EECS 215
Introduction to Electronic Circuits Fall 2012 Semester
The
offical web site for this class is on
Ctools
at:
https://ctools.umich.edu/portal/site/d4d04975-4ecb-4c2f-b940-b5b87832bccb
To access this
site, you need to be registered for the class. If you want to have access to
this site prior to registration, please e-mail me and include your UMICH
uniquename.
Text Books
1.
Circuits, Ulaby and
Maharbiz,
2nd Edition NTS
Press ISBN 978-1-934891-19-3 REQUIRED TEXT. We strongly recommend the
second EDITION (not the 1st edition, 2nd printing) of the
text. I would advise against purchasing an older edition.
2.
MYDAQ, we will be using the MYDAQ hardware from National Instruments to
help with labs and for optional, extra credit projects.
A bundle of both
the book and the Mydaq hardware can be purchased for
$250 at
Other materials
will be available free for download. Announcements on this will be made later.
We recommend buying
the text and the Mydaq via this bundle. There are a
reasonable number of Mydaq units in the hands of students
in Ann Arbor and probably some available via the web. It is possible that you
could save some money by purchasing a used Mydaq and
separately ordering the text. If you go this route:
1.
With a used Mydaq, be certain that you obtain
copies of the needed Labview software. We cannot give
this to you due to copyright issues and separate purchase of the software can
be as expensive as a new unit.
2. We would advise directly purchasing the text from NTS press ($115 plus $11 for 3 day shipping,) The on-line order button is now functional, http://www.ntspress.com/publications/circuits-second-edition/
It is up to you
what to pay for a used Mydaq and software; however,
it should be obvious that $124 is a maximum upper bound. A functional used unit
with software is probably just as good as buying new and could save you several
10’s of dollars; however, the teaching staff of EECS 215 cannot promise to provide
any assistance if you run into trouble. Caveat emptor.
Delays
1.
You will not need the Mydaq unit for any
assignment prior to 9/17/12 and possibly later.
2.
If your text is delayed, we can easily accommodate up to at least
9/10/12. You can access the table of the contents of the book and the full
chapter 1 via http://www.ntspress.com/publications/circuits-second-edition/inside-the-book/
.
If you have a relatively modern Mac, then you can set it up in a dual boot mode and run Windows-based software for this class (Multisim and Labview). CoE students can get Windows 7 for free (for academic use) from
http://www.engin.umich.edu/caen/software/msdnaa/
Multisim and Labview are available on the Showcase (215/216) Lab computers. Provisions will be made to allow you to access this lab except during scheduled lab times for EECS 215 or 216. Details will be announced later. Some additional planning and discipline will be needed on your part, but no serious issues will arise from this unless you wait until the last moments to attempt assignments.
Enrollment/Waitlist
Info:
EECS Department
has a perfect or nearly perfect record of making space in our required classes
for students who are either declared into one of our BS degree programs or are
seriously interested in doing so. This also extends to students in dual degree
programs with us or in our EE minor program.
Please
registered on the waitlist if the lab section you need or
want is filled. We will use this information to open new lab sections as
student demand warrants. We cannot guarantee that you will get the lab time
slot that you want, but we will do the best we can to make it possible for you
to take the class.
If you cannot
register or waitlist for some reason, please contact Catie Lenaway at lenaway@eecs.umich.edu
and copy (cc) me at
fredty@umich.edu.
Please put "EECS215 FA12" in the subject line to help me manage my
e-mail flood.
Lectures/Discussions
For the FA12 semester,
we are continuing a 4 meeting/week schedule. Lectures and discussion are
integrated and will be listed as merely lectures. On average, the same amount
of material will be covered each week as in the old format of 3 hours of
lecture plus one hour of discussion; however, each lecturer will do 4 hours of
lecture per week and will mix "lecture" and "discussion"
material as he sees fit during the week. Some weeks, the 4th class hour of the
week will be purely examples and questions/answer sessions. Other weeks, more
examples and Q/A may be mixed in earlier in the week and the 4th hour may
include lectures on new topics.
The two lecture
sections will be coordinated on a week by week basis for topics and depth of
coverage; however, they will not be coordinated on an hourly basis. Alternating
between two sections is not recommended.
I hope to see
many of you in either my lecture or Prof. Wentzlof’s
in the Fall 2012 semester.
Prof. Fred
Terry, EECS
Updated 8/23/12