DORDT COLLEGE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
            LINEAR CIRCUITS AND ELECTRONICS -- EGR 220
                          (SPRING 2002)

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          VARIOUS LINKS WITH INFO RELATED TO THIS COURSE
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Government Sources on the SI system: 
   Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (France)
   National Institute of Standards and Technology (USA)

Writing Style Guidelines:
   IEEE Information for Authors <--Use this for your lab report.
   ASME Journal Publication Guidelines  (Listed here FYI.)

Other links:
   Russ Rowlett's dictionary of units How Many?
   National Center for Atmospheric Research e-book, 
      The Analysis of Observations
      See especially Chapter 2


                           PROBLEM SETS             (Last update:
                           ------------         5/03/02 10:56 am) 
           Homework must adhere to reasonable standards.
+===============================================================+ 
|PS|ASSIGNED| DUE |RETURNED| Problems Assigned (In Dorf &       |
| #|        /     \        | (Svoboda unless otherwise noted)   |
|==+=======+=======+=======+====================================|
| 1|  1/18 |  1/23 |  1/28 | P1.3-1, P1.3-2, P1.3-6, P1.3-7     |
|--+-------+-------+-------+------------------------------------|
| 2|  1/23 |  1/25 |  1/28 | P1.6-6, P2.7-2 (blue = positive)   |
|--+-------+-------+-------+------------------------------------|
| 3|  1/28 |  1/30 |  2/1  | P2.5-8, P2.6-1, P2.6-2, VP2-1,     |
|  |       |       |       | DP2-3 Note: error in DP2-3 problem |
|  |       |       |       | statement.  Add 2 W, 5 W, and 10 W |
|  |       |       |       | resitors to the available ratings. |
|  |       |       |       | (On 1/28 the due date was changed  |
|  |       |       |       | from Friday 2/1 to Wed 1/30 in     |
|  |       |       |       | order to accomodate Monday evening |
|  |       |       |       | recitation meetings with Phil Top  |
|--+-------+-------+-------+------------------------------------|
| 4|  1/30 |  2/6  |  2/8  | P3.3-2, P3.3-3, P3.4-4, P3.4-5,    |
|  |       |       |       | P3.5-3 parts a-c  Note: for part   |
|  |       |       |       | c minimize power subject to V = 8 V|
|  |       |       |       | (R1 = 0 is wrong, so is R2 = 0)    |
|--+-------+-------+-------+------------------------------------|
| 5|  2/6  |  2/13 |  2/20 | P3.7-1, P3.7-3, P3.7-5, P3.7-6,    |
|  |       |       |       | VP3-1, DP3-1                       |
|--+-------+-------+-------+------------------------------------|
| 6|  2/15 |  2/20 |  2/25 | P4.3-2, P4.3-3, P4.4-1, P4.4-3,    |
|  |       |       |       | P4.4-6, P4.8-1 part b only         |
|--+-------+-------+-------+------------------------------------|
| 7|  2/22 |  2/27 |  3/1  | P4.5-1, P4.5-7, P4.6-1,  P4.6-3,   |
|  |       |       |       | P4.7-2, P4.7-4, P4-7-11, P4.7-13   |
|  |       |       |       | Strike "bone fissure and" from the |
|  |       |       |       | last sentence.  Change the value of|
|  |       |       |       | the CCVS from 5i1 (the "1" is a    |
|  |       |       |       | subscript) to 5000i1.              |
|  |       |       |       | P4.8-1 part a only                 |
|--+-------+-------+-------+------------------------------------|
| 8|  3/1  |  3/6  |  3/27 | P5.3-3, P5.3-4, P5.4-1, P5.4-4     |
|--+-------+-------+-------+------------------------------------|
| 9|  3/6  |  3/13 |  3/27 | P5.5-1, P5.5-4, P5.5-5, P5.5-8     |
|  |       |       |       | P5.5-11 Note: Rth is neg. 5.6-1    |
|  |       |       |       | P5.7-1, P5.7-6                     |
|--+-------+-------+-------+------------------------------------|
|10|  3/27 |  4/3  |  4/8  | P6.4-1, P6.4-2, P6.5-5, P6.6-7,    |
|  |       |       |       | P7.3-1, P7.4-1, P7.5-1             |
|--+-------+-------+-------+------------------------------------|
|11|  4/3  |  4/10 |  4/15 | P7.5-2, P7.6-3, P7.7-1             |
|--+-------+-------+-------+------------------------------------|
|12|  4/12 |  4/17 |  4/22 | P7.4-3, P7.6-1, P7.6-8, P7.7-3,    |
|  |       |       |       | P7.9-1, P7.9-6, P8.3-1, P8.3-2     |
|  |       |       |       | (Note: On 4/9/02 problem P7.6-1    |
|  |       |       |       | was moved from PS #11 to PS #12.)  |
|--+-------+-------+-------+------------------------------------|
|13|  4/17 |  4/24 |  5/1  | P8.3-8, P8.3-13, P8.4-7, P8.6-1,   |
|  |       |       |       | P8.6-6, P8.6-8, P9.3-1, P9.3-2     |
|--+-------+-------+-------+------------------------------------|
|14|  4/26 |  5/1  |  5/3  | P9.5-2, P9.9-1                     |
|  |       |       |       |                                    |
|  |       |       |       | Note, on Monday, 4/29 at 4 PM      |
|  |       |       |       | problems P10.3-1, P11.3-1 and      |
|  |       |       |       | P11.3-8 were deleted from this     |
|  |       |       |       | assignment.  They are good for     |
|  |       |       |       | extra credit (6/0 points each)     |
|  |       |       |       | for those interested.              |
|  |       |       |       |                                    |
|  |       |       |       | Typo in P10.3-1: delete the word   |
|  |       |       |       | "Answer" from the problem statement|
|  |       |       |       |                                    |
|  |       |       |       | Hint for P11.3-8:                  |
|  |       |       |       | Pavg X time = energy               |
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                              TESTS        (Last update: 5/06/02)
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Diagnostic Test, Friday, 1/18, Covered Ch. 1, Ch. 2 except 
   section 2.8, and Ch. 3 up to section 3.7.  Handed back 1/28.

