SYLLABUS: EE-1301: Modern Electronic Technology

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1 SYLLABUS: EE-1301: Modern Electronic Technology Course Information Orig: EE-1301 is a survey course in electrical engineering for non-technical, liberal arts undergraduate students. The course topics include: bar codes; the fundamentals of electricity; household electricity and electrical safety; our 60 Hz AC power distribution system; an overview of the history of electronics including the relay, the vacuum tube, the transistor, and the integrated circuit; how transistors function as switches and amplifiers; a study of the quartz watch; concepts of frequency and spectrum; the Fourier theorem; how analog phonographs, loudspeakers, digital compact disc (CD) and DVD players work (including the Nyquist sampling theorem); and the basics of communication by radio (including AM, FM, cellular telephones and television (image technology). Lab experiments are related to the lecture topics. Lectures: MWF: 0147 Caruth Hall Section #801: 12:00-12:50 PM Section #802: 1:00-1:50 PM Laboratory: M, Tu, and W: 217 Junkins Section N11: Monday 1:00-1:50 PM Section N12: Monday 2:00-2:50 PM Make-up: Tuesday 9:00-9:50 AM Make-up: Tuesday 10:00-10:50 AM Section N13: Tuesday 11:00-11:50 AM Section N14: Tuesday 12:00-12:50 AM Section N15: Tuesday 1:00-1:50 PM Section N16: Tuesday 2:00-2:50 PM Section N17: Tuesday 3:00-3:50 PM Section N18: Tuesday 4:00-4:50 PM Section N19: Wednesday 9:00-9:50 AM Section N20: Wednesday 10:00-10:50 AM Section N21: Wednesday 11:00-11:50 AM Make-up: Wednesday 1:00-1:50 PM Make-up: Wednesday 2:00-2:50 PM Prerequisites: None!

2 Student Learning Outcomes University Curriculum Components and Associated Student Learning Outcomes All Components (December 07, 2011, supersedes earlier documents) From Pillars: Pure and Applied Sciences (p. 6/13) Outcome 2. Students will be able to explain how the concepts and findings of science or technology in general, or of particular sciences or technologies, shape our world. (Level 1 & 2) Outcome 3. Students will be able to select and apply appropriate techniques, skills, and modern tools to science or technology activities. (Level 2) Textbook: Lab. Supplies: Course Website: Credit: Attendance: No textbook is required; but the EE-1301 Course Pack is required! Additional material will be handed out in class! A calculator will be needed for homework, labs, and tests. Access to a personal computer and printer will also be needed for selected homework and laboratory problems. The EE-1301 Lab Manual is required. Lab kits, batteries, and other equipment will be provided! Handouts, homework assignments, audio lecture files and other material will be posted to the course website: EE-1301 is a 3 semester-credit-hour course meeting the General Education Curriculum Science/Technology (with laboratory) requirement. It is strongly suggested that you attend class regularly. Although I do not take daily attendance, I will take attendance often. I will allow two unexcused absences. If you consistently miss class, you simply will not understand the material at quiz time. Frequent travel with a team is an extra burden that must be overcome. In case of absence, it is your responsibility to get the notes or other material either from me or a friend. Audio recordings of the class lectures are available on the course website. Lab. Performance: You must attend the laboratory session to get credit for laboratory work. Lab attendance must be verified by the TA. Absences should be made up as quickly as possible you cannot simply copy someone else s work for laboratory credit. Schedule make-up work with the TA, or attend the make-up labs.

3 Lab work will be done by pairs of students. It is your responsibility to arrive at the laboratory on time with the appropriate laboratory material. Lab Topics: [By week beginning mmdd: Lab Exercise Number and Title] Week 0116: No lab this week. Week 0121: No lab this week. Week 0126: Labs 1 & 2: Introduction to the multimeter. Week 0202: Labs 3 & 4; Kirchhoff s voltage and current laws. Week 0209: Lab 16: Determining battery capacity. Week 0216: Lab 5: The relay. Week 0223: Lab 6: Charge storage in capacitors, exponential dcy. Week 0302: Lab 8: Intro. to the signal generator & oscilloscope. Week 0309: No lab this week! Spring Break! Week 0316: Lab 9: A transistor amplifier. Week 0323: Lab 11: Resonance. Week 0330: Lab 10: An audio oscillator with adjustable feedback. Week 0406: Lab 13: An AM radio transmitter. Week 0413: Make-up labs this week! Week 0420: Lab 17: A PCM DC motor speed controller. Week 0427: Make-up labs this week! Week 0504: Make-up labs today! Course Grading: 25% Homework (includes attendance factor) 30% Laboratory Performance 45% Three Interim Tests (non-cum./open book/open notes) Official University Statements: Grade breakpoints: A ( or more); A-/B+ (90.000); B+/B (87.500); B/B- (82.500); B-/C+ (80.000); C+/C (77.500); C/C- (72.500); C-/D+ (70.000); D+/D (67.500); D/D- (62.500); D-/F ( or less). All graded work will be returned to you in file folders located in Junkins 329. Check your file at least weekly to pick up graded material being returned to you. A written summary of grades and your status in class will be provided periodically by . A student may receive a grade of Incomplete (I) if the majority of the course requirements have been completed with passing grades but for some justifiable reason, acceptable to the instructor, the student has been unable to complete the full requirements

