Labs will meet in room 5080 ECEB. They consist of three-hour lab sections. Students are expected to attend the lab section for which they have registered. Students are expected to read the laboratory assignment instructions and complete any prelab activities before arriving.
To use the computers in the laboratory, you'll need to have an active EWS account. A USB flash drive is strongly recommended in order to save images and data from lab instruments. (Any low-capacity USB 2.0 drive should be sufficient; these can be purchased at the ECE supply center)
Week# |
Tuesday |
Thursday |
Lab # |
Due |
Prep |
Task description |
1 |
9/3/19 |
9/5/19 |
NA |
None |
RF signals, signal analyzer [datasheet] |
|
2 |
9/10/19 |
9/12/19 |
Lab 1 report |
TBA |
Component impedance measurement |
|
3 |
9/17/19 |
9/19/19 |
Lab 2 report |
TBA |
Quiz 1/2; AM/FM Modulation |
|
4 |
9/24/19 |
9/26/19 |
NA |
TBA |
Mixer characterization, spurious response |
|
5 |
10/1/19 |
10/3/19 |
Lab 3 report |
TBA |
Quiz 3; Crystal measurement and modeling |
|
6 |
10/1/19 |
10/1/19 |
NA |
Watch oscillator videos #1-3 below |
Crystal Colpitts Oscillator [AloSim3.m] |
|
7 |
10/8/19 |
10/10/19 |
Lab 4 report |
TBA |
Quiz 4; Eagle PCB layout [FM_demod] |
|
8 |
10/15/19 |
10/17/19 |
completed PCB .brd file |
TBA |
VCO Construction and Measurement |
|
9 |
10/22/19 |
10/24/19 |
NA |
TBA |
VCO Measurement |
|
10 |
10/29/19 | 10/31/19 |
Lab 6 report |
TBA |
Quiz 6; Ceramic filter, matching network |
|
11 |
11/5/19 | 11/7/19 |
NA |
TBA |
Broadband amplifier |
|
12 |
11/12/19 | 11/14/19 |
Lab 7 report AND Lab 8 report |
TBA |
Quiz 7/8; FM receiver [FM_demod] |
|
13 |
11/19/19 | 11/21/19 |
NA |
TBA |
Receiver performance, extra (TBA) |
|
14 |
12/5/19 |
12/7/19 |
|
All sections: lab 9 report due Thurs, May. 2, uploaded to Compass by end of day |
TBA |
optional Open Lab session (TBA) |
ECE supply center catalog: https://my.ece.illinois.edu/storeroom/catalog.asp
Agilent Spectrum Analyzer Mode Measurement Guide: http://courses.engr.illinois.edu/ece453/lab_files/N9060-90035.pdf
Oscillator video #1: https://uofi.box.com/s/t9vebusvtj274e4jk43ebcx136tsp0vv
Oscillator video #2: https://uofi.box.com/s/cubtgy4sw6fo3skkh2j7v0gyvodeywtx
Oscillator video #3: https://uofi.box.com/s/ekt9y6nx1kym84qs7vxgyqujos3ld9nh
FM quadrature demodulation slides: http://courses.engr.illinois.edu/ece453/lab_files/FM_demod_slides.pdf
ECE453 Eagle supplemental part library: http://courses.engr.illinois.edu/ece453/lab_files/ece453.lbr
Additional Eagle use notes: http://courses.engr.illinois.edu/ece453/lab_files/Eagle_Use_Notes_JCG2.txt
Eagle schematic design tutorial video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AXwjZoyNno
Eagle layout design tutorial video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCTs0mNXY24