Schedule
Mon-Tue-Wed-Thu-Fri, 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM (1/4/2011 - 1/19/2011) Location: WLC SC S115
Mon-Tue-Wed-Thu-Fri, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM (1/4/2011 - 1/19/2011) Location: WLC SC S115
Description
This is an introductory course on the uses of a small computer in the laboratory. Topics include: input and output ports, analog to digital converters, thermistors, timers, stepper motors, nonlinear least squares fitting to experimental data, digital signal processing, numerical integration, temperature measurement and control, and scientific documentation. 1 lec., 6 hrs. lab. Prereq: CSC 131 and PHY 201.