OPTI 360

01/08

OPTI 360. Electronics for Optical Engineers and Scientists (3). Principles of electronics and circuit analysis, diodes and transistors, analog circuits and op-amps, digital logic and circuits, microprocessors and microcontrollers, computer interfaces, data acquisition systems, digital communication protocols. P, Phys 241, advanced standing in BSOSE program.     

Instructor:   

Professor R. L. Shoemaker, Room 406, Meinel Bldg.

Email:   Shoemaker@optics.arizona.edu

Phone:   621-2825

Office Hours:  MWF 10:00 – 11:00 am, or any other time my office door is open

 

Grader:        Mir Salek

Email:  msalek@optics.arizona.edu

Phone:  626-9425

Office Hours:  MWF 10:00 – 11:00 am 

 

Course Credit:  3 units

 

Course Meeting Time:  9:00 – 9:50 a.m.  MWF

 

Textbooks: 

Multisim Student Lite (software package), Electronics Workbench Corporation

P. Scherz: Practical Electronics for Inventors, 2nd Edition (McGraw-Hill, 2007)

Course Grading:    Homework 35%

Two Midterm Exams  40%

Final exam 25%

 

Course Objectives:

         To teach students the basic concepts of analog and digital electronics so that students will be able to understand circuit diagrams, make simple troubleshooting measurements on analog and digital circuits, discuss electronic problems intelligently with electrical engineers, and select and use electronic instruments and computer interfaces effectively.

 

Course Outline:

·        Basic concepts

·        Kirchhoff’s laws, DC circuit analysis

·        AC circuits, impedance, AC circuit analysis

·        Op amps and op amp circuits

·        Diodes and transistors

·        AC power control

·        Digital circuits, Boolean logic, and logic gates

·        Digital logic blocks

·        Microprocessors and microcontrollers

·        Computer interfacing

·        Data acquisition, process control

·        Digital communication protocols

·        Signal transmission, grounding, and noise

·        Measurements and signal processing, signal analysis