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Oct 1 - 31    free online competition
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Digital Electronics

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Date Notes Class Activities
5/23 end of 9 weeks
4/8A
  • Total eclipse begins at 1:36:11 p.m.
3/8 end of 9 weeks
12/20 end of 9 weeks
10/13 end of 9 weeks
10/11A PSAT day   C-day schedule:  Period 1 – Period 4 shortened classes in the afternoon
10/02A
  • LASA{CS}ASK
  • icon-slides_sm 7404 Hex Inverters
    • 7404 circuits – inverter & ring oscillator (groups) [10 pts  10/9] 
9/27A
  • Webp.net-resizeimage (3) How Intel Makes a Chip (3:11)
  • icon-slides_sm Ring Oscillator
    • Ring Oscillator simulation [5 pts 10/4] 
9/22A
  • Webp.net-resizeimage (3) How do they make Silicon Wafers and Computer Chips (0:41-8:30)
  • icon-slides_sm Buffers
    • Buffer Simulation [5 pts 10/2] 
9/20A
  • icon-slides_sm Transistor Evolution
  • icon-slides_sm Inverters 
    • blend_small Inverter Simulations (pairs #3) [10 pts  9/27]
 9/18A
  • Webp.net-resizeimage (3)  Z2 homemade silicon chip (5:46)
  • icon-slides_sm NMOS & PMOS transistors
    • Webp.net-resizeimage (3)  How does a transistor work? (6:00)
    • Inverter Sizing (version 1) [5 pts  9/25] 
9/15A spice summary & debug
  • finish spice from last time
  • icon-slides_sm Photolithography (last 50 minutes)
    • Photolithography: Step by Step (start 1:14)
    • Build a Transistor out of Play Doh
      • Step by Step (groups of 2 or 3) [5 pts 9/22]
9/13A

quizSm

LEDs & Capacitors

[11 pts]

google calculator

complex invention

  • icon-slides_sm MOSFET transistors (Introduction)
  • icon-slides_sm MOSFET Transistor (How It Works)
  • NMOS Simulation [5 pts 9/20]
    • [90%] size of transistor for more current 
    • [100%] threshold voltage to nearest 1/10th volt 

Transistor Circuits

9/11A arduino issues
  • finish Oscilliscope lab
  • icon-slides_sm Arduino 101 (Projects 1 & 2) (pairs #2) [10 pts 9/19] 
9/06A

virutal oscilloscope

capturing oscilloscope screen

  • icon-slides_sm Arduino 101 (Get Started)
  • icon-slides_sm Oscilloscopes
    • Using an Oscilloscope (pairs #2) [10 pts 9/19] 
9/01A

series or parallel

spice summary & debug 

  • icon-slides_sm Introduction to a Spice simulator (ngspice)
  • icon-slides_sm installing ngspice
  • finish … Simulating RC Circuits (ind)
    • ngspice
  • blend_small Quiz 2 Capacitors & LEDs (PRACTICE)
8/30A
  • workday to finish up labs
8/28A   Back to
School Night
  • GoSoapBox #2 (link is restricted before this date)
  • finish … Light up a LED
  • icon-slides_sm Capacitors
    • Inductors (for reference only)
    • blend_smallSimulating RC Circuits (ind) [10 pts 9/13]
      • Desmos
      • ngspice (next time)
8/25A  quizSm
Electricity, Resistive Circuits, Multimeter, Breadboard
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  •  icon-slides_sm Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs)
    • blend_small Light up a LED (pairs #1) [10 pts 9/6]
    • LED Datasheet
8/23A
  • GoSoapBox #1 (link is restricted before this date)
  • finish … Series and Parallel Resistance
8/21A Webp.net-resizeimage (3) breadboard 1:15 – 4:30 MEASURING
  • icon-slides_sm Arduino 101 (POWER – slides 1-11)
  • icon-slides_sm Power, Multimeter, Breadboard 
  • icon-slides_sm Tinkercad (Introduction)
  • blend_small Series and Parallel Resistance (pairs #1) [15 pts 8/30]
8/16A
  • icon-slides_sm Current, Voltage, Resistance   lasacs
  • icon-slides_sm Resistive Circuits & Ohm’s Law
    • Ohm’s Law Practice (optional)
  • icon-slides_sm falstad circuit simulator (demo)
  • blend_small Basic Resistive Circuits (20 minutes) [10 pts 8/24]

DC Circuits

8/14A  Getting Started

  • teacher   lasacs.com   courses  hack-a-day  syllabus  Peer Tutors  puzzles
  • Women in Tech & Engineering
  • seating chart
  • Room 506 (hall pass, lost & found, scratch paper)
  • lasacs.com/ask/506  ?
  •  [email protected]   [email protected]
    • put Period # and name in email subject
  • BLEND (Can you see class? Turn off Color Overlay!!!)
    • LASA Honor Code & Syllabus
  • File Explorer (View -> File name extensions)
  • LASA{CS} CLUBS
  • First Day  LASACS
  • evacuation route   walkingSmall  evacuation meetup location
  • icon-slides_sm Reporting Values
  • icon-slides_sm Current, Voltage, Resistance (start)  lasac

 

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