1. Physics 371 Course Description (from Bulletin)
Experiments in electricity, magnetism, and electronics
Prereq.: Physics 20800; Co-requisite: Physics (required for Physics majors)
3 laboratory and 1 class/conference hour/week; 2 credit

2. Physics 371 Course Objectives:
Students are expected to understand principles of operations of electronic circuits and devices, build basic electronic circuits and measure parameters and response of the circuits, learn basics of error analysis in experiments.

3. Physics 371 Course Objectives: Current Course Concept:
Learn to use the NI ELVIS protoboard
Learn basic electronics
Current Course Concept:
Proscriptive (Cook book)
Self contained labs

4. Negative Comments on Phys 371
Physics 371
Negative Comments on Phys 371
Boring
Too procedural
Shake ‘n Bake
No tinkering
Too easy
Not relevant
Waste of time

5. Physics 371
New Course Concept:
Arduino project based

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8. Physics 371 Possible projects Data Logging VOM $28
Wireless security system $32
Alarm Clock $24
Noise cancelling headset $48
Line following robot $35
Web logging weather station $28

9. Physics 371 Current Lab Fees Proposed Lab Fee
$10 Bio 101,102, 228, 229
$30 Chem 243, 262, 272, 331, 406, , 435, 374
$35 Chem 320
$10 Phys 203, 204, 207, 208
Proposed Lab Fee
$30 Phys 371

10. Physics 371 Specific Objectives:
Measure the characteristics of a low pass, high pass, and band pass filter;
Study circuits such as a digital clock, digital counter, and a logic state analyzer;
Study and to understand the properties of Hall Effect sensors, building a simple
Gaussmeter and a digital counter interface, using a linear Hall Effect sensor and a Hall Effect switch respectively;

11. Physics 371 Specific Objectives:
Use an infrared optical source to communicate information over free space to a phototransistor detector; or
Use an antenna to send and to receive messages over a wireless radio frequency link.

12. Physics 371 Specific Objectives:
Understand the main features of NI ELVIS workstation and the LabVIEW programming environment;
Measure properties of different electronic components and devices;
Measure properties of thermistor and electronic circuits using a thermistor;
Use digital multimeter, function generator, oscilloscope, impedance analyzer, and the Bode analyzer for AC circuits;

13. Acoustic and Mechanical Properties