ECE 20700 - Electronic Measurement Techniques
Lab Hours: 3 Credits: 1
Counts as:
CMPE Core
EE Core
Normally Offered: Each Fall, Spring, Summer
Requisites:
ECE 20100 [may be taken concurrently]
Catalog Description:
Experimental exercises in use of laboratory instruments. Voltage, current, impedance, frequency and waveform measurements. Frequency and transient response. Elements of circuit modeling and design.
Required Text(s):
- A lab manual will be provided for students.
Recommended Text(s): None.
Learning Outcomes:
A student who successfully fulfills the course requirements will have demonstrated:- an ability to competently operate basic laboratory equipment. [None]
- an ability to make voltage, current, impedance, transient, and frequency response measurements. [1]
- an ability to layout, wire and troubleshoot electronic circuits. [1]
- an ability to design operational amplifier circuits from a set of specifications. [1,2,6]
- an ability to keep a laboratory notebook and prepare a formal laboratory report. [3]
Lab Outline:
| Week | Experiment Title or Activity |
| 1 | Course overview; Intro to Oscilloscope, Ohmeter, Voltmeter |
| 2 | Simple Op-Amp Circuit; Oscilloscope I |
| 3 | Op-Amp Equations; Current Measurement |
| 4 | Follower Circuit |
| 5 | Summing Amplifier |
| 6 | Integrator |
| 7 | Linear Scale Ohmmeter |
| 8 | Scope II: triggering, x-y mode |
| 9 | Lab practical exam |
| 10 | Lab practical exam - Formal Technical Report due |
| 11 | Step response and time constant measurement |
| 12 | AC bridge circuit |
| 13 | Frequency response measurements |
| 14 | Filter design |
| 15 | Lab practical exam |