EE 100 Laboratory Guidelines
Check the Schedule Matrix to figure out when the labs are scheduled (updated: 06/17)
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
- Print and read the lab experiment before the lab starts
- Prelab will be collected 15 minutes after the scheduled lab start time. No late submission will be accepted.
- Come on time!
After the lab
- Answer all questions pertaining to the lab experiment
- Turn off all instruments on your bench and return components to appropriate locations
- Clean up your bench and work area !!
- Submit your lab report before you leave - There is no take home report
Missing/Cancelled labs
- 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).
- 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
- The lab is worth 20 points, prelab is 4 points and the lab report is 16 points. If there is no prelab, the lab report is worth 20 points.
- There is no take home lab report, please turn in your lab report at the end of the lab to your TA.
- Prelab is individual, lab report is to be turned in groups.
- 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).
- 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.
- Lab 1 (Introduction): Part I and Part II. There is no prelab for part I, but there IS a prelab for part II.
- Lab 2 (The Oscilloscope): Guide Prelab and Report.
- Lab 3 (LabVIEW) : Lab Guide - Three Hour Introduction to LabVIEW.
- Prelab: Install student edition of LabVIEW that came with your book and complete Exercise 1 in the guide above. Turn in a screenshot of your VI front panel and block diagram to the TA before lab starts.
- Lab Report: Complete the rest of the exercises in the guide above.
- Here is the EECS LabVIEW homepage. Here you will find additional documentation and some sample VIs from older editions of EE100.
- No lab from July 18th 2005 - July 22nd 2005
- Lab 4:
- Part I (Amplifiers): Guide Prelab and Report.
- Part II (Oscillators): Prelab and Report. Please note: Prelab question 1 refers to your Introduction to nonlinear circuit analysis notes.
- Part III: Final Project Intro, refer to the EE100 FINAL PROJECT (TONE CONTROLLER) INFORMATION below.
- Lab 5
- Part I (Diodes): Guide Prelab and Report.
- Part II: Final Project, refer to the EE100 FINAL PROJECT (TONE CONTROLLER) INFORMATION below.
- Lab 6: Finish Final Project.
- Datasheets: AD823, LM741, LMC6482,LM4880,LM2940 and LM340.
EE 100 FINAL PROJECT (TONE CONTROLLER) INFORMATION
- Active Filters notes.
- Project Guide and Report outline
- Marco's and Jaleh's Project Schematic (updated: April 25th 2005, most up-to-date schematic)
- Here are some pictures of my circuit (courtesy of Anna Peralta from the Spring 2005 semester).
- The project simply tests if you can follow instructions. Although this might seem easy, wiring in this project is REALLY time consuming. YOU MUST WIRE NEATLY, OR THE TA WILL NOT HELP YOU! I MEAN IT! I recommend that in week 1 you understand qualitatively how the project works and build the regulator part of the circuit. BEFORE WEEK 2, PLEASE PLACE ALL COMPONENTS ON THE BREADBOARD AND FINISH THE WIRING. If you do not do this before project week 2, you will not be able to finish the project. Spend week 2 debugging and finishing the project. If you wire neatly and have a qualitative idea of how the circuit works, you can easily finish this project. If not, you WILL NOT finish it. When testing your project in week 2, make sure to bring headphones and a player like the I-pod.