Electrical Engineering 40, Spring 2008
Introduction to Microelectronic Circuits

Lab Reports, Guides and Prelabs

Lab 1: Introduction to the EE40 Lab
  • Lab Guide - Please read this thoroughly before lab.
  • Prelab - Please make sure to finish this before lab.
  • Report - To be completed before the end of the lab period.
  • Click here for an appendix on resistors. Please read this before lab 1.

    Lab 2: Equivalent Circuits

  • Lab Guide - Please read this thoroughly before lab.
  • Prelab - Please make sure to finish this before lab.
  • Report - To be completed before the end of the lab period.

    Lab 3: 1st Order Circuits Lab Guide - Please read this thoroughly before lab.

  • Prelab - Please make sure to finish this before lab.
  • Report - To be completed before the end of the lab period.

    Lab 4: 2nd Order Circuits

  • Lab Guide - Please read this thoroughly before lab.
  • Prelab - Please make sure to finish this before lab.
  • Report - To be completed before the end of the lab period

    Lab 5: Labview w/ circuits

  • Lab Guide - Please read this thoroughly before lab.
  • Prelab - Please make sure to finish this before lab.
  • Report - To be completed before the end of the lab period.
  • Graph Paper (Log vs Log).
  • RC Circuit VI
  • Labview 7 O-scope drivers
  • Labview 8 O-scope drivers

    Lab 6: Op-Amps

  • Lab Guide - Please read this thoroughly before lab.
  • Prelab - Please make sure to finish this before lab.
  • Report - To be completed before the end of the lab period

    Lab 7: Diodes

  • Lab Guide - Please read this thoroughly before lab.
  • Prelab - Please make sure to finish this before lab.
  • Report - To be completed before the end of the lab period

    Project - TBA .

  • EECS 40 Spring 2008 Project writeup (includes report format and guidelines)
    Note that there is no official prelab, but it would be in your best interest to read and understand the writeup before your lab section.

    EE40 Lab Policies and Grading

    The basic purpose of this laboratory is to teach you how to use electronic test equipment, to familiarize you with the characteristics of basic circuit elements (resistors, capacitors, diodes and transistors) and to give you experience in designing, building, and debugging circuits.
    • There will be 10 labs, consisting of seven structured experiments and a three-week project. Project details will be announced later.
    Policies:
    • Group
      • Students should work in groups of 2. Working alone is ok if there is enough equipment. Groups of 3 are only allowed if there is an "odd person out" or not enough equipment available. Partners should remain together throughout the semester.
    • Prelab Assignment
      • There will be a prelab assignment for each of the experiments. The prelab assignment is due at the BEGINNING of the experiment in lab. Each student must submit your own prelab. LATE prelabs or INCOMPLETE prelabs will be marked off 50%.
    • Preparing for Lab
      • In addition to the prelab assignment, students are required to read and try to understand the lab guide and lab report sheet before their lab sessoin. If you need help, ask the GSIs for help before the lab session at office hours, via the online message board or email. Students should also bring their own printed copy of the lab report and lab guide (downloaded from the course website)
    • Lab Report
      • There will be a lab report for each of the experiments. Students should complete the lab report during the lab. Lab reports should typically be turned in by the end of class. If you need extra time, it's sometimes possible to attend an additional lab session (if there's room and you get your lab GSI's permission). If things don't work out as expected in your lab, do not just copy data from other groups. If you can explain what went wrong, and what results you expected, we will be lenient with the grading compared to if you write nothing or make up data.
    • Attendance
      • If you have to miss your assigned lab session one week, let the head lab TA and your lab GSI know in advance, and you might be given a chance to make up the whole lab in another section before your next lab (within < 1 week, hopefully ASAP).
      • You are not allowed though to be in the lab when there is no staff member on duty.
    Course Grading : Please refer to main website

    The breakdown for each lab grading is as follows:

    • Prelab (30%)
      • Late or incomplete prelabs will be marked off 50%
    • Lab Report (70%)
    MOST IMPORTANT-again, we must stress that you are expected to have read AND UNDERSTOOD the lab guide, prelab, and lab report BEFORE the lab session starts. You may need to study the lab materials a couple days before your lab session, so you can come to TA office hours if you need any help to finish the prelab.

    Lab room rules:
    - No drinking/eating inside the lab
    - Only TA's can go into the supply closet
    - No students can be in the lab with out a GSI or staff member on duty

    • Any problems with the website? Email mbharat @ cory dot eecs dot berkeley DOT edu Updated: 01/16/08