Electronics Laboratory · Physics
Analyze circuits, trouble shooting, analog and digital circuits.
Basic electronic components, circuits and their functions
Learned about analog components and their usage in analog circuits. The latter half of the class was learning about how digital circuits work and finally working with and FPGA.
I have learned the name of certain circuits and circuit functions, and I've become a bit more familiarized with a breadboard and other circuit components (diode, npn, pnp, etc).
Learned the basics of electronics, digital and analog circuits.
The inner-workings of electronic devices, some of the physics behind the components, how to build and troubleshoot common/useful circuits, and the history behind the development of electronic components with respect to applications in engineering and the evolution of computers.
Again, I felt very frustrated in the course due to my lack of deeper understanding of the topics. I think while writing up in my lab notebook, some of the questions would be very hard to answer without a better understanding, and so I felt frustrated. Additionally, I would also be frustrated at this lack of theory because when circuits wouldn't work, I wouldn't be able to diagnose what was wrong, and thus wasted a lot of time trying a 1000 things. Again, I just feel like I wasn't the right audience for this course, and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone with a similar understanding of circuits that I had/have, or for someone who really wants to understand everything about the labs.
I think this is a good class if you are looking to get an introduction to electronics.
Keep in mind that the class meets twice a week for 3 hours each session, which means that missing a class if need be (sickness, interview, etc.) could have you struggling to catch up. Otherwise, the class is very informative, interesting, and rewarding in the sense that you can see your progress right before your eyes in a hands-on setting. 1 Columbia University: Arts & Sciences Spring 2023 Course: PHYSUN3083_001_2023_1-ELECTRONICSLABORATORY : PHYSUN3083_001_2023_1 - ELECTRONICS LABORATORY Instructor: John Parsons
How to build analog/digital circuits and their use