Introduction To Eee Laboratories

AY2014/2015 Semester 2

This course consists of 6 hours of Lecture/briefing and a total of 6 lab modules, 2 modules each on Laboratory Basics, Working with AC waveforms and Soldering and circuit-building. 1. Lecture/Briefing Introduction to common measuring instruments. Electrical components and concepts of simple circuit analysis. Data recording and analysis. General safety aspects. 2. Laboratory Basics (Modules 1 & 2) Safety in EEE laboratory sessions. Understanding breadboard set up. Understanding resistor colour bands, capacitors. Use of DC power supplies. Use of digital multimeters. Practice on connecting simple circuits on the breadboard and taking DC voltage and current measurements. 3. Working with AC Waveforms (Modules 3 & 4) Understanding and using of oscilloscopes. Understanding and using waveform generators. Practice on building AC circuits on the breadboard and taking measurements using oscilloscopes. 4. Soldering and circuit-building (Modules 5 & 6) Soldering of electronic components. Practice by building circuits on a PCB and taking measurements using oscilloscopes and digital multimeters.