This course is designed to provide students with a knowledge of electronics and instrumentation systems so that they can both use sophisticated measurement systems properly and assemble their own signal processing equipment. The course is designed for students with no previous electrical experience either theoretical or practical. Students should have taken a 100 level Physics course. Lectures are 1 to 1.5 hours per week and are followed by a laboratory session of about 3 hours which concentrates on the concepts discussed in the lecture. The laboratory sessions make use of modern electronic equipment and training devices.
Students design and build circuits which are found in many common laboratory instruments.
Owing to a limited supply of laboratory equipment, the course enrolment will be limited to about 20 students.