·        University of Dayton

·        Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering 

·        Internal ECE Webpage

·        Dr. Russell Hardie

 Dr. Russell Hardie, ECE401L - Fall 2006

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS LAB

ECE401L Links

·        Main

·        Syllabus

·        ECE 401 Lecture Class

·        ECE 203 MATLAB

·        WebCT

·        Good Reading

 

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Welcome to ECE401L!  This website will list all of the assignments and relevant information for the course.

 

Start preparing for the lab practical exam NOW!

ECE401L Experiments

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Start Date

 

Experiment

Date due

 

Comments

1

8/22

Introduction to Communications Lab and Equipment

9/5

1 week lab

Prelab is to set up your computers (link here)

2

8/29*

AM Transmitter Using Chopper Modulation

9/19

2 week lab

3

9/12*

AM Modulation and Demodulation

10/17

3 week lab

4

10/3*

Crystal Oscillator and Frequency Multiplier

10/31

2 week lab

5

10/24*

Frequency Modulation and Demodulation

11/14

 

2 week lab (not easy to do in 2 weeks).  Replace unity gain buffer with amplifier in Fig. 1.  Gain of 10 should be sufficient.

6

Week of

11/7

Digital Baseband Communications

11/21

Sign up for a 2 hour time slot.  Some groups can catch up on Lab 5.

7

11/14*

Noncoherent FSK Demodulator

12/9

3 week lab. 

8

12/9-12/11

Sign up for time

Lab Practical Exam

N/A

This is easy if you have been participating in all aspects of the lab

* Completed pre-lab assignments are due by 4:30PM the day before the start of each specified lab experiment (prepare and submit individually to the TA, Brian Smith, in his ECE mailbox in KL341).   Lab reports 2-6 are also to be prepared and submitted individually at the start of lab on the specified due date.

 

 

 

  • Supplementary Information

 

·        Web Links

1.     Reading component values and other stuff

2.     Crystal radios and old fashioned transmitters

·        Crystal Radio Circuits

·        Crystal Set Design 102

·        What’s Old is New Again!

·        Spark Transmitter