Instrumentation ECE 206L
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
The University of New Mexico
Spring 2017
Course Description
ECE 206L-Instrumentation (2 credits)
ECE 206 laboratory is an adjunct to ECE 203 – Circuit Analysis I. It is intended to supplement the material of ECE 203 and to assist students in obtaining basic measurement techniques and hands-on experience in assembling and testing electric and electronic circuits using laboratory instruments with experiments in basic electrical measurements, D.C.& A.C., circuits, and simple transients.
Practical Experience and Skills:
(Electronics Laboratory Safety and Procedures, Standard Laboratory Instrumentation,
Circuit Simulation Tools, Bread-boarding, Automated Testing and LabVIEW Applications, Technical Report Writing)
Student Learning Objectives:
At successful completion of this course all students will be able to:
Safely use electronic lab equipment,
Understand and practice personal safety with regards to electricity and fire,
Program with the graphical programming language LabVIEW,
Simulate electronic circuits with the computer program Multisim,
Effectively use the ELVIS II+ prototyping system to construct electronic circuits,
Obtain correct and accurate electrical measurements using Multimeters and Oscilloscopes,
Effectively use Power Supplies to provide electrical power to electronic circuits,
Effectively use Function Generators to correctly stimulate electronic circuits,
Write work reports that effectively and efficiently convey accurate information produced by
measuring characteristics of electronic circuits,
Understand Ohms Law, Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law, and Kirchhoff’s Current Law and how they
are used to predict and check the electronic circuit characteristic measurements,
Lecture & Lab.
Lecture & Labs are in Room 311, from 10:00AM until 11:15 PM. Don’t Be Late!
1st 10 Minutes for Student Questions: 50 minutes: Lecture; End minutes for Student Questions
Days are: Friday
Pre-requisite:
Prerequisite: C- or better in 203 and C or better in English 102.
Textbook (Optional):
NONE
Laboratory Notebook (not optional)
Will be used for lecture notes and experimental notes
Must be used during Lab Experiments to record:
1. Experimental Setup and Instrument Settings
2. Circuit Construction and Component Values
3. Measured Circuit Values
4. Any situation, conditions, or occurrences noteworthy or of interest
Wire Jumper/Protoboard Kit (Optional)
If available can be purchased from IEEE
The cost could vary but should be around $25.00 per kit.
References:
Student Reference Manual – S. Wolf and R.F.M. Smith
Placed at the Science and Engineering Reference Desk
Websites:
Class: http://ecelabs.pbworks.com/w/page/11066098/ECE%20206L
http://ni.com and as noted in the Experiment and on ecelabs.pbwork.com links
In Class Material:
A. Lectures: A combination of Lecture Notes/PP Presentations
B. Lab. Experiments:
NOTE: All Lab Reports are due at 23:59 (11:59PM) on the Tuesday following the Lab.
1. Laboratory Safety and Orientation. (First Class) Quiz due
2. Introduction to LabVIEW (Second Class) Lab Report due following Tuesday
a. Visual Programming Language for controlling lab instruments and collecting data
3. Introduction to Multisim (Third Class) Lab Report due following Tuesday
a. Schematic Capture and Circuit Simulation
4. Introduction to ELVIS (Fourth Class) Lab Report due following Tuesday
a. Self-contained Electronics Lab with measurements and prototyping area
5. Basic Electrical Measurements (Fifth Class) Lab Report due following Tuesday
a. Basic electrical components & characteristics
b. Basic Electronic Filter Design
c. Measurement of Circuit Parameters – voltage & current
6. Oscilloscope & Signal Generator, Experiment 1 (Sixth Class) Report combined with next Lab.
a. Operation of the Oscilloscope to display time varying voltage and current waveforms
7. Oscilloscope & Signal Generator, Experiment 2 (Seventh Class) Dual Lab Report due following Tuesday
a. Operation of the Oscilloscope to display time varying voltage and current waveforms
8. Mid-Term Examination: Over all material covered to date (Eighth Class)
9. March 17 is Spring Break – No Class!
10. LM741 Operational Amplifier I (Ninth Class) Combined Report with next lab
a. Design, Analysis, Implementation, and Measurement of an Operational Amplifier based inverting amplifier design.
b. Report combined with next Lab.
