Rutgers University Department of Physics and Astronomy
Physics 327: Modern Instrumentation Spring
2013
ANNOUNCEMENT 
[05/11/2013] All submitted reports were graded.
No more late report will be accepted. Please check gradebook
for any error.
[04/24/2013] Lecture 13 ( LabVIEW and GPIB ) is uploaded.
[04/19/2013] Instruction of Lab
9 is updated.
[04/14/2013] Instruction of Lab
8 is updated.
[02/20/2013] No Lecture today. For detailed
lecture schedule, please see syllabus.
[02/11/2013] Lecture resumes this Wednesday
(Feb. 13).
[02/02/2013] No lecture on Feb. 6. For detailed
lecture schedule, please see syllabus.
[01/18/2013] Classes will start on Tuesday Jan.
22. First lecture is on Jan. 23. First labs are on
the week of Jan. 28 – Feb. 1.
Textbook:
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“An Introduction to Modern Electronics”, by
William L. Faissler, Wiley, 1st edition (March 5, 1991) You can
find it at Amazon
or Rutgers
book stores (Semester: SPRING 2012, Physics Department code: 750, Course:
327, sections 1,2,3,4) |
Course Syllabus
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Lab # |
Topic |
Read Chapters |
Suggested Problems |
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DC Voltage divider (1
week lab) |
2-6 15-16 |
4.10-4.12 5.1 6.6 |
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AC, Capacitance,
Impedance (1 week lab) |
7-9 12 17 51 53 |
7.1 7.4 8.5 9.1 12.2 |
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RLC Resonance (1 week
lab) |
8-12 |
12.1, 11.2 12.6 |
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Diode and Transistor
(1 week lab) |
40-45 |
44.1-44.3 |
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Operational Amplifier
(2 week lab) |
28-31 |
29.3-29.6 |
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Difference and
Instrumentation Amplifiers (2 week lab) |
29 31 32 |
31.3 31.4 |
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Digital Basics:
Timers, Counters (2 week lab) |
19 21-24 |
21.1 23.4 |
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DAC, ADC (2 week lab) |
34-36, 54 |
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LabView, GPIB (1 week
lab) |
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Manuals and datasheets:
Digital Multimeter (HP34401A),
Temperature sensor (AD590), Oscilloscope (TDS2012C), Function Generator (33210A),
Op-amp (741, TL081), Quad NAND
(74LS00), 555 timer, 7474 D-type flip-flop, BCD decoder (7448), DAC (MC1408),
ADC (0809).
Grading:
Use
gradebook to view your grades. The
course grade will be primarily based on the lab reports (about 80%), with
remainder determined by quiz scores and lecture attendance. Your grade is established by point
accumulation. (no curving)
Grade
cutoffs (tentative)
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A |
B+ |
B |
C+ |
C |
D |
F |
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90 |
85 |
80 |
72.5 |
65 |
55 |
<55 |
Students with Disabilities:
If
you have a disability, you are urged to visit the following web site to make
the necessary arrangements to support a successful learning experience:
http://www.physics.rutgers.edu/ugrad/disabilities.html