Physics 351 (Electronics I) ----- 10am, MWF ----- Phillips 265 (Labs in 237)

Sean Washburn, 962 9382,         sean@physics.unc.edu,                 Office 170 Phillips
Office hours: (Most) Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 11-11:30 (but stop by or email for an appt, if you need it)

Text: Principles of Electronics: Analog and Digital (L.R. Fortney)

PLEASE NOTE THE ERRATA FOR THE TEXTBOOK

Supplementary: Rizzoni, Bobrow, Schaum's Outlines, Horowitz&Hill, ... (reserved in Brauer)
Mathematical formulae: Dwight (QA310.D5), Prudnikov (QA308.P7813) (reference shelf in Brauer)

All exams: (3-4 problems) open book (Hand written notes and Fortney only!)
and approved calculators (not needed usually)

Grades: approximately 20% hw problems, 40% lab reports and 40% exams

Expected mathematical skills:
Second order ordinary differential equations, Fourier expansions, elementary linear algebra, Boolean logic
(All will be introduced as practical skills as needed with no background.)

Syllabus,

Pin-outs for some ICs, General IC reference for specs and pin-outs, Every device datasheet in the known universe,

Tutorial for EWB 
On line course at MIT (including taped lectures),
Electronic electronics book (NOT the course text),
Analog electronics electronic book,
and a digital Digital Electronics book
or youse can read a whole EE library,

General O'scope tutorial,
Cute Fourier synthesizer,
Electronic circuit simulator (right click to change circuits or to build your own),
electronics circuit analysis
MatLab for electronics,

MatLab tutorial
PDF with a tutorial on solving ODEs and some linear algebra techniques (800kB),

Sample lab report strategy
(note: as eleswhere in life, a sense of humor will be helpful)

Semiconductor physics from the world's most famous navel
(warning: only for those with a physician-certified sense of humor)

Dave Barry's short course on electrical circuits.
(warning again: only with a physician-certified sense of humor)