Exam 2 will be on Friday, Nov. 9.
The exam will include all material covered in the course and labs,
except for Chapter 7 (sinusoids, phasors, etc.) and
the differentiator/integrator circuits in Lab 4.
Exam 2 will emphasize the topics covered after Exam 1,
but the circuit analysis methods covered on Exam 1 are required to solve the problems.
Exam 2 will be closed-book and closed-notes, and you will need your calculator.
The more realistic model for the op amp (Figure 4-4 in the text)
will be provided.
The relevant
homework assignments for Exam 2 are
6,
7,
8,
9, and the relevant
labs are
3,
4, and
5.
The main topics covered after Exam 1 are as follows.
- Thevenin equivalent circuit analysis (including "Method 3" with a test source).
- Maximum power transfer to a load.
- Op amp circuit analysis: ideal assumptions; saturation;
useful circuits (buffer, inverting amp., noninverting amp., summing amp., difference amp., DAC);
more realistic model
(Figure 4-4 in the text) with Ri finite, Ro > 0, or A finite;
limitations based on maximum current at output terminal,
as in Lab 5.
The final exam will be on
Monday, Dec. 10, 2012 from 8:00 - 11:00 AM, in the classroom that we meet for lectures, BRKI 066.
Help with using your calculators for complex number calculations will be available on
Monday, Nov. 12 and Tuesday, Nov. 13 from 7-8 PM in Dana 305.
We will have a short quiz on complex number calculations in class on Wednesday, Nov. 14, so
please bring your calculator to class on that day.
Please solve the
supplemental problems linked here
and submit solutions in class on Wednesday, Nov. 14.
Please solve the following problems in Chapter 7
and submit solutions in class on Wednesday, Nov. 14.
Problems 7.19 and 7.20.