Electronics

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Electronics
Physics 33-228
http//www-meg.phys.cmu.edu/physics_33228/
Lecture Tues. Thurs. 930 to 1020
Wean Hall 5403 Lab Section A MW 130
to 420 Lab Section B TTh 130 to 420
DH A324
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Instructors
Professor Curtis A. Meyer Wean Hall
8414 268-2745 cmeyer_at_cmu.edu
Professor Brian Quinn Wean Hall
8412 268-3523 bquinn_at_cmu.edu
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Professor
Curtis Meyer
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley Wean
Hall 8414 cmeyer_at_cmu.edu [phone]
Experimental Medium Energy Particle Physics
My research is carried out at the Thomas
Jefferson National Accelerator Laboratory
(Newport News, VA)? Why are quarks forever
trapped inside protons and neutrons? (The GlueX
experiment)
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Brian Quinn
Professor
Ph.D. M.I.T. Wean Hall 8412 bquinn_at_cmu.edu (412)
268-3523

• Experimental Medium Energy Physics
• My research is carried out Jefferson Lab in
  Newport
• News, Virginia.
• Are there strange quarks in the proton?

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Textbook
Professor Meyer has written a textbook
specifically for this course.
Basic Electronics An Introduction to
Electronics for Science Students You should get
a copy of the book in class today, (there will
be a nominal charge to your account). Reading
assignments and homework are listed on the course
web site. Labs will also refer to the
textbook. You should bring your textbook with
you to lab.
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Course Grade
Grade Cutoffs Between 89 and 100 A Between
79 and 88 B Between 69 and 78 C Between
56 and 68 D Between 0 and 55 R These
cutoffs can be lowered
Grade Weighting Laboratory Notebooks
40 Laboratory Report 10
Laboratory Participation 10 Exams 1
2 25 Homework and
Pop Quizzes 15
Grades from Last Spring 20 Students Earned an A
16 Students Earned an B 5 Students Earned an
C 0 Students Earned an D 4 Students Earned an
R
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Exams
Exam 1 Exam 2
Thursday February 19 Thursday April 23
Exams will be given during the lecture times
and will focus on lab and analysis skills. Old
exams Are posted on the course website. Each of
the exams is only worth 12.5 of your grade. By
and far, labs are the most important part of this
course.
There will be NO final exam in this course.
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Homework
Homework assignments are listed in the
weekly activities on the course web site. The
assignments tend to be longer at the start of
the semester when the labs are easier. As the
labs get harder, we have less homework. We
encourage you to work together on the homework,
but you are required to turn in your own work.
No late assignments will be accepted without
prior approval of the instructors.
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Lab Work
The primary component of this course is the lab.
You will have six hours per week in the lab, and
if you take advantage of this, you should not
have to do any lab work outside of class. Make
sure that you come prepared to lab Show up
on time. Print out the lab handout before
coming to class (this can be in the previous
lab session). Do the pre-lab work before
starting. Do your analysis in the lab
Computers are available in the lab for analysing
data. If you and you partner do analysis
where the instructors are available for
questions, you can probably avoid homework. You
should NOT have to do any work in your lab
notebook outside of class.
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Normal Reports
Normal reports will be done in a lab notebook.
You will be given these in lab and a small charge
will be made to your CMU account. On regular
reports, you will perform the measurements and
analysis with your lab partner, but each of you
should turn in your own book. Make sure to list
your lab partner in your book.
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Normal Reports

• A normal report is essentially your lab book. You
  
• should not have to do much if any work outside
• of lab to complete it.
• A normal report should be a self-contained report
  that
• has enough information for someone to repeat your
• work without any other information. You should
  not
• have to recopy things. Just take a little extra
  time as
• you take your data.

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Detailed Report
There will be one detailed lab write up in the
course. This will be based on one of the latter
experiments. You are required to do this report
independently of anyone else. An example is
posted on the course website.
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Final Comments
If you participate in the labs, dont miss
classes and turn in reasonable work on time, you
will do very well in this course. (most
students got an A or B last year). This course
has a lot of instructor contact, so we will know
all of you, and also know who is doing work
in the lab. Make sure that this is not all
one-sided.