Lab-in-a-Box: Experiments in Electronic Circuits That SupportIntroductory Courses for Electrical and Computer Engineers

摘要

The objective of Lab-in-a-Box is to give the student hands-on experience with wiring andanalyzing simple circuits, but in such a way as to allow the experiments to be performed at homeor at a study table with simple, relatively inexpensive, student-owned equipment rather than in atraditional university laboratory. Each experiment is designed to be performed using abreadboard, resistors, capacitors, inductors, transformers, and op amps. Some measurements aremade with a digital multimeter, while signal traces for time-varying signals (transients) areobserved using software that allows the students to convert a PC equipped with a sound card intoa simple oscilloscope. Student responses to survey questions following the first implementationof the concept are very positive, thus encouraging the authors to further develop the concept.