Electronic Projects

ECE 3001 Lecture Notes

Fall 2017

© 2015
- 2017
Mark A. Wickert
 Chapter
Introduction
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view the course from a high level. The following topics
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Chapter 1 • Introduction

Course Theme: How We Communicate

co rse esi ne or non en ineerin jors
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Person lities
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Econo ic n siness i cts n
st in ilit iss es
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nce ore
Prere isite res n le el science co rse

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 Why Choose This Course?

Why Choose This Course?

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1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maker_culture

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Chapter 1 • Introduction

The Course Syllabus

ECE 3001/Navi 3001/ECE3201
Electronic Projects
Fall Semester 2016
Compass Curriculum Perspective
This course is a Navigate course in the Compass Curriculum. Navigate courses provide UCCS
students with a common educational experience at the upper division level that broadly expands
their perspective beyond their major discipline. An objective is to engage students actively in
applying and integrating knowledge, which is drawn from a range of disciplines and includes
advanced-level critical thinking.
An objective of Navigate courses is to promote curricular and intellectual connections between
students’ coursework for the Compass Curriculum and the work they do for their academic
majors, while providing students an opportunity to integrate their learning, ideally beyond their
disciplinary area of study.
Navigate courses help you learn about:
• How academic knowledge and skills can be applied to solve practical problems outside of
your disciplinary area of study. This is the “knowledge in action” component of the course.
• Intellectual and curricular intersections between your major coursework and other areas as a
way to integrate and apply learning
• Explore what it takes to work with different types of people with different perspectives
Essential Learning Outcomes:
Apply and integrate knowledge from a range of disciplines, including interdisciplinary or cross-
disciplinary research
• Gather, critically analyze and evaluate quantitative information within relevant disciplinary
contexts
• Gather, critically analyze and evaluate qualitative information within relevant disciplinary
contexts
• Demonstrate the core ethical principles and responsible methods of your discipline
Course Description
Designed for non-engineering majors. In the Fall semester, the principles of How We Communi-
cate are introduced through hands-on building and testing of radio circuits. In the Spring semes-
ter, the principles of How We Control are introduced through hands-on building, programming,
and testing of micro-controllers. The history, personalities, social and cultural impacts, economic
and business impacts, and sustainability issues are integrated into the lecture material for the tar-
get technology. Approved for Compass Curriculum requirement: Advanced Core. Prer., Freshman
level science course.
Semester Emphasis Details
This offering of Electronic Projects will emphasize analog circuit design for communication
receivers. Practical experience in breadboarding radio circuits will be obtained starting from little
or no experience in circuit theory. To take this course it is assumed that you have a strong desire to
build and tinker with electronics. Today this is what is known as being a Maker. Throughout the
course you will also gain experience with soldering. To start with, however, we will work with
solder-less breadboards.

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 The Course Syllabus

Detailed Syllabus for Fall 2016

,QVWUXFWRUV Dr. Mark Wickert 2IILFH EN292 3KRQH 255-3500
[email protected] )D[ 255-3589
http://www.eas.uccs.edu/wickert/ece3001/
2IILFH+UV Mon/Wed 1:30–2:15 PM + other times by appointment
6XJJHVWHG R. Quan, Build Your Own Transistor Radios, McGraw Hill, New York, 2013
7H[W (ISBN 978-0-07-179970-6).

2SWLRQDO P. Scherez and S. Monk, Practical Electronics for Inventors, 4th edition. (ISBN
ISBN 978-1259587542).
5HTXLUHG Analog Discovery2 USB oscilloscope, logic/spectrum/network analyzer ($179
+DUGZDUH www.digilentinc.com) plus the software Waveforms 3, available for free down-
load. A parts kit, details TBD. Recommend LTSpice for computer aided circuit
analysis (free download at http://www.linear.com/designtools/software/)
*UDGLQJ 1.) Lab assignments involving circuit test and measurement 20%.
2.) Writing exercises 15%.
3.) Exams (mid and final) at 15% each, 30% total.
4.) Final lab on receiver electronics leading to superheterodyne kit build 15%.
5.) Superheterodyne radio kit PCB fully tested 20%.

