Analog Circuits Lab, Baskin Engineering Room 113

General Description

This a special class laboratory used for investigation of analog electronic circuitry. Lab is equipped with twelve lab benches with nearly identical electronic equipment. A few Windows 2000 workstations are also installed, numbers vary per quarter depending upon requirements throughout the school. Lab access is typically available 24/7 for lab students, unless problems develop with class at which time access becomes restricted to TA attended hours. Student access to lab is via "Jack's Lounge" doorway where the door has an electronic combination lock (Omnilock) installed. Each student is given their own keycode, which must be kept secure from others. Electronic lock tracks access by students. A second doorway leads to the outside and is only to be used for emergency exit or by lab staff to move materials.

Lab Safety and Security Rules

1. No Food or Drink is permitted in the lab. Exception are only for sealed water bottles and lunches kept within your backpacks. This rule is needed to protect expensive equipment and to protect people from ingesting hazardous materials. Often soldering, gluing and other fabrication may take place in the lab. These activities leave small amounts of materials behind which would not be good to ingest.

2. Enrolled students for course only allowed in lab. Do not let other students into lab. Lab is reserved for the exclusive use of students enrolled in the course and for students that have made prior arrangements with BELS and faculty for use of the lab.

3. Do not remove oscilloscope probe tips. Oscilloscope probes are very expensive, sensitive instruments and are not simply clips. Removal of tips often results in probe tip damage or loss. Replacement probes can cost $200 or more. Damages will result in canceling 24/7 lab access, revoking student codes and making lab only available during TA attended lab times.

Course List

Typical courses: EE070; Introductory Electrical Circuits; EE171 Analog Circuits

Lab Equipment & Facilities

Lab Stations (12 with the following equipment).

(1) Digital Oscilloscope, 500MHz, 2 Channel, IEEE488-GPIB interface, Tektronix Model 3052
(1) Analog Oscilloscope, 40MHz, 2 Channel, Kikusui Model COS4051
(2) Digital Multimeters, Fluke Model 37
(2) Triple Output DC Power Supply, Digital Display, IEEE488-GPIB interface, HP3631A
(1) Function Generator, Leader Model LFG-1300S
and/or
(1) Arbitrary Function/Waveform Generator, 15MHz, IEEE488-GPIB interface, HP33120A
(6 of 12 stations have both; 5 stations have just Leader, 1 has just HP ARB)
(2) Lab Stools with Castors
(1) 6x3ft lab bench with shelf

Computers (typically 4 in lab unless removed for other classes)
Dell Pentium 3 Computer with 17in CRT Display
450MHz, 256MB memory, 9.2GB Harddrive, 250MB Zip, 3.5" floppy, CDROM
Networked to SOELABS Windows 2000 domain via 100baseT connection.

Software Listing (1/2/03)
Windows 2000 with Service Pack 2
Pspice Evaluation Version xx
Matlab 6.1 (SOE network licensed)
SSH Secure Shell & SFTP Version 2.4.0
Adobe Acrobat 5.0.5
Windows Media Player 7.01
Internet Exploer 5
Winzip
Cadence PSD 14.4

Common Lab Equipment
(1) Laserprinter, HP Laserjet 4050N (BE-113 Print)
(1) Lockable cabinet for TA supplies
Wire spools with 24AWG single strand hookup wire (5 colors)
Wirecutters and wirestrippers.
(2) white boards.

Optional Equipment (shared with other labs, not always available)
Solder Irons
Miniature Drill Press
Microscopes
Surface Mount Soldering Stations