Three lecture-recitations per week. A laboratory course on electronics covering the origination, amplification, processing, and digital conversion of analog signals. Emphasis is on the basic theory underlying the circuits and devices and on general lab techniques. A laboratory course on digital electronics covering combinatorial and sequential logic, microprocessors, and interfacing. An advanced laboratory course in which students are expected to conduct four or five investigations in areas such as mechanics, optics, thermodynamics, and electricity and magnetism.
Emphasis is on the development of good laboratory technique and data-taking procedures.
Students work independently and are expected to become familiar with modern developments in instrumentation, formal report writing, and the statistical basis for data analysis. Emphasis is on independent work. Available experiments include nuclear techniques, gamma ray spectroscopy, and the Mossbauer effect. LA Builds on the foundation in 315-30500. Topics include electric and magnetic fields, Gauss's law, electric potential, circuits, Ampere's law, Faraday's law, and Maxwell's equations.