4 of the course. At the time an I is given, the instructor must stipulate in writing to the student and to the University Registrar the requirements and completion date that are to be met and the grade that will be given if the requirements are not met by the completion date. The maximum period of time allowed to clear the Incomplete grade for an undergraduate course is 12 months. For more information about the grade of Incomplete, see the most recent SMU University Undergraduate Catalog. Disability Accommodations: If you need academic accommodations for a disability, you must first contact Disability Accommodations & Success Strategies (DASS) at or o verify the disability and to establish eligibility for accommodations. Then you should schedule an appointment with the professor to make appropriate arrangements. Learning disabled students or students with other handicaps may be eligible for untimed tests or other means to help overcome the disability. (See University Policy No. 2.4.) Religiously observant students wishing to be absent on holidays that require missing class should notify the instructor in writing at the beginning of the semester, and should discuss in advance with the professor acceptable ways of making up any work missed because of the absence. (See University Policy No. 1.9.) Excused Absences for University Extracurricular Activities: Students participating in an officially sanctioned, scheduled University extracurricular activity will be given the opportunity to make up class assignments or other graded assignments missed as a result of their participation. It is the responsibility of the student to make arrangements with the instructor prior to any missed scheduled examination or other missed assignment for making up the work. (University Undergraduate Catalogue) Spring 2015 Final Exam Schedule With the scheduled three tests, there will be NO final exam! Instructor: W. Milton Gosney Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Electrical Engineering (at SMU since 1986.) BSEE, N. C. State University, MSEE, University of California, Berkeley, PhD, University of California, Berkeley, Seventeen years in industry at Texas Instruments and Mostek in the field of semiconductor memory and computer circuits. Inventor or co-inventor of fourteen patents in semiconductor memory circuits and related fields. Office Location: 328 Junkins: Office Phone wmg@lyle.smu.edu or drgosney@aol.com Office Hours: MWF 2:00-5:30 PM, just drop-in, or by appointment.

5 Administrative Assistant: Ms. Briget Murphy 329 Junkins Teaching Assistants: There are about a dozen part-time undergraduate teaching assistants who will conduct the labs, proctor tests, and grade homework and tests. The teaching assistants are students who have taken EE-1301 in prior semesters. I will introduce them to you once the semester is underway. MY POLICY ON LATE WORK: It is my opinion that the labs, homework, other assignments, and tests are an important part of the learning process, and therefore, they constitute a significant part of your final grade. Hence, you should attempt to finish and hand in work on time. However, on occasion, you may fail to hand in homework or some other assigned work in a timely manner. Sometimes, the reason is because you simply do not understand the assignment. And sometimes, you may be ill. The reasons for late work are many and varied, and I hate to place myself in the position of judging the value of any given excuse. Obviously, some excuses are more justifiable than others. Therefore, I want to remove myself from the excuse cycle, and simply give you the decision of how to deal with late work. Unless noted otherwise, the value of homework, labs, or other assignments will have a late penalty of five points per class-day. (There are three class days per week.) Days you are physically off-campus for holidays, religious reasons, illness or team travel are excused from the late penalty. On the other hand, if work is turned in early, you get a bonus of five points per class day. All of this is an effort to reward students who are timely with their work, and to provide an incentive to get late work done as soon as possible. For all students my staff and I are here to help you survive and do well in EE Do not be afraid to ask questions in class or in lab, or to ask for help after class if you do not understand the material. The only dumb question is the question that was not asked. Talking in class: Cellular phones: Unless you are asking questions or participating in a classroom discussion, talking in class is very disruptive to your fellow students. Students who talk in class will be asked to leave the class for the day. Please place cellular phones on silent operation and refrain from obnoxious surfing or texting.