week	read	Main themes covered in lectures	problems due noon Friday
Aug 19	1	Schematics, Kirchoff's Laws, meters, O'scope, MultiSim	NO LABS
		Current and voltage sources, Superposition	HW weekly on Gradescope
Aug 24		DC circuits, equivalent circuits, branches, networks	Lab 1: O'scopes & DC circuits
		Transfer functions, linear vs non-linear, AC basics
Aug 31	2	Reactance, complex impedance,	Lab 2: AC circuits
		Transients, stored energy, phasors
Sept 7	3, 12	Frequency response, Fourier analysis	NO LABS (Labor Day)
		Bode plots, filters, resonances
Sept 14	4	Laplace transform analysis, Poles and zeros	Lab 3: Equivalent circuits
		Transformers, Power coupling
Sept 21	4	Semiconductors, diodes, rectifiers, DC supplies, ...	Lab 4: Resonant Circuits
Sept 23		Exam on Chapters 1-4
Sept 28	6	FET transistor amplifiers, DC bias and AC response	Lab 5: Diodes
		Practical amplifier circuits, Limitations: Miller effect, ...
Oct 5	8	Op amps, Ideal Amplifiers, Golden Rules, feedback	Lab 6: Transistors
		Real amplifiers, impedances, active filters
		analog computers, limits of real opamps
Oct 12		Comparators, positive feedback, Schmitt trigger	Lab 7: Op Amps
		Limitations: Miller effect, ...
Oct 12	9	Analog or digital signal? digital (Boolean) logic	Lab 8: Op Amps, part deux
		Binary & hexadecimal representations, binary math
Oct 19		Binary or review	Fall Break
Oct 28		Exam:  5, 6, 8
Nov 2		CMOS, elementary logic gates	Lab 9: Digital Circuits
		deMorgan's Theorems & logic circuits
Nov 9		Flip-flops, latches, sequential logic circuits
		Computers: registers, adders, etc
Nov 16	10, 11	A-to-D, D-to-A, Nyquist limit	solder projects ???
		Timers, transducers, practical data acquisition
Nov 23	13, 14	Noise immunity & grounding, component noise, etc
		Control of analog signals and apparatus, servo circuits
		Wireless communications
Dec	1 - 6, 8 - 11	Final Exam, 4pm

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