Electrical and Computer Engineering

318. E.E. Laboratory II.  Design and performance of amplifiers and oscillators.  Spectrum analyzer.  Microcontroller Interfacing.  Digital Filters.  Experiment Design.  Four hours of laboratory.    Spring  (Cr. l) 

Prerequisite:       EECE 317.

Corequisite:         EECE 306.

Textbook:             EE Lab-II Laboratory Text/Manual, Manhattan College.   

Course Goals:

-To apply knowledge of math and science to the understanding of electrical circuits operations.

-To design and conduct experiment as well as to analyze and interpret data.

-To provide practical experience with electronic devices and circuits

-To interface a device to a Microcontroller.

-To design digital filters.

 -To work in teams, express thoughts orally and share the workload.

-To write lab reports explaining the procedure and the results of the experiment.  

Course Objectives:

Students should be able to  

-Test FET using an ohmmeter.

-Obtain FET characteristics using point-by-point method and the oscilloscope as a curve tracer and design a simple CS amplifier and measure signal amplification of CS amplifier.

-Design, build and test three different CE biasing circuits.

-Measure gains and  input resistances of CE and EF amplifiers.

-Interface a Stepper to a Microcontroller.

-Interface a Display to a Microcontroller.

-Interface a Keyboard to a Microcontroller.

-Design, build and test Phase Shift, Wien Bridge, Crystal and Square Wave oscillators.

-Build and test push-pull power amplifiers.

-Understand the operating principles of a digital spectrum analyzer.

-Design digital low pass, band pass and notch filters

-Design an experiment.

-Collect data and analyze and interpret data.

-Work in teams, express thoughts orally and share the workload.

-Keep records of your experiments on professional notebook.

-Write lab reports explaining the procedure and the results of the experiment.  

Prerequisites by Topic:  

 Basic electrical circuits. Basic programming of 8051.  

Topics Covered:  

The Field Effect Transistor …………………….…………………...…1 week.

Transistor Bias Circuit Design  .......………………………….……...… week.

Signal Analysis of Amplifiers …………………………...……..……..1 week.

Stepper Motors ..……………………………………..…………......….1 week.

Micro Processor Interfacing ...………………………....…….…....….1 week.

Oscillators  ..…………….……………………………..………......……1 week.

Power Amplifiers ………….…………………………. …….....………1 week.

Spectrum Analyzer ………….…………………………. ….....……….1 week.

Digital Filters I ………….…………………………. …………….....…1 week.

Digital Filters II………….…………………………. …..……....….…..1 week.

Experiment Design ………….…………………….……. …..…….…2 weeks.

Computer Usage: 

PSPICE is used in Transistor Bias Circuit Design experiment. 8051 Simulator and Workbench are used in Stepper Motors and Micro Processor Interfacing experiments. Easy Filter software is used in Digital Filters I and II.  

Estimated Content:  

Engineering Design…………………………………………………….0.5 credit (50%)

Engineering Science……………………………………………………0.5 credit (50%)   

 Prepared by:   

Dr.Nevzat Ozturk