1 Orientation 1.1 Objective 1.2 Equipment 1.2.1 Hewlett Packard/
Agilent Technologies 3630A Triple DC Power Supply 1.2.2 Breadboard or
Protoboard 1.2.3 Alligator Clips or Connectors 1.2.4 Resistors 1.2.5
Hewlett Packard/ Agilent Technologies 33301A Digital Multimeter (DMM) 1.2.6
Hook-Up Wire 1.2.7 Hewlett-Packard 3311A Function Generator 1.2.8
Simpson Meter Mode 1260-7 1.2.9 Capacitors 1.2.10 ELVIS 1.3 Procedure
1.3.1 Resistance Measurement 1.3.2 DC Voltage Measurement 1.3.3 DC Current
Measurement 1.3.4 AC Voltage Measurement 1.3.5 Checkout 1.4 Laboratory
Report 1.5 References 2 Signal Characteristics 2.1 Objective 2.2 Theory
2.2.1 dc Level 2.2.2 rms Value 2.2.3 Crest Factor, cf 2.3 Examples 2.4
Procedure 2.4.1 Measurement of Function Generator Signals 2.4.2 Observation
of Function Generator Signals 2.4.3 Arbitrary Wave form 2.5 Laboratory
Report 2.6 References 3 Meter Movements 3.1 Objective 3.2 Theory 3.2.1
Properties of the d'Arsonval Meter Movement 3.2.2 DC Current 3.2.3 Step
Function Current 3.2.4 AC Sinusoidal Current 3.2.5 Least Squares Estimation
3.2.6 Meter Movement Applications 3.3 Equipment 3.3.1 The d'Arsonval Meter
Movement 3.4 Procedure 3.4.1 Measurement of Rm 3.4.2 Measurement of Imfs
3.4.3 Nonelectronic DC Ammeter 3.4.4 Nonelectronic Voltmeter 3.4.5 Dynamics
of d'Arsonval Meter Movement 3.4.6 Nonelectronic AC Voltmeter 3.4.7 Ammeter
Design 3.5 Laboratory Report 3.6 References 4 Voltage and Current
Measurement With Meters 4.1 Objective 4.2 Theory 4.2.1 DC Voltage Sources
4.2.2 AC Voltage Sources 4.2.3 Voltage and Current Measurement 4.2.4
Accuracy, Resolution, Range, and Precision 4.2.5 Meter Loading 4.2.6
VoltmeterLoading 4.2.7 AmmeterLoading 4.2.8 Electronic Multimeters 4.2.9
Electronic Analog Voltmeter 4.2.10 Electronic Analog Ammeter 4.2.11
Electronic Analog Ohmmeter 4.2.12 Electronic Digital Voltmeter 4.3
Equipment 4.4 Examples 4.4.1 DC Voltmeter Loading 4.4.2 AC Voltmeter
Loading 4.5 SPICE 4.6 Procedure 4.6.1 Input Impedance Measurement 4.6.2
DC Voltmeter Loading 4.6.3 DC Ammeter Loading 4.6.4 AC Voltmeter Loading
4.7 Laboratory Report 4.7.1 DC Voltmeter Loading 4.7.2 DC Ammeter Loading
4.7.3 AC Voltmeter Loading 4.8 References 5 The Oscilloscope 5.1
Introduction 5.2 Oscilloscope Hierarchy 5.3 Analog Oscilloscopes 5.3.1
Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) 5.3.2 Vertical Section 5.3.3 Horizontal Section or
Time Base 5.4 Digital Oscilloscope 5.5 Hybrid Oscilloscope 5.6 Voltage
Measurement 5.6.1 Analog Oscilloscope 5.6.2 Digital Oscilloscope 5.7
Current Measurement 5.8 Time Measurements 5.8.1 Analog Oscilloscope 5.8.2
Digital Oscilloscope 5.9 Impedance Measurement 5.10 General Considerations
5.10.1 Loading Effects-Voltage Probes 5.10.2 Oscilloscope Bandwidth 5.10.3