Test #1, Wednesday, 2/27. Covered Chapters 1 through 4 
   omitting sections 4-9 and 4-10.  One crib sheet and a 
   calculator was allowed at the test.  Preparation to solve 
   systems of linear algebraic equations with at most three 
   unknowns expected.  Was handed back on Monday, 3/4.

Test #2, Wednesday, 4/10, Covered through Chapter 6, with the 
   focus on the content of Chapters 5 and 6.  Sections on PSpice 
   and Matlab were omitted from the test, specifically sections 
   5-8, 5-9, 6-8, and 6-9 were omitted.  Two crib sheets and a 
   calculator were allowed at the test.  Was handed back on
   Wednesday, 4/17.

Final Exam, Saturday, 12/16 from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm.  Will cover
   the entire course with emphasis on each topic roughly 
   proportional to the time spent on the topic.  Three crib 
   sheets and a calculator will be allowed at the exam.  
   Specifically, the exam will cover:
   Chapters 1-3 all
   Chapter  4   all except sections 4-9, 4-10.
   Chapter  5   all except sections 5-8, 5-9.
   Chapter  6   all except sections 6-8, 6-9.
   Chapter  7   all excpet sections 7-10 through 7-13
   Chapter  8   only section   8-3
   Chapter  9   only sections  9-3 through 9-7
   Chapter 10   only section  10-3
   Chapter 11   only sections 11-3, 11-4 (avg and RMS values)


                               LAB
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General information about the lab equipment and procedures.
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Report on lab project (VOM) due before spring break.  (Due 
12:05 pm on 3/14.) 


                         RESEARCH PAPER    (Last update: 4/08/02)
                         --------------
On Monday, 4/8 the research paper assignment was cancelled--your 
prof. is too busy to grade it.  In connection with this, the 
paper will now count for 0% of the course grade (it was 8%).  
Also, the weight of the homework was increased from 10% to 14% 
and the weight of the lab report was increased from 8% to 12% of 
the course grade. (The research paper was tentatively due on 
Friday, 4/19.) 

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