An upper-division undergraduate introductory course in practical instrumentation electronics and computer interfacing and applications for chemistry and other science majors. Prerequsites: introductory physics; mathematics through intoductory differential calculus. A course in instrumental analysis or general familiarity with the major spectroscopic, chromatographic, and electrochemical mathods of quantitative analysis would be helpful.

• Fall 1998 Syllabus
• Detailed Course Outline
• Handouts and tutorials
  • Interfacing Computers
  • Digital Signal Processing in Chemical Analysis
  • Computer Graphics Tutorial
  • Chemistry on the Internet
• Interactive simulation assignments
  • Interactive Circuit simulations
  • TK Solver models
• Laboratory Experiments
  • Basic DC and AC circuits and measurements
  • Diodes and Power Supplies
  • Transistor switches and Amplifiers
  • Operational Amplifiers
  • Temperature Measurement with Thermistors
  • Introduction to MS-DOS
  • Setting up a Local Area Network for the Lab.
  • Introduction to QuickBASIC
  • QuickBASIC Programming Project
  • Analog-to-Digital conversion
  • Digital-to-Analog conversion
  • RS-232 Serial Interfacing
  • Timing data acquisition
  • Vernier Universal Laboratory Interface
  • Automatic current-voltage curve recorder
  • Image Processing and Computer Graphics
  • Computer Control of a Spectroscopy System
  • Digital Signal Processing
• Sample Questions and Exams
  • Sample Questions
  • Final Exam, Fall 1997
• Links to electronics and computer interfacing sites