11. LM741 Operational Amplifier II (Tenth Class: )
a. Design, Analysis, Implementation, and Measurement of an Operational Amplifier based non-inverting amplifier design.
b. Dual Lab Report due following Tuesday
12. LM555 Timer/Oscillator Circuits (Eleventh Class) Report due following Tuesday
a. Design, Analysis, Implementation, and Measurement of an oscillator and timing circuit based on the LM555 chip
13. Special Topics, LabVIEW Project Work & Lab Rework (Twelfth Class)
14. Special Topics, LabVIEW Project Work & Lab Rework (Thirteenth Class)
15. FINAL (Fourteenth & Last Class)
C. Class LabVIEW Programming Project (Due [Last Class])
1. Lecture: Project Overview/Documentation Description (Second Class)
2. Project Selection & Concept Documentation (Due Third Class)
3. Project Requirements Documentation Rough Draft (Due Fourth Class)
4. Project Requirements Documents (Due Fifth Class)
5. Project Test Plan Documentation Rough Draft (due Sixth Class)
6. Project Test Plan Documentation (due Seventh Class)
7. Project Design Document Rough Draft (due Eighth Class)
8. Project Design Documens (due Ninth Class)
9. Project Graphical User Interface Prototype (due Tenth Class)
10. Project Functioning Prototype (due Eleventh Class)
11. Project Operational Program (due Thirteenth Class)
12. Project Final Set of Documents and Operational Program (due Fourteenth & Last Class)
D. Examinations
1. Mid-term Exam
a. March 10
b. Covers all material up to and including– Oscilloscopes
2. Final Exam
a. May 5, Last Day of Class
b. Covers all material including Lectures, Labs, Project
Instructor:
David Modisette, , 277-4409, Room 315
Contact Information:
Office: ECE Room 315
Phone: 505-277- 4409
Email:
Office Hours: Call/Email for Appointment
Tuesdays: 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM &
Wednesday: 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM
Other times possible
Grading:
Assignment Schedule Points Criteria
Lab. Performance Fridays 10% On-time, Prepared, Wise use of time
Lab. Experiment Reports Tuesdays 45% Formatted, Shows Work, Completed
Mid-Term 03/10 10% Demonstrates Understanding
LabVIEW Project 04/28 20% Sustained Application of Knowledge
Final Examination 05/05 15% Mastery of Significant Concepts
Report Format:
The reports need to be typed on the computer and sent as email to the Instructor. No paper reports are accepted. The page limit for ECE 206 L lab. reports is 10 pages (Not including the attachments such as pictures, etc.)
See Laboratory Report Format: http://ecelabs.pbworks.com/w/page/11066098/ECE%20206L
The laboratory reports need to be emailed to the Instructor () before 11:59 PM on the day due. The reports need to be submitted only by email and no later than two school days (Tuesday) after the completion of the respective laboratory experiment. There will be a penalty of 10% for each day late. Weekends count as one day. From Saturday 12:01 AM to Sunday 11:59 PM is 1 days late. Max penalty is minus 50% so an assignment with credit of 100 points when not completed will have a maximum penalty credit of -50 points if not submitted within 15 day of deadline.
The document needs to be in MS Word or Rich Text Format (.rtf) format.
Laboratory Notebooks need to be kept and used during lab experiments & projects. Information describing how the experiment was assembled, conducted, and results should be entered and used when writing the Lab Reports. This allows the analysis of the situation when errors or conflicts are discovered when writing the report. A good set of notes in a notebook can prevent student from having to repeat the experiment. The use of these notebooks will be periodically checked.
The Lab Reports should be prepared according to the following guidelines:
See “Laboratory Report Format” on website.
