Updated 12-27-06

OEES 110/OEET 110 (Afternoon Section)
Fall 2006, Bruce McDowell
My e-mail address: bruce@mounttaylor.com
My office phone: 287-6636

Class Exercises

 

Date

 
CE1 8-24  Qualitative Meter Exercise 1 (handout)

Homework

 

Due Date

  Turn
In
Don't
Turn In
HW1 9-1 Battery exercise 1 (handout) X
HW2 8-30 Read pp. 13 - 26 (most important sections: 1-10, 1-11, 1-13). P. 30#24,25 X
HW3 9-1 Batteries and Lights 1 (handout) X
HW4 9-6 Read sections 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5 (important sections are underlined). Problems: p. 41#1, p. 50#1, 2 X
HW5 9-8 On pp. 58-59, learn schematic symbols for the following: SPST, SPDT, DPST, DPDT, NOPB, NCPB, fixed resistor, variable resistor, fuse. (Be prepared for a quiz on these symbols.) X
HW6 9-11 Read sections 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4. Problems: p. 75 #1, 2; p. 77 #1-8 X
HW7 Problems p. 65#6,7,8,9,10,12 X
HW8 Read sections 3-5, 3-6, 3-7, 3-8, 3-9. Problems p. 86 #1,2; p. 90 practice p[roblems (answers are on p. 725) X

Experiments

 

Date

 
Lab1
 Two resistors in series
Lab2 Three resistors in series
Lab3 9-1 Multisim: Lamp-burnout. Right-click here to get the Multisim file. When the menu comes up, choose Save Target As, and save the file to the My Documents folder. When the next window comes up, click Open.
Lab4 Meters, lights, and switches. Construct 6 circuits from handout sheets. (Do circuits 5 and 6 on 9-7). MS
Lab5 OEET115 lab1 (060831): Relay and lights. MS
Lab6 Using Ohm's law to troubleshoot a two-resistor series circuit (060905-4). Right click here to get the file. Then, use a voltmeter to troubleshoot it. MS
Lab7 Hall-light troubleshooting (060905-1). Right click here to get the file. MS
Lab8 Troubleshooting three switches and a light (060905-3). Right click here to get the file. MS
Lab9 Relay, four resistors, two voltmeters (060913). MS
Lab10 Relay, four resistors, two voltmeters, faulty component (060913-2). Right click here to get the file. MS
Lab11 Five resistors: calculate and measure, then troubleshoot circuit containing a fault (060914). Right click here to get the file for the circuit containing the fault. MS.
Lab12 9-18 30 resistors, one of which has failed and is an open circuit (060918). Tell me which one has failed. (Don't tell me out loud. Call me over and point to the resistor.) Right click here to get the file.
Lab13 9-25 Using an ohmmeter to find shorts in a parallel circuit. (060925). Right click here to get the file.
Lab14 9-27 Parallel troubleshooting problem 1 (060925-1). Right click here to get the file.
Lab15 9-27 Parallel troubleshooting problem 2 (060925-2). Right click here to get the file.
Lab16 Shorts and opens in a parallel circuit, real components (060927-1). RC
Lab17 Parallel resistors with rotary switch (060927-2). MS
Lab18 Parallel resistors with rotary switch and light (060927-3). Right click here to get the file. MS
Lab19 Switch challenge (060927-4). Right click here to get the file. MS
Lab20 Series-parallel, real and simulated (060929). RC MS
Lab21 Series-parallel troubleshooting. Right click here to get 061002-1 file. Right click here to get 061002-2 file. Find the bad resistor in each circuit.
Lab22 North-South & East-West stoplights (061004-1). Click here to get the file.
Lab23 10-6 Combination lock using switches (061005).
Lab24 10-6 Thevenin's equivalent for 2-resistor circuit (061006)
Delta and wye equivalent circuits. Click here to get directions.
11-1 Voltage regulator using a relay--Multisim. (061030-8)
11-3 Burglar alarm and buzzer--real components. (061102-7)
11-3 Solar charge regulator calibration--real components. (061103-8). Get a handout sheet from me. Before you start measuring voltages, click here to see how to use the oscilloscope for this.
061108-2 Voltage divider with AC source. RC. Get handout sheet.
061113-7 Backup-power controller, one relay and one light. MS. Get handout sheet.
061113-8 Backup-power controller, two relays and three lights. MS. Get handout sheet.
061114-7 Backup-power controller with warning buzzer. MS. Add a third relay to the circuit of Lab 061113-8 so that a buzzer goes on when the SPST switch is open. Change the properties of the relay that you use for the buzzer--make the inductance 1 H instead of 1 mH. (No handout sheet.)
061114-4 Backup-power controller with real components. RC. Get handout sheet.

Extra Credit

 

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Reference
 Color code information will be provided for resistor color code quizzes. Syllabus for the course       
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