EE302: Schedule

Monday

Tuesday/Wednesday

Thursday/Friday

Jan 11

jan 12

Monday Schedule

Classes Begin

Course Policy
History of Electronic Communication

jan 14, 15

Course Introduction (§ 1.1-1.7)
Lesson 1
PS 1 (solutions)

PE 1: Lab Bench Review

jan 18

Martin Luther King Holiday

No Classes

jan 19, 20

Gain, Attenuation and Decibels
(§ 2.1)
Lesson 2
PS 2 (solutions)

Decibel Handout

jan 21, 22

Noise (§ 9.5)
Lesson 3

PS 3 (solutions)

PE 2: Signal-to-Noise Ratio

jan 25

Tuned Circuits (§ 2.2)
 Lesson 4
 PS 4 (solutions)

jan 26, 27

Filters (§ 2.3, pages 56-71)
Lesson 5

PS 5 (solutions)

PE 3: LP/HP Filters

jan 28, 29

Frequency Domain (§ 2.4)
Lesson 6
PS 6 (solutions)

PE 4: Band Pass Filter

feb 1

Amplitude Modulation (§ 3.1-3.3)
Lesson 7
PS 7 (solutions)

feb 2, 3

Amplitude Modulation (§ 3.4-3.5)
Lesson 8
PS 8 (solutions)

PE 5 : Amplitude Modulation

feb 4, 5

AM Demodulators (§ 4.3)
Lesson 9

DEMO: Side-band inversion
PS 9 (solutions)

PE 6: AM Demodulation

feb 8

Frequency Modulation (§ 5.1-5.3)
Lesson 10
PS 10 (solutions)

feb 9, 10

FM Noise Analysis (§ 5.4-5.5)
Lesson 11
PS 11 (solutions)

feb 11, 12

Exam I Review
 

feb 15

President's Day Holiday

No Class
 

feb 16, 17

Exam I (Tuesday)

feb 18, 19

Superheterodyne (§ 9.1-9.3, pages 305-306; 9.4, pages 314-319)

Lesson 12

PS 12 (solutions)

feb 22

Antenna Fundamentals (§ 14.1-14.2)
Lesson 13/lesson 14
PS 13/PS 14 (solutions)

feb 23, 24  (6 week grades)

Antennas (§ 14.2)
Lesson 14
PS 14 (solutions)

feb 25, 26

Radio Wave Propagation  (§14.3)
Lecture 15
PS 15 (solutions)

PE 7 Radio Wave Worksheet

mar 1

Binary Numbers
Lesson 16
PS 16 (solutions)

mar 2, 3

Combinational Logic
Lesson 17
PS 17 (solutions)
PE 8 Logic Gates

mar 4, 5

Sequential Logic
Lesson 18
PS 18 (solutions)
PE 9 Intro to Digital Logic

mar 8

Digital Transmission (§ 7.1-7.3)

Lesson 19

PS 19 (solutions)

mar 9, 10

A/D and D/A Conversion
Lesson 20

"Cool Edit" Video

DEMO: Quantizing Error

PS 20 (solutions)

PE 10 Sequential Logic

mar 11, 12

A/D and D/A Converters

Lesson 21

DEMO: Aliasing

PS 21 (solutions)

PE 11 A/D Conversion, Flash Conv.

mar 15

Spring Break

mar 16, 17

mar 18, 19

mar 22

Digital Tx Fundamentals
(§ 11.1-11.3)
Lesson 22
PS 22 (solutions)

mar 23, 24

Digital Modulation I (§ 11.4)
Lesson 23
PS 23 (solutions)

PE 12: R-2R Converters

mar 25, 26

Exam II Review

mar 29

Exam II

mar 30, 31

Digital Modulation II (§ 11.4)
Lesson 24
PS 24 (solutions)
PE 13 FSK
 

apr 1, 2

Wideband Modulation (§ 11.5)
Lesson 25
PS 25 (solutions)
PE 14 Frequency Hopping

apr 5

Error Detection I (§ 11.7)
Lesson 26
PS 26 (solutions)

apr 6, 7 (12 Week grades)

Error Detection II (§ 11.7)
Lesson 27
PS 27 (solutions)

Lab Practical Review

apr 8, 9

Multiplexing Principles (§ 10.1-10.3)

Lesson 28/Start lesson 29

PS 28 (solutions)

LAB PRACTICAL

apr 12

Microwave Fundamentals (cont'd)
(§ 16.1, 16.3 pp 620-628, 16.6 pp 641-649)
Lesson 29
PS 29 (solutions)

apr 13, 14

Satellite Communications
(§ 17.1-17.5)
Lesson 30
PS 30 (solutions)

Satellite Lab/PE 15 TDM

apr 15, 16

Optical Communications

(§19.1-19.3 and pgs 779-785)

Lesson 31

PS 31 (solutions)

Satellite Lab/PE 15 TDM

apr 19

Optical Communications (cont'd)

apr 20, 21

Intro to Networking
(§ 12.1-12.2)
Lesson 32
PS 32 (solutions)

apr 22, 23

IP Addressing (§ 15.2, pp 587-592)
Lesson 33
PS 33 (solutions)

PE 16 - IP Addressing

apr 26

Internet (§ 15.1-15.2, pp 578-587)

Lesson 34

PS 34 (solutions)

Warriors of the Net Video (151 MB)

apr 27, 28

Internet (cont'd) (§ 15.1-15.2, pp 578-587)
Lesson 34/Start Lesson 35
 

apr 29, 30

Networking - Data Security (§ 15.4)
Lesson 35

PS 35 (solutions)
60 Minutes Video Clip

may 3

History of the Internet (DVD)

Worksheet

Final Review

Course Critique

May 6 (Thurs only)

Last Day of class!!!!!!

Final Exams 7-14 May