This course examines electric and magnetic fields both in vacuum and in simple macroscopic materials in terms of forces and potentials. Applications of these distributions to many physical systems are examined in detail. This is a course in linear electronic devices and their application in scientific instrumentation. Emphasis is placed on competency in building and trouble-shooting circuits.
Some work involving sensors is undertaken.
This course in the design, operation, and trouble-shooting of digital electronic circuits combines theory with extensive practical experiences and computer simulation. Topics include logic gates, sequential logic devices, techniques such as Boolean algebra and Karnaugh mapping for simplification of logic designs, digital representations of numbers and associated arithmetic circuits, counting circuits, and practical concerns such as interpretation of specifications, logic family interfaces, and propagation delays. The course ends with an introduction to microprocessors. This course will cover three-dimensional dynamics of both particles and rigid bodies using various coordinate systems. The course focuses on an introduction to Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formalisms, followed by application of these approaches to problems in constrained motion.