A handout relevant to the first question on the homework can be found here.

To help prepare for the midterm, a copy of last year's midterm can be found here.

 

Instructor:
David R. Smith
1234 Mayer Hall, (858) 534-1510, drs@physics.ucsd.edu

Office Hours:
Monday and Friday, 3-4 pm, or by appointment

Teaching Assistants
Dan Creveling
dcreveli@physics.ucsd.edu

Gregg Dobrowalski

Secretary:
Nicki Pyles
1226 Mayer Hall, (858) 534-4079, npyles@ucsd.edu

Lab Section Times:
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, 2-6 pm, 2120 WLH

Lecture Times:
Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 1-2 pm, 2209 WLH:

Lab Assignments:
Distributed in Monday's class.

Homework:
Assignments distributed in Monday's class, or posted here

Homework Due:
Assignments due the following Monday at the start of class

Text book (required):
L. R. Fortney, Principles of Electronics

Alternate Texts:
Horowitz and Hill, The Art of Electronics
Faissler, Introduction to Modern Electronics

Lab books:
Purchase two 10 1/8" x 7 7/8" quadrille ruled notebooks at the UCSD bookstore or Co-op. On alternate weeks, one book will be reviewed by the TA while the other you will use to record notes in the lab.

Tools:
All of the equipment you will need for ths course will be available in the lab. Certain items, such as protoboards or wire strippers, are needed in every experiment, each group of two students will have their own set of these items for use during the quarter.