1 – Title Page: Course, Semester, Title of the Experiment or Project, Students’ Names, Date the experiment was performed or the project demonstrated, Date of Report, Total number of pages [2%]
2 – Table of Contents [4%]
3 – List of Figures (Figure Numbers and titles only) [2%]
4 – List of Tables (Table Numbers and titles only) [2%]
5 – Abstract – (~200 words at most) [5%]
6 – Background: Theory and Literature Survey (Two pages Maximum) [5%]
7 – Lab Procedure and List of the Equipment and Parts List (Two pages maximum) or Reference Lab Procedure [10%]
7 – Theoretical Analysis and Calculations (Two pages maximum, Must be in the report) [30%]
Calculate all measurements’ excepted results. Use the actual measured values of the components used for the circuit.
8 – Computer Simulation Results (Two pages maximum) if performed.
10 – Implementation, Measurement, and Verification Results [30%]
Provide a table with a row for each measurement and columns showing the name of the measurement, the expected (calculated) value, the error (difference between the two), the percentage error, and an explanation for the error if it is significant (must be in the report).
11 - Discussions – comparison of the theoretical analysis, computer simulation, and measurement and testing results. [5%]
12 – Attachments – Pictures of the circuit; circuit schematics should always included; images of captured waveforms, and anything else you feel is of importance.[5%]
Items considered in final grade will include:
Attendance:
Tardiness:
Preparation:
Lab. Performance:
Lab Logbook/Notebook:
Report (Date):
Report (Grade):
Comments:
General Class Procedures:
1. Safety Is the First Priority
a. If using any electrical equipment, there must be at least two people in the Lab
b. No rough-housing (physical contests of strength) in the lab.
c. All necessary personal protection equipment must be used when required
i. Safety Glasses when soldering and trimming leads or wire in the area
ii. Ear-plugs when working in loud sound environments
iii. Etc.
2. Shoes must be worn at all times while in the lab.
a. Preferably closed toed shoes that cover the foot completely
b. No flip-flops
3. No Cell Phone Use during lecture:
a. First time your cell phone rings in class, you are required to bring 4 dozen glazed donuts to the next class where everyone will enjoy them in room 315 after the lecture.
b. Second time: you will be asked to leave the class for that day
c. Third time: you don’t want to have this happen – Trust Me.
d. If you have extenuating circumstance, please see me before class.
4. No Texting, Internet Surfing, Game Playing or other distracting activity
a. If you are not interested in the lecture, please do not attend class.
5. No side conversation during the lecture: same as 3
6. Absolutely no open container liquids and no food in the lab at anytime.
7. Return all equipment, probes, test leads, and components to their proper location when leaving the lab.
8. Circuits should not be left on the prototype boards
9. Everyone must work with a partner
10. Other Procedures may be instituted as need arises.
Preliminary Schedule
Lab 1 Safety & Orientation
Lab 2 Intro to LabVIEW
http://www.ni.com/academic/students/learn-labview/
Watch all videos. ~ 1 hour.
Lab 3 Multisim
Getting Started: Schematic Capture
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26gTGMKDN6c
Multisim Tutorial
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KrOqpavFt4
Other:
https://ni.adobeconnect.com/_a56821929/p58136391/?launcher=false&fcsContent=true&pbMode=normal
Watch Presentation ~ 12 minutes.
Lab 4 Intro to Elvis
http://www.ni.com/video/645/en/
Lab 5 Basic Electrical Measurements
Lab 6 Oscilloscope & Signal Generator
Lab 7 Oscilloscope & Signal Generator Continued
Mid-Term Exam
Lab 8 LM741 Operational Amplifier
Lab 9 LM741 Operational Amplifier Continued
Lab 10 LM555 Timer/Oscillator Circuits
Lab 11, 12 & 13 LabVIEW Programming Project
Final Exam
Be Safe and Enjoy Learning (You’ll do it for the rest of your life.)