internet - By Tom Standage pp. R 137-178 Fax: The Priest and the Pendulum pp. R 29-32 Cartoon Guide to Physics There are no Electrons pp. A 70-109 |
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Tuesday 1/17/06 |
4 |
Electromagnetism Faraday-Maxwell AC Circuits Inductors and Capacitors |
"Alternating Current and Components" Electrical Engineering Uncovered pp. W 143-160 Electromagnetism- W. A. Atherton pp. R 101-111 Electromagnetic Fields pp. R 79
There are no Electrons |
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Thu 1/19/06 |
5 | Telephone-The Telephone Video | How Not to Invent the Telephone-pp.R 32-41 |
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Tue 1/24/06 |
6 |
Electric Light and Power AC Generators/Motors/Ground/Power Distribution Video-Edison-Electric Nation |
Whose Light Bulb?-Edison in a New Light pp. R 8-15 "Engineering Design: Why? What?How?" Electrical Engineering
Uncovered pp. W 9-12 War of the Currents, or Lets Westinghouse Him pp. R 16-25 "Power For the People" Electrical Engineering Uncovered pp. W 265-272 Electricity Meters p. R 502 Ground Fault Circuit Interrupters pp. R 507-508 Halogen Lights p. R 510 |
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Thu 1/26/06 |
7 |
Electric Power-Early Radio Video-Tesla:Master of Lightening |
Propagation of Electric Waves pp. R 80 Acceptance of Maxwells Theory-and Radio W. A. Atherton pp.R 111-114 and 117-122 Catch a Wave pp. R 488-489 Anti Shoplifting Lables p. R 490 |
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Tue 1/31/06 |
8 | Electronic Radio |
Electrical Engineering Uncovered pp. W 273-287 Wireless Communication Systems The "Edison Effect" pp. R 77-78 Electronic Radio W. A. Atherton pp. R 123-128 Empire of the Air-The Man who Made Radio pp. R 181-197 (For those with more technical interest or background check out "A Nonlinear History of Radio" pp.R 211-232 from "The Design of CMOS Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits" by Thomas H. Lee) |
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Thu 2/2/06 |
9 |
Midterm 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 |
Midterm Results (Your score) Midterm Histogram (The class) |
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Tue 2/7/06 |
10 |
Radar/Microwaves
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Invention that Changed the World by Buderi pp. R 235-257 The Dream that Won the Battle of Britain pp. R 69-71 Radar Guns-Gotcha pp. 524-525 Weather Radar pp. R 533-534 |
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Thu 2/9/06 |
11 | Electronic Warfare |
From a Melted Candy Bar to Microwaves pp. R 26-28 Instruments of Darkness-The History of Electronic Warfare pp. R 261-279 |
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Tue 2/14/06 |
12 | TV |
FM Radio-Television W. A. Atherton pp. R 128-133 Who Really Invented Television? pp. R 41-47 John Logie Baird: The Scotsman who Almost Won the TV Race pp. R 48-51 Flat Displays pp. R 505-506 Active Matrix Liquid-Crystal Displays p. R 516 Scanning Electron Microscopes pp. R 526-527 |
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Thu 2/16/06 |
13 | Transistors |
"Dawn of an Age" Crystal Fire-Michael Riordan and Lillian Hoddeson pp. R 283-288 Electrical Engineering Uncovered pp. W 203-218 Semiconductors:From Ns and Ps to CMOS The Revolution in your pocket - The first pocket transistor radio pp. R 437-443 |
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Tue 2/21/06 |
14 | Integrated Circuits |
Crystal Fire-The Monolithic Idea pp. R 289-299 The Bipolar Junction Transistor-Electrical Engineering Uncovered pp. W 232-238 Fabrication of ICs and MEMs - Electrical Engineering Uncovered pp. W 249-264 Focusing a Flash pp. R 491-492 Smart Cards pp. R 528-529 |
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Thu 2/23/06 |
15 |
Digital Electronics Computers-The Dark Ages |
How many Words is a picture Really Worth? Electrical Engineering Uncovered pp. W 31-34 Digital Logic Devices Electrical Engineering Uncovered pp. W 163-179 CMOS Logic and Memory Electrical Engineering Uncovered pp. W 221-227 The History of Computers-Les Freed pp. R 333-351 The Computer that Saved D-day pp. R 59-68 Quartz Watches - pp. R 522-523 |
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Tue 2/28/06 |
16 | Computers-The PC Revolution |
Mice and Men pp. R 497-498 "The Making of the Mouse- Invention and Technology"-pp. R 445-452 "Computer Architecture"Electrical Engineering Uncovered pp. W 183-191 "What's in the Box?" Electrical Engineering Uncovered pp. W 193-201 Ink Jet Printing pp. 511-512 Touch Pads p. R 530 Touch Screens pp. R 532-532 |
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Thu 3/2/06 |
17 | Internet and Digital Communications | Information Technology Inside and Outside-Cyganski pp. R 303-315 | |
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Tue 3/7/06 |
18 | Audio Electronics |
"The Tube is Dead. Long Live the Tube"-Invention and Technology Fall 2002 pp. R 199-207 Information Technology Inside and Outside-Cyganski pp. R 316-329 The Electric Guitar-How we got from Andres Segovia to Kurt Cobain pp. R 453-463 Electronics Technology Brought to you by the good guys! Electrical Engineering Uncovered pp.W 303-310 CD Player p. R 495 Guitar Effects Pedals p. R 509 Noise Canceling Headphones p. R 520 |
Note the term paper due date has been extended by two days until March 9. I hope this helps.
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Thu 3/9/06 |
19 | Lasers and Fiber Optics |
Laser: The Atomic Radio-Light pp.R 52-58 Diodes(Solar Cells and LEDs)Electrical Engineering Uncovered pp. W 229-232 Advice to Freshmen Electrical Engineering Uncovered, pp. W 53-60 Quick Scan pp. R 493-494 Digital Cameras pp. R 499 Take my Pixel- pp. R 500-501 Laser Eye Surgery pp. R 513-514 Laser Printers p. R 515 Night Vision pp. R 517-518 Optical Fibers p. R 521 |
Class Term Papers are Due on this day papers will be reduced by 1/2 a grade for every day they are late. |
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Tue 3/14/06 |
20 | Alternate Energy | More Profit with Less Carbon- pp. R 472-480 |
HW5 Solution Corrected (again) |
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Thu 3/16/06 |
21 | The Future |
Really haven't found a good authority on this...I will consult, Crystal ball, Tarot and I-Ching for advice. Try: Rise of the Body Bots pp. R 481-487 To Hear Again p.R 496 and 519 (printing was messed up) Electronic Skis pp. R 503-504 |
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Tue 3/21/06 |
Final |
Tuesday, March 21 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 |