Intrinsic Performance Parameters 5.11 Equipment 5.11.1 Leads 5.11.2 HP
33120A Function Generator/ Arbitrary Waveform Generator 5.11.3
Hewlett-Packard 54602B Oscilloscope 5.12 Procedure 5.12.1 Function
Generator Adjustment 5.12.2 Initial Oscilloscope Adjustment 5.12.3
Display 5.12.4 Vertical Position 5.12.5 Horizontal Position 5.12.6
Trigger 5.12.7 Measurements 5.12.8 Functions 5.12.9 DC Level
Measurement 5.12.10 AM 5.12.11 FM 5.12.12 Storage 5.12.13 ToneBurst
5.12.14 Lissajous Patterns 5.12.15 Circular Lissajous Pattern 5.12.16
Arbitrary Waveform Generator 5.13 Laboratory Report 5.14 References 6
Computer Control of Instruments 6.1 Objective 6.2 Theory 6.2.1 Hardware
6.2.2 Function / Arbitrary Waveform Generator 6.2.3 Software 6.3 Procedure
6.3.1 Benchlink 6.3.2 VEE 6.3.3 Frequency Response 6.3.4 LabVIEW 6.3.5
ELVIS 6.4 References 7 First-Order Circuits 7.1 Objective 7.2 Theory
7.2.1 RC Circuits 7.2.2 Step Function Response 7.2.3 Square Wave Response
7.2.4 Triangular Wave 7.2.5 Ramp Wave 7.2.6 Sinusoidal Excitation 7.2.7
Parallel GL Circuit 7.3 Circuit Components 7.3.1 Resistors 7.3.2
Capacitors 7.3.3 Inductors 7.3.4 Transformers 7.4 Measurement of R, C, and
L 7.4.1 Voltmeter-Ammeter 7.4.2 Oscilloscope Measurement 7.4.3 Impedance
Bridges 7.4.4 Digital Multimeter 7.4.5 RCL Meters 7.5 Equipment 7.6 SPICE
7.6.1 Square Wave 7.6.2 Triangular 7.6.3 Ramp 7.7 Procedure 7.7.1
Parameter Measurement 7.7.2 Measurement of Rg for the HP 33120A Function
Generator Generator 7.7.3 Sine Wave Response 7.7.4 Square, Triangular, and
Ramp Response of First Order RC Circuit 7.7.5 Square Response of
First-Order GL Circuit 7.8 Laboratory Report 7.9 References 8 Passive RC
Filter Circuits 8.1 Objective 8.2 Theory 8.2.1 Network Definitions 8.2.2
Filter Types 8.2.3 Low-Pass Filter 8.2.4 High-Pass Filter 8.2.5
First-Order Low-Pass Shelving Filter 8.2.6 First-Order High-Pass Shelving
Filter 8.2.7 All-Pass Filter 8.2.8 Band-Pass Filter 8.2.9 Approximate
Method of Determining Transfer Function for FirstOrder Circuits 8.3 Design
Assignment 8.4 SPICE 8.5 Procedure 8.5.1 Amplitude Adjustment 8.5.2
Frequency Response Measurement 8.6 Laboratory Report 8.7 References 9
Second-Order Circuits 9.1 Objective 9.2 Theory 9.2.1 Series RLC 9.2.2
Step Function Response 9.2.3 Square Wave Excitation 9.2.4 Sinusoidal
Excitation 9.2.5 Transfer Functions 9.3 Parallel GLC 9.4 Circuit Component
Models 9.5 SPICE 9.6 Procedure 9.6.1 Component Measurement 9.6.2 Function
Generator Setting 9.6.3 Amplitude Adjustment 9.6.4 Step Function Response
of Series RLC 9.6.5 Square Wave Response of Series RLC 9.6.6 Component
Measurement 9.6.7 Sinusoidal Response of Series RLC Circuit 9.6.8 Component
