About the Labs

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)

Laboratory Assignments

Week#

Tuesday

Thursday

Lab #

Due

Prep

Task description

1

1/22/19

1/24/19

1

NA

None

RF signals, signal analyzer [datasheet]

2

1/29/19

1/31/19

2

Lab 1 report

TBA

Component impedance measurement

3

2/5/19

2/7/19

3

Lab 2 report

TBA

Quiz 1/2; AM/FM Modulation

4

2/12/19

2/14/19

3

NA

TBA

Mixer characterization, spurious response

5

2/19/19

2/21/19

4

Lab 3 report

TBA

Quiz 3; Crystal measurement and modeling

6

2/26/19

2/28/19

4

NA

Watch oscillator videos #1-3 below

Crystal Colpitts Oscillator [AloSim3.m]

7

3/5/19

3/7/19

5

Lab 4 report

TBA

Quiz 4; Eagle PCB layout [FM_demod]

8

3/12/19

3/14/19

6

completed PCB .brd file

TBA

 VCO Construction and Measurement

9

3/26/19

3/28/19

6

NA

TBA

VCO Measurement

10

4/2/19 4/4/19

7

Lab 6 report

TBA

Quiz 6; Ceramic filter, matching network

11

4/9/19 4/11/19

8

NA

TBA

 Broadband amplifier

12

4/16/19 4/18/19

9

Lab 7 report AND Lab 8 report

TBA

Quiz 7/8; FM receiver [FM_demod]

13

4/23/19 4/25/19

9

NA

TBA

Receiver performance, extra (TBA)

14

4/30/19

 

 

All sections: lab 9 report due Thurs, May. 2, uploaded to Compass by end of day

TBA

optional Open Lab session (TBA)

Additional Information and Links

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