The table below gives key details on the first
term schedule of Physics 259.
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track in the course, this schedule contains information that you
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"Assignments" or "Notes" allows you to download files containing
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Lab |
Tutorials |
Notes |
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1: Sept. 3 Monday holiday |
No lab this week. |
Course Goals |
Get your Log book. You will NOT be allowed to start the
lab without your book. Get your Netinfo
computer ID. Get a Physics computer ID in Hennings 205. Purchase a print quota in the Physics main office (Hennings 325). |
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2: Sept. 10 |
Lab #1 |
Data Analysis(con't) |
You can
download (FREE) these programs for use on your own computer
-- Extrema , SciLab or Gnuplot. You will also need to download the data files
chisq.dat, rc.dat and lcr.dat into your own
physics account or onto your own computer before you start your
analysis. You must hand in
your own independent work (assignment
#1)at the beginning of
your Lab period next week. Your Lab book must be submitted at end of lab. (Virtual Grade) |
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3: Sept. 17
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Lab #2 |
Computer Tutorial
(Henn 205, 203) |
Computer Tutorial using the windows PCs in Henn205 or Xterms in Henn203. This homework ( assignment#2 ) provides the quickest route to learning the essential methods of advanced data analysis which will be required to properly analyze your own experimental data from Expts 2--6. Assignment#2 is due at the beginning of your Lab period next week. This involves the use of more advanced non-linear functions.
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4: Sept. 24 |
Lab #3 |
LCR harmonic oscillator. |
Your Lab book must be submitted at the end of your lab period for the grading of Lab#2 – including all the computer graphical and fitting analysis using a weighted least squares fitting program such as extrema, gnuplot, matlab, mathematica, etc. |
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5: Oct 1 |
Lab #3 cont. |
Fun with Operational Amplifiers
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6: Oct. 8 |
Lab #4 |
Digital Electronics |
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7: Oct. 15 |
Lab #4 cont. |
Transistors and temperature sensor device |
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8: Oct. 22 |
Lab #5 |
Oct 25: special lecture--Jon Nakane/Andrei Marzali--Director, Eng Phys |
Introduction to Instrument Design and Robotics |
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9: Oct. 29 |
Lab #6 |
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10: Nov. 5 |
Lab #6 cont. |
How things work organization |
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11: Nov. 12 |
Lab #6 cont. |
TBA |
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12: Nov. 19 |
Lab #6 cont. |
How things work Presentations |
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13: Nov. 26 |
Lab #6 cont. |
How things work Presentations |
Final submission of lab books and Project report
due on Monday December 3 |