Schedules
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Use these lists to help manage your time as you work your way through EE 201. If you are self-motivated and good at staying on task, you can probably use the "topics" list to manage your work. You may be able finish most of EE 201 well before the end of the semester. If you prefer a more guided approach, use the "day-by-day" list to structure your time. It is not necessary to adhere rigidly to the schedule, but if you track it within ±3 days, you will be succesful in EE 201. The "due date" list is not meant for structuring a schedule. If you wait until just before the due dates to complete your work, you are doomed.
Links to the listed lecture topics, quiz/practice problems, homework, and lab/Spice descriptions are given on those specific pages.
A day-by-day schedule
A suggested work schedule for a typical 16-week semester. Very similar to what I used when teaching EE 230.
| Week | Day | Read / Practice | Quiz | Homework | Lab |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon | Course intro |
no quiz | No HW this week. | No lab (Review lab skills from 201.) |
| Wed | Op amps (review from 201) | no quiz | |||
| Fri | Op amps review | 1 | |||
| 2 | Mon | Laplace transforms | HW set 1 | Lab 1 - Op amp circuits | |
| Wed | Laplace transforms | ||||
| Fri | Transfer functions | ||||
| 3 | Mon | First-order filters | HW set 2 | Finish Lab 1 | |
| Wed | First-order filters | ||||
| Fri | Second-order filters | ||||
| 4 | Mon | Second-order filters | HW set 3 | Lab 2 - First-order filters | |
| Wed | Second-order filters | ||||
| Fri | Second-order filters | ||||
| 5 | Mon | Fourier series | HW set 4 | Lab 3 - Second-order filters | |
| Wed | Fourier transforms | ||||
| Fri | Stability | ||||
| 6 | Mon | Linear oscillators | No HW this week. | Project 1 | |
| Wed | Linear oscillators | ||||
| Fri | Exam 1 | ||||
| 7 | Mon | Non-ideal op amps | HW set 5 | Lab 4 - Linear oscillators | |
| Wed | Non-ideal op amps | ||||
| Fri | Gain-bandwidth limitations | ||||
| 8 | Mon | Comparators | HW set 6 | Lab 5 - Non-ideal op amps | |
| Wed | Comparators | ||||
| Fri | Non-linear oscillators | ||||
| 9 | Mon | Electrons and holes | HW set 7 | Lab 6 - Comparators & oscillators | |
| Wed | Diodes (review from 201) | ||||
| Fri | pn-junctions | ||||
| 10 | Mon | Zener diodes | HW set 8 | Project 2 | |
| Wed | Diode applications | ||||
| Fri | Diode applications | ||||
| 11 | Mon | BJTs | No HW this week. | Lab 7 - Diode characteristics | |
| Wed | BJTs | ||||
| Fri | Exam 2 | ||||
| 12 | Mon | BJTs | HW set 9 | Lab 8 - Diodes applications | |
| Wed | BJTs | ||||
| Fri | BJTs | ||||
| 13 | Mon | MOSFETs | HW set 10 | Lab 9 - BJTs | |
| Wed | MOSFETs | ||||
| Fri | MOSFETs | ||||
| 14 | Mon | MOSFETS | HW set 11 | Lab 10 - MOSFETs | |
| Wed | MOSFETs | ||||
| Fri | MOSFETs | ||||
| 15 | Mon | MOS digital circuits | No homework this week. | Project 3 or auxillary lab | |
| Wed | MOS digital circuits | ||||
| Fri | MOS digital circuits | ||||
| 16 | Finals week - Exam 3 | ||||