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Physics PHYS 2371/2372, Calendar of Topics Covered

Don Heiman and Hari Kumarakuru

Northeastern University, December 2020

 

Also see Course Description and Syllabus

This is a schedule of the topics covered, but it may be modified occasionally.

Week #

Lectures

Weekly Topics (Chs.)

Lab Experiments

(always look for latest version)

I

Wed Lecture

Introduction

Basic Concepts (Ch-2)

Ch-16, Digital Multimeters

 

II

Wed Lecture

Electronics Basics

Basic Circuit Analysis (Ch-3)

Some Simple Circuits (Ch-4)

Resistor/ Capacitor (Ch-47/48)

 

III

Wed Lecture

Time-Dependent AC Circuits

The Oscilloscope (Ch-17)

AC and Elements of Circuits (Ch-7/8)

Circuit Analysis (LRC) (Ch-9/12)

Resonance (Ch-10)

 

IV

Wed Lecture

Semicond pdf

Solid State Devices (Ch-40)

p-n Junction Diodes (Ch-41)

Transistors/Circuits (Ch-42-45)

 

V

Wed Lecture

Op-Amps

Op-Amp Basics (Ch-28, 31)

Basic Op-Amp Circuits (Ch-29)

 

VI

Wednesday

Study for EXAM-1

Study for EXAM-1

Basics, AC Circuits,

Semiconductors, Op-amps

 

VII

Wed Lecture

Magnetoelectronics

Ch-11

Mag induction/flux, Transformers

Lab-6, Build a Magnetometer

VIII

Wed Lecture

Optoelectronics

Photodiode, LED, laser

 

IX

MON Digital-1

WED Digital-2

Mon/Wed Lectures

Digital Logic (Ch-19,22),

Binary Numbers (Ch-54)

Logical Networks (Ch-20)

 

X

Monday Lecture

Pulsed ICs

Lecture: Pulsed ICs

Digital Summary

 

XI

Wed

Final Project

Simulink Project Design

Final Project

Simulink Tutorial video

 

XII

No Lecture

Poster

 

XIII

Wed Lecture

Future Lecture

Future video

Present and Future

Technology

Project PowerPoint