Late penalty is one letter grade for the first half week, two letter grades for the second half week. Reports are not accepted beyond two weeks and receive a grade of 0. Remember, plagiarism is grounds for failure. We begin with an introduction to decibels and Bode plots, something we're going to be using for the rest of the semester. This week we complete our study of Bode plots and introduce the differential amplifier.
Differential amplifiers comprise the first stage of most op amps.
Finish chapter 1. We finish diff amps and delve into the inner workings of a typical op amp. An op amp based comparator . The concept of negative feedback is introduced. This is a very important topic.