7RSLFV /HFW/DE
1. Introduction and Course Overview 1
2. Electronic circuit analysis and design using resistors 4
3. Electronic circuit analysis and design using resistors, capaci- 4
tors, and inductors (passives)
4. Electronic circuit analysis and design with active elements 6
5. Radio electronics 6
6. Radio kit PCB assembly and test 4

:ULWLQJ Paper 1: How does radio/wireless technology affect your personal life. (Cur-
([HUFLVHV rent view)
1.) How do you use it ? Do you talk to fewer people face-to-face?
2.) What would happen if you could not use it?
3.) How do you see it changing/evolving in 10 years?
4.) How is using it changing your communication skills
Paper 2: How does radio/wireless technology affect your professional (college
major) life. (Historical view)
1.) How is the technology used today?
2.) What was used before radio/wireless technology was invented?

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Chapter 1 • Introduction

/HDUQLQJ The expected learning outcomes of this course are: Soldering for circuit bread-
2XWFRPHV ing boarding; Ohm’s law and basic DC resistor circuits, both simulation and
lab measurement/test; Resistor, inductor, and capacitors circuits, both simula-
tion and lab test using pulse signals and sinusoids; Basic radio circuits and
inductor/capacitor tank circuit resonant frequency, both simulation and lab test;
Radio frequency oscillators and mixers for AM radio, both simulation and lab
test; PCB assembly and test of an AM radio kit.

Instructor Policies
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l e s n or r ctice e s s is ossi le ill e
oste on t e e site rior to t e i ter n in l e s

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 Introduction to the Tools

Introduction to the Tools

Analog Discovery ort le l or tor test instr ent tion
r re n t e e or s so t re

USB to connect
to PC

Fly leads to
connect to
circuit/system
under test WaveformsTM
software V2 shown;
V3 supports Mac &
Linux

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Chapter 1 • Introduction

LTspice circ it n l sis n o elin so t re

Operating point analysis example

r t sc e tic set si l tion co n s n n lot

E cel or si il r or si le c lc l tions
o eci e to in est in s ll olt o eter

t er tools r re n so t re cree in s ee e
ro ri te or t e t s t n

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 Introduction to Electronic Circuits

Introduction to Electronic Circuits

onsi er si le one tr nsistor co on e itter li ier
constr cte on solderless breadboard ori in l s o n

+5v

Ouput

Input
2N3904
Transistor

Ground

e circ it sc e tic r n in s ice is s o n elo

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Chapter 1 • Introduction

o t is n li ier
Gain
v in t G
vo t t = Gv in t

n li ier t es n in t si n l in s ll li
t e n o t ts l r er lit e si n l
Amplitude re ers to t e stren t o t e si n l or t in in o
sic l er t e lo ness o t e si n l
n t e circ it i r or schematic t e connection oint or
t e in t si n l is l ele V in n t e o t t is l ele V o t
s test si n l e l ti e r in sin soi ic e
escri e t e tic ll s
v in t = A i cos t = cos t (1.1)
onsi er t e s ice si l te in t o t t e or s

The amplifier gain

is approximately
0.92/0.2 = 4.6

e t t t e o t t e or si n l is in ee l r er in
lit e t n t e in t
vo t t = A o cos t+
(1.2)
cos t+

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 Introduction to Electronic Circuits

on t e inti i te little t t is is incl e to let

o no t t e c n en nee e se t o elin
enc testin n ettin t in s to or is t t is cl ss is
ll o t ritin o n e tions is not t e oc s ere
sin t e n lo isco er ec n l sin soi l test
e or j st li e in t e co ter si l tion
e con i re one o t o e or ener tors to ro ce
e lit e sin soi t

Choose a
sine wave Set the
output frequency
and the
amplitude

e t en connect t e t o c nnel sco e to t e in t n o t

t test oint o t e circ it n o ser e t e e or

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Chapter 1 • Introduction

Output

Input

Spectrum plot with 1 kHz

spectral line at far left

e e s re res lts loo in l er c li e t

t e circ it si l tor re icte
t o o t in

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 A Peek at What Lies Ahead

A Peek at What Lies Ahead

o si ni ic nt ilestone re
il t ne r io re enc r io
Antenna Env.
with high Q Amp1 Amp2 Amp3
Det.
tuning
EM Waves

il s er etero ne r io

Ant Det. +
+ Mixer BPF BPF BPF Audio
cap. IF Amp IF Amp IF Amp Amp
Osc

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Chapter 1 • Introduction

Discussion and Quiz 1

Materials Cost
e nt t e e erience to e t e est it in re son ossi
le
e reli in r esti te o t e rts cost is r nnin i er
t n e o l li e so let s t l

Quiz 1
in in o t ore o t o

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