Measurement 9.7 Laboratory Report 9.7.1 Parameter Measurement 9.7.2 Step
Function Excitation of Series RLC 9.7.3 Square Wave Excitation of Series RLC
9.7.4 Series RLC with Sinusoidal Excitation 9.7.5 Parallel GLC with Step
Function Excitation 9.8 References 10 Transformers 10.1 Objective 10.2
Theory 10.2.1 Inductor 10.2.2 Mutual Inductance 10.2.3 Ideal
Transformer 10.2.4 Dot Convention 10.2.5 Controlled Source Model 10.2.6
Impedance Transformation 10.2.7 Linear Non-Ideal Transformer 10.2.8
Broadband Transformer 10.2.9 Hysteresis 10.2.10 SPICE 10.3 Procedure
10.3.1 Specifications 10.3.2 Resistance Measurement 10.3.3 Dot
Determination 10.3.4 RCL Meter 10.3.5 Time-Constant Measurements 10.3.6
Sinusoidal Measurements 10.3.7 Impedance Measurement 10.3.8 Broad-Band
Band-Pass Transformer 10.3.9 Hysteresis 10.3.10 Automated Impedance
Measurements 10.4 Laboratory Report 10.5 References 11 Spectral Analysis
11.1 Objective 11.2 History 11.3 Theory 11.3.1 Fourier Transform 11.3.2
Fourier Series 11.3.3 Conventional Amplitude Modulation (AM) 11.3.4
Frequency Modulation (FM) 11.3.5 Binary Frequency Shift Key 11.3.6 Noise
11.3.7 Sampling 11.3.8 Quantization 11.3.9 Discrete Fourier Transform 11.4
SPICE 11.5 Equipment 11.5.1 HP 54657B Measurement Module 11.6 Procedure
11.6.1 Function Generator Adjustment 11.6.2 Oscilloscope Adjustment for
Spectrum Analyzer 11.6.3 Windows 11.6.4 Aliasing 11.6.5 Fourier
Coefficients 11.6.6 Sound 11.7 Laboratory Report 11.7.1 Windows 11.7.2
Aliasing 11.7.3 Signal Levels for Periodic Waveforms 11.7.4 Spectra
Measurement 11.7.5 ELVIS 11.7.6 AM 11.7.7 FSK 11.7.8 RF Pulse Train
11.7.9 Aural Analysis 11.8 References 12 Diodes 12.1 0bjective 12.2
Theory 12.2.1 Ideal Diode 12.2.2 Semiconductor Diodes 12.2.3 Model for
Diodes 12.2.4 Rectifiers 12.2.5 Clamping Circuit 12.2.6 Voltage Doubler
12.2.7 Waveshapers 12.2.8 Envelope Detectors 12.3 SPICE 12.4 Procedure
12.4.1 Resistance Measurement 12.4.2 Measurement of Diode Parameters
12.4.3 Function Generator Adjustment 12.4.4 I -V Curve for Diode 12.4.5
Half Wave Rectifier 12.4.6 Full Wave Rectifier 12.4.7 Diode Limiter
12.4.8 Rectifier Limiter 12.4.9 Voltage Doubler 12.4.10 Envelope Detector
12.5 Laboratory Report 12.6 References A Measurements with Grounded
Instruments A.1 AC Power Systems A.2 120 V AC Power System A.3 Grounding
for Safety A.4 Circuit Protection Devices A.4.1 Fuses A.4.2 Circuit
Breakers A.4.3 Ground Fault Interrupters A.5 Electric Shock A.6 Grounded
Instruments A.7 Measurement with Grounded Instruments A.8 References B
Guidelines for ECE 3041 B.1 Organization B.2 Conduct of the Experiment B.3
Safety Precautions B.4 Laboratory Exam B.5 Laboratory Report B.5.1
Informal Laboratory Report B.5.2 Formal Laboratory Report
