EE 100 Laboratory Guidelines

Check the Schedule Matrix to figure out when the labs are scheduled.

Lab location
The lab is in 140 Cory hall. Check the map to find out where Cory hall is located. A TA MUST BE PRESENT IN 140 FOR YOU TO ACCESS AND USE THE LAB.

Grading
Each Lab Experiment will be graded out of a maximum of 20 points. Prelab is worth 4 points, the rest 16 points will be on the lab report. Unsubmitted lab reports and/or prelab will be given no points. Prelab and lab reports will be returned the following week.

Lab Makeup
If you cannot make your scheduled lab session because of a valid reason (sickness, family emergency, etc), it is imperative that you let your TA know before the lab starts. You can make up your missed lab only within 2 weeks of your scheduled lab session date. You can come in to other lab sessions during the week to make up your missed lab. If you are making-up a lab, please let the TA of that lab know that you will be coming to make up a lab before you come to the lab.

Before the Lab
  1. Print and read the lab experiment before the lab starts
  2. Prelab will be collected 10 minutes after the scheduled lab start time. No late submission will be accepted.
  3. Come on time!

After the lab
  1. Answer all questions pertaining to the lab experiment
  2. Turn off all instruments on your bench and return components to appropriate locations
  3. Clean up your bench and work area !
  4. Submit your lab report before you leave - There is no take home report

Missing/Cancelled labs
  1. If you miss a lab for a valid reason, you have two weeks to make up the lab in any other lab section. Same goes to labs that cannot be held due to holidays (thanksgiving etc).
  2. If a lab section is cancelled completely at the start of the semester, it is your responsibility to get into another lab section. If you can't get into any lab section because of valid reasons, talk to Bart.

Lab Reports, Prelabs and Lab Guides
  1. The lab is worth 20 points, prelab is 4 points and the lab report is 16 points.
  2. There is no take home lab report, please turn in your lab report at the end of the lab to your TA.
  3. Prelab is individual, lab report is to be turned in groups.
  4. Lab report is graded not only on correctness, but also for cleaning up the work station after finishing your lab (5 points) and neat wiring (1 point).
  5. Although some of the labs below have multiple parts, they are all easily doable in 3 hours, IF you understand and complete the prelab FOR EACH PART BEFORE the experiment.
Miscellaneous
  1. Datasheets
  2. Instrument Manuals
  3. Osqoop is open-source software that converts your computer into an oscilloscope by using your soundcard as an analog-to-digital converter. Bharath wrote an XY mode plotter for osqoop.
Lab Documents
Please note: We have solutions only for non-obvious questions! For example: if we ask you to verify if an amplifier is inverting, then you can check your answer from the oscilloscope!
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