Free Download Lecture Notes on Introduction to Electronics, Signals, and Measurement

Transistors and resistors on an old program memory module (ROM) of a Nixdorf 820 system. (Image courtesy of Hermann Schneider.)

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Course Highlights

This course features an extensive set of lecture notes and laboratory assignments. Review notes and practice exams are also available in the examssection.

Course Description

The course is designed to provide a practical - hands on - introduction to electronics with a focus on measurement and signals. The prerequisites are courses in differential equations, as well as electricity and magnetism. No prior experience with electronics is necessary. The course will integrate demonstrations and laboratory examples with lectures on the foundations. Throughout the course we will use modern "virtual instruments" as test-beds for understanding electronics. The aim of the course is to provide students with the practical knowledge necessary to work in a modern science or engineering setting.

Lecture Notes

LEC #	TOPICS
1	Introduction; Transducers (PDF)
2	Signals and Systems; Time and Frequency Domain (PDF - 1.3 MB)
3	Fourier Transform and Fourier Series (PDF - 1.3 MB)
4	Sampling and Aliasing; Numbering System (PDF - 1.3 MB)
5	KVL and KCL Analysis (PDF)
6	KVL and KCL Analysis (cont.); Nodal Mesh Analysis (PDF)
7	Superposition Method; Thevenin Circuits; Circuits (PDF)
8	Norton Equivalent Circuits (PDF)
9	Dependent Sources (PDF)
10	Quiz 1
11	Dependent Sources (cont.) (PDF)
12	Capacitors and Inductors (PDF)
13	Impedance Method (PDF)
14	Sinusoidal Steady State; Differential Equation Method (PDF)
15	Sinusoidal Steady State with Impedance Method (PDF)
16	Frequency Response; Filters (PDF)
17	Frequency Response (cont.); Filters and Q Factor (PDF)
18	Transient Response of Circuits; First Order and RL Circuits (PDF)
19	Quiz 2
20	Transient Response of First Order Circuits (PDF)
21	Transient Response of Second Order Circuits (PDF)
22	Circuits with Non-linear Elements; Diode (PDF)
23	Design and Analysis of Diode Circuits (PDF)
24	BJT (PDF)
25	BJT (cont.) (PDF)
26	BJT (cont.) (PDF)
27	Quiz 3
28	Op Amp (PDF)
29	Op Amp (cont.); Fundamental Amplifier Circuits; Input/Output Impedance (PDF)
30	Op Amp (cont.); Active Filters; Superdiode, Log, Antilog Filters (PDF)
31	Control Fundamentals
32	Control
33	Op Amp (cont.); Positive Feedback; Schmitt Trigger (PDF)
34-36	Design and Build a Heart Rate Monitor
37	Digital Circuits (PDF)
38	Digital Circuits (cont.) (PDF)