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• 3/27 Here is the Solution for the Final Exam

• 3/13 Shibin is willing to hold either extra office hours or an extra review session on either Friday evening or Saturday morning. Please e-mail him directly (sparames@ucsd.edu) if you are interested.

• 3/13 These two files have the solutions for homework set 5: HW5solA HW5solB

• 3/12 Here is the Final Exam from Winter 2007 and here is its Solution. Note that there are a few parts of a few questions on this exam which are on material NOT covered this quarter, and so which are not representative of what would be asked on your final. Specifically 5(a), 5(e), 6(d), and 8(a) would not be asked. In fact Bode plots were covered in lecture on 3/10, but I didn't go into much detail, so I will not ask any Bode plot questions (of which 8(a) is an example).

• 3/5 Next week, BOTH of the discussion hours will be used. Shibin will use the Monday discussion hour (12:00-12:50 in Sequo 147 on March 10) to provide homework help. He will use the usual Wednesday discussion hour 4pm on March 12 to give a general review session to prepare for the final.

• 3/4 Here is homework set 5. This homework is due on Wednesday March 12 by 4pm.

• 3/3 Here is the Solution for Quiz 3.

• 2/28 Shibin will hold a review session on Friday 2/29 at 4pm in the hardware lab to review material for the quiz. Note the quiz is on MONDAY. You can use one page of notes for the quiz.

• 2/27 Here are solutions for homework set 4.

• 2/25 Here is the 4th lab assignment
  This is for week 9. You should print out and read through this assignment before coming to lab. Bring the printed assignment with you when you come to your lab. Also do the pre-lab before coming to lab.

• 2/25 Here is the Solution for Quiz 2.

• 2/15 Here is homework set 4 on natural response and step response for first order circuits. This homework is due on Monday Feb 25 by 4pm.

• 2/15 Sample problems (and solutions) on inductors and capacitors for the quiz are here

• 2/15 For the quiz on Wednesday, you are allowed to have one page of notes (8.5 by 11, both sides of the page). Here is a Practice Quiz and here is the Solution for the Practice Quiz. This is the quiz from last year. The first two problems on it are op amp problems which are similar to what will be on your quiz 2. The last problem is on natural response or step response which will be covered on your quiz 3. Your quiz 2 will NOT include natural response or step response of first order circuits. Your quiz 2 will have at least one capacitor/inductor problem though. The quiz question(s) on capacitors and inductors will be just based on the very first material I presented on them (lecture on Feb 6 and beginning part of lecture on Feb 8). I'll post some sample problems of this type shortly.

• 2/13 Here is the 3rd lab assignment
  This is for week 7. You should print out and read through this assignment before coming to lab. Bring the printed assignment with you when you come to your lab. Also do the pre-lab before coming to lab.

• 2/8 Here are solutions for homework set 3.

• 2/1 Homework set 3 consists of the following 10 problems: On pages 873 to 879, Exercises 15.2, 15.3, 15.4, 15.16, 15.17, 15.19, 15.20. On pages 881 to 883, Problems 15.1, 15.3. Also, in class on Friday Jan 31, you were given a circuit with three ideal op amps that I labeled as an "Instrumentation amplifier." Find an expression for the output voltage Vo in terms of the input voltages (V1 and v2) and the resistor values (R and Rg) for that circuit. The reading corresponding to this assignment is pages 837 through 859. Homework 3 is due Friday by 4pm.

• 1/30 Here are the Solutions for Quiz 1
  

• 1/29 Here is the 2nd lab assignment
  This is for week 5. You should print out and read through this assignment before coming to lab. Bring the printed assignment with you when you come to your lab. Also do the pre-lab before coming to lab.

• 1/28 These two files have the solutions for homework set 2: HW2-solA HW2-solB

• 1/26 On Monday the 28th will be the first lab for the people who have Monday labs (since last week was MLK Day). Anyone who didn't finish the lab last Tuesday can come finish it during the Monday lab time. On Tuesday the 29th, Shibin will be available during the lab hours 12:45 to 3:45 in either the regular circuits lab (EBU-2 room 333A) or else in the nearby PSPICE lab (EBU-2 room 329). This is your last opportunity to finish lab 1, and also your convenient chance to have Shibin help you with PSPICE for the lab report which is due on Friday.

• 1/26 Please note on Monday the 28th, Shibin will hold a discussion section at 12 noon in Sequo 147. This is because the Wednesday discussion section will be used for a quiz this week. Homeworks are due Monday at 4pm, so if you have any last minute questions about the homework, use the Monday discussion hour to get them answered. You can turn in the homeworks in class, or in the discussion section, or give them to me or to my assistant Laurel by 4pm.

• 1/25 Here is a Practice Quiz and here is the Solution for the Practice Quiz but don't look at the solutions first!

• 1/21 Here is part of homework set 2. Plus additional problems from the textbook:
  Problem 6) On p. 114, look at the circuit in Figure 2.90. I want you to find, using the principle of linearity, the current flowing downward through the 2 Ohm resistor on the right. Begin by assuming that that current has a value of 1A, see what value that imputes to the voltage source, and then deduce the actual value of the current.
  Problems 7 and 8: p. 178 Exercises 3.4 and 3.5
  Problem 9: p.178 Ex. 3.2
  Problem 10: p. 180 Ex. 3.20
  Homework set 2 is due Monday Jan 28 by 4pm.

• 1/21 These two files have the solutions for homework set 1: HW1-solA HW1-solB

• 1/13 Here is the first lab assignment
  The labs do NOT start in week 2. They will start in week 3. You should print out and read through this assignment before coming to lab. Bring the printed assignment with you when you come to your lab. Ideally you should also do the PSPICE computer simulation pre-lab before coming to lab, but that is not required for this first lab. It is OK to do it after the lab.

• 1/11 Homework set 1 is due on Friday, January 18. There are 13 problems. Five of the problems are from the course textbook. They are: page 112, problems 2.2, 2.4, 2.5, page 113 problem 2.9 and page 180, exercise 3.14. Please be careful! The book has things called exercises and things called problems. Be sure you're doing the right assignment. In addition to these 5 from the book, there are 8 problems not from the book, to be found on these pages:
  Problem 6: page 1
  Problem 7: page 2
  Problems 8 & 9: page 3
  Problems 10, 11, 12, 13: page 4
  

• 1/3 The assigned reading for week 1 is Chapters 1 and 2. As you go, start doing problems from the end of the chapter! Many of them have solutions at the back of the book, so you can see if you're doing them right.

• 1/3 Regrade policy: If you think some item needs to be regraded on a lab report, homework, or quiz, write down which item needs to be regraded, and why you think so. Turn this in within one week of the time the graded item is handed back. IMPORTANT: You have to do this in writing, and within one week.