Kirchoff’s laws, Thevenin equivalents, load resistance, Norton equivalents, current sources, AC signals, decibels, capacitors, hi/low pass filters, complex impedance, transformers, diodes, transistors, amplifiers, current source, Ebers-Moll, differential amplifier, field effect transistors, operational amplifiers, comparators, Schmitt trigger, oscillators, AM radio, non-ideal properties of op-amps, active filters, voltage regulators, noise sources, PCB design

A Unique Learning Experience

This was a challenge due, of course, to the pandemic. I worked from my parents house in sonoma county, remoting in via zoom to teach an electronics lab course for upper division UCSB physics students. Breadboarding and debugging over zoom posed a significant challenge due to low resolution cameras operating in low light circumstances. Students and teaching assistants were shipped electronics kits that enabled them to participate fully in an analog electronics lab with electrical components, oscilloscopes, and digital multimeters.

Textbook and Resources

Horowitz, P., & Hill, W. (2015). The art of electronics (3rd ed.). Cambridge University Press. Openscope MZ