Teaching materials and strategies are developed. Electronic circuits useful for measurement, signal processing, and control are studied. The course is especially designed to meet the needs of the experimental scientist. Pr. permission of instructor. Methods and techniques of electronic connection between computer and other devices and programming methods to facilitate use of the computer as a laboratory instrument are introduced.
Assembly language is used primarily.
321L and 323L. Principles of design and execution of laboratory experiments are introduced, with emphasis on developing the capability to do independent experimentation. Pr. permission of instructor. A topic of special interest is studied in depth. May be repeated for a maximum of six hours credit. 321 and 325.