EE42
Introduction to Electronics for Computer Science
University of California at Berkeley
Spring 2002 COURSE HOMEPAGE
Annoucements:
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Course RESULTS
and
Final Exam Histogram
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Check out the grading
system for this course, it's an incentive to do well in your final
(which may compensate low scores in the midterms!).
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Here are some questions that were given it the Final of Fall 1998 (in
JPG format):
Question
1 (Solution);
Question 6,
part
1,
part
2, (solution to part
1, solution to part
2).
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Two REVIEW SESSIONS
will be given by the TAs: one on Wednesday night and one on Thursday night
before the final (we decided on these days after “counting votes” in class
during the last lecture). Both sessions will take place in 22 WARREN HALL
(northwestern corner of campus, see
map) between 7pm and 9pm.
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TAs will give regular Office Hours this week. Stephanie's are modified
as follows: Wednesday 12pm-1:30pm.
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UNCOLLECTED HOMEWORK will be made available
(within the next few days) in a mailbox in the room behind the glass-covered
bulletin board where homework solutions are usually displayed.
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FINAL
EXAM will
be on FRIDAY, Dec. 15th, 12:30-3:30 (Exam Group 8) in 155 Dwinelle Hall.
Same format as two previous midterms (Scantron-based). You are allowd to
bring one (Letter size) sheet of formulas (one side only; write your own,
do not photocopy it from someone else). Please bring a No. 2 Pencil (maybe
more than one) and a CALCULATOR. We'll provide scantron forms and exam
booklets - no scratch paper is needed. Bring
a WATCH as well, we won't be telling you the exact time every moment.Please
come at least 15-20 minutes before the exam starts: we are going to assign
places in 155 Dwinelle in a random manner, and this will require
a little time.
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New notes on the Static and Dinamic Random-Access
Memories (SRAMs and DRAMs) have been posted on the Notes
Page.
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New notes on BINARY NUMBERS have been posted
on the Notes Page.
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New notes on the Principle of Superposition
have been posted on the Notes
Page.
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New notes on the fabrication of ICs and MEMS
have been posted on the Notes
Page.
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New notes on how to use electronic components
have been posted on the Notes
Page.
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The Grade
Curve for Midterm 2 is now available (the grade curve for Midterm 1
has been moved to the Notes
Page, along with other old stuff).
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A note on Midterm 2: the correct answer to
Problem 14 (Logic Gate) is 0001, i.e. C for exam version 1, C for exam
version 2, and B for exam version 3. Unfortunately, the computer that read
the scantron forms considered C to be the correct answer for all of the
three exam versions. Therefore, IF YOU HAD EXAM VERSION 3 and you wrote
B for question 14 you get an extra 6 points; on the other hand, if you
had exam version 3 and you wrote C then you should subtract 6 points to
your score. We will fix this error automatically on the class spreadsheet.
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New notes have been added to the Notes
Page, including a full descripion of the Flashing Light circuit and
the solution to the problem on Homework Assignment 8.
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A Tentative
Schedule for the rest of term is now available (it also describes what
you should know for the 2nd Midterm).
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Note about duty cycle: the formula I wrote in lecture on Oct. 4 was
inverted. It should have read:
Duty cycle = Average power for interval/Peak power
The peak power in the example was V2/R; and the average power from
the start of one pulse to the start of the next was just one-quarter of
that amount, resulting in a 25% duty cycle.
The class newsgroup is ucb.class.ee42
(Here's how to configure
your WEB browser and read News from home.)
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HOMEWORK SOLUTIONS are posted in the glass-covered
Bulletin Board outside 277 Cory (Southeast corner of Cory Hall).
Solutions
to the Exercises that appear during chapters
in the textbook will be posted in the same Bulletin Board.
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REMINDER: late homework will be given NO CREDIT.
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Homework assignments will be made at lecture on each Wednesday. Put
your discussion section number
on your homework, with your name, and turn it in at START
OF LECTURE on the following Wednesday. Homeworks will be returned
in Discussion Sections.
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Instructor:
Instructor Office Hours:
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Tuesday, 2-3 pm, 491 Cory Hall
Lectures:
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Monday, Wednesday 3-4, 10 Evans Hall.
GSIs (Graduate Student Instructors) Contact Information:
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Andrew Hatch, ahatch@icsi.berkeley.edu
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Office Hours: Mo 9am-11am, 179M Cory.
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Mario Micheli,
micheli@robotics.eecs.berkeley.edu
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Office Hours: Tu 11am-12pm, 179M Cory; We 11am-12pm, 179M Cory.
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Michael Reiser, mreiser@eecs.berkeley.edu
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Office Hours: Mo 4pm-5pm, 179M Cory; Fr 10am-11am, 179M Cory.
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Stephanie Augsberger, stephann@eecs.berkeley.edu
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Office Hours: We 2pm-3pm, 179M Cory.
All students are free to go to any of the GSIs' office hours, regardless
of their Discussion Section number.
Readers:
Prerequisites:
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This course assumes no prior background in electronics or computer science.
Textbooks:
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Schwarz and Oldham, Electrical Engineering: An Introduction,
Holt, Rinehart & Winston, Second Edition 1993
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(Optional) Hayt and Kemmerly, Additional Student Problem Sets with
Solutions to Accompany Engineering Circuit Analysis, McGraw Hill, Fifth
Edition 1993
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(Optional) Edminister and Nahvi, Electric Circuits, Schaum's
Outline Series, McGraw Hill, Third Edition 1997
Grading (tentative):
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Homework - 10% (no credit if late)
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Midterm #1 - 25%
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Midterm #2 - 25%
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Final Examination - 40% (Final Exam Group 8) Friday December 15,
12:30-3:30 pm
Discussion Sections:
Section # |
Day |
Time |
Location |
GSI |
101 |
Friday |
9-10 |
293 Cory |
Michael |
102 |
Monday |
10-11 |
289 Cory |
Stephanie |
103 |
Thursday |
10-11 |
293 Cory |
Andrew |
104 |
Friday |
1-2 |
293 Cory |
Michael |
105 |
Thursday |
4-5 |
293 Cory |
Mario |
106 |
Monday |
9-10 |
293 Cory |
Mario |
107 |
Monday |
11-12 |
293 Cory |
Stephanie |
108 |
Thursday |
11-12 |
293 Cory |
Andrew |
First midterm will cover all the materials up to the
first 5 weeks.
Second midterm will cover all the materials between the 6th and
the 11th week (inclusive).
Final examination will cover all the materials during the semester.
Please send comments and corrections to Mario
Micheli -- micheli@robotics.eecs.berkeley.edu