Physics 116B - Digital Electronics
QUARTER: Winter 2019

LECTURES: MWF 2:10 – 3:00 PM in Room 140 Physics
LABS: M or W 3:10-6:00 PM in Room 152 Roessler

INSTRUCTOR: Eric Prebys, 337 Physics, eprebys@ucdavis.edu
TA: Santona Tuli, Physics 391, stuli@ucdavis.edu
LAB INSTRUCTOR: Rahim Ullah, Physics 225, rrullah@ucdavis.edu

TEXT: The Art of Electronics 3^rd Ed., Paul Horowitz and Winfield Hill. The book will be mainly used as a reference. During this quarter, we will loosely cover material from chapters 7 and 10-13; however, the primary source of material will be the lectures and lab, and you will not be responsible for anything that isn't covered in those.

SPECIAL TOPICS: Lectures on contemporary topics, such as electronics devices in everyday life, will be interspersed throughout the quarter.

HOMEWORK: There will 5 homework sets assigned. Please turn them in on the due date in class. They will be graded for effort and the solutions posted immediately. Because the solutions will be posted the same day, late homework submissions will not be graded. Students are encouraged to discuss the assigned problems with other students, however, directly copying someone else’s work is not acceptable.

QUIZZES: There will be 5 quizzes based on the homework problems. These will be graded by Jyothis Johnson. All work should be shown explicitly – credit would not be given for the final answer alone.

LABORATORIES: The laboratories are organized in the same way as last quarter. You should download the lab write-ups from the class web site. Read the entire lab write-up before coming to lab and complete the pre-lab exercises, if any. You will need to keep a clear record of your work in the lab along with the data that you collect. Each student must keep his/her own logbook, although data sheets can be shared between lab partners via photocopies. Please consult the Lab syllabus for details.

FINAL EXAM: The final exam will be comprehensive, covering materials both from homework and labs.

GRADING: 20% Homework, 30% Laboratory, 25% Quizzes, 25% Final Exam

OFFICE HOURS:

Eric Prebys: Tu, Thu 3:00-4:00 PM
Santona Tuli: Tu 1:00-2:00 PM
Rahim Ullah: F, 1:00-2:00 PM