BreadBoard
1360 contacts
Jameco Part No.
20758
Price $14.95
and
Wall Transformer
5 vdc, regulated
Jameco Part No.
252701
Price $6.95
Course Syllabus #2
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MATLAB Syllabus)
| Session |
Description |
Assignment |
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Interface Electronics - The Minimum Skill Set (Sept. 17 - Oct. 3) |
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| 9/17 | Power supply and breadboard setup; Hydraulic model of an electrical circuit; Using a multimeter to measure voltage, resistance and current; Ohm's Law; deciphering the resistor color code; a simple LED circuit | Tutorial
(Sections 1-5) Resistors Breadboard Ohm's Law |
| 9/19 | Estimating/measuring current in a simple LED circuit; Resistors-in-series; Basic voltage-divider circuit; Resistors-in-Parallel |
Dilip's Exercises |
| 9/24 | Controlling current with a simple transistor buffer (Basic
interface/driver circuit); Simple introduction to the theory of semiconductors (How do diodes and transistors work?) |
Simple Transistor Circuit (Also see Main Tutorial-13) |
| 9/26 | Electromechanical relays; Driving a high-current relay
using a simple transistor circuit {high-power source current(300 mA); TTL control voltage; external supply (up to 20 v)} Introduction to the WINTEL Parallel Port; Actuating a relay via a WINTEL computer |
75452 Relays Parallel Port Page |
| 10/1 | General-purpose USB interfaces for WINTEL computers (Fast enough for classical experimental psychology paradigms?) |
FTDI UM245R |
| 10/3 | Going beyond 3.3 and 5-volt logic devices: Output Buffering: Darlington arrays (ULN2003A; ULN2803A) high-power source current (500 mA per channel); high-voltage (50+ v); common power supply |
ULN2003 ULN2803 |
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Analog Electronics for Experimenters (Nov. 5 - Nov. 21) |
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| 11/5 | Electronic circuits for light detection (and benchmarking
LCD/CRT display timing): Monolithic photodiode and transimpedance amplifier: Detecting and quantifying light levels; |
OPT101 Spec
OPT101 Circuit OPT101 Test Circuit |
| 11/7 | Analog Voltage Comparator (LM339); discriminating output of OPT101 photodiode circuit |
LM339 Simple LM339 Test Circuit |
| 11/12 | Benchmarking LCD/CRT display timing/latency (using a light detector circuit) | |
| 11/14 | Validating computer-based reaction time measurements using
external hardware: (Part 1) An external Ideal Observer; Introduction to the Oscilloscope |
Ideal Observer Box (PIC16 microcontroller) |
| 11/19 | Validating computer-based reaction time measurements using
external hardware: (Part 2) R-C Timing Circuits: One-shot versus oscillator (LM555) |
Tutorial 19-22
Tutorial 23-24 LM555 RTSimulator |
| 11/21 | Building a button box; Soldering for beginners | |
| Benchmarking YOUR computer: (1) stimulus display timing (2) RT measurement accuracy and precision | ||
| Variable Voltage Power Supply (LM317) | LM339 | |
| Analog switch (4066) | 4066 | |
| Tone discriminator/detector | LM567 | |
| Touch-Tone (DTMF) Encoder/Decoder (HT9200; HT9170) | HT9200 HT9170 |
Required Supplies for Interface Electronics portion of Course
|
BreadBoard Jameco Part No.
20758 |
and |
|
Wall Transformer Jameco Part No.
252701 |
Order supplies from:
Jameco Electronics, www.jameco.com
1-800-831-4242