Catalog Course Description
Laboratory experiments demonstrating material taught in ECE 4625/5625.
Use is made of spectrum analysis to study baseband signals and signal processors.
Topics include AM, FM, PM, sampling, TDM, digital modulation, errors, and
complete communication systems.
Corequisite: ECE 4625
Offered: Spring
Course Materials - Lab Handouts
Course syllabus as of 01:40 PM on Thursday, January 06, 2022.
Lab 1 as of 08:37 AM on Wednesday, April 13, 2022. Lab 1 Jupyter notebook sample as of 01:32 PM on Wednesday, February 02, 2022. PDF version of notebook as of 06:43 PM on Sunday, February 03, 2019. Grading rubric + hints as of 09:52 AM on Wednesday, February 09, 2022. Histogram as of 08:14 AM on Thursday, March 03, 2022.
Lab 2 as of 04:26 PM on Friday, February 25, 2022. Lab 2 Jupyter notebook sample as of 10:00 PM on Friday, February 18, 2022. PDF version of notebook as of 10:00 PM on Friday, February 18, 2022. Grading rubric as of 04:27 PM on Friday, February 25, 2022.
Lab 3 as of 02:22 PM on Friday, March 11, 2022. Lab 3 Jupyter notebook sample as of 09:33 AM on Wednesday, March 09, 2022. PDF version of notebook as of 06:44 AM on Thursday, February 28, 2019. LTSpice Export Reparser as of 11:36 AM on Monday, October 02, 2017. Grading rubric as of 03:38 PM on Wednesday, March 16, 2022.
Lab 4 as of 05:21 PM on Wednesday, April 06, 2022. Lab 4 Jupyter notebook sample as of 03:00 PM on Thursday, April 14, 2022. PDF version of notebook as of 03:00 PM on Thursday, April 14, 2022. Grading rubric as of 10:34 AM on Wednesday, April 06, 2022.
Lab 5 as of 04:05 PM on Sunday, May 01, 2022. Lab 5 Jupyter notebook sample as of 01:29 PM on Wednesday, April 13, 2022. PDF version of notebook as of 04:40 PM on Wednesday, April 13, 2022. Grading rubric as of 04:05 PM on Sunday, May 01, 2022.
Lab 6 as of 09:28 AM on Monday, April 25, 2022. Lab 6 Jupyter notebook samples as of 06:42 AM on Thursday, April 28, 2022. PDF version of notebook as of 09:29 AM on Monday, April 25, 2022. PDF version of special notebook as of 06:31 AM on Thursday, April 28, 2022. Windows 64 bit drivers ZIP. SDR# plus Zadig USB configuration tool. Grading rubric as of 10:06 PM on Tuesday, April 26, 2022.
Lab 7 as of 03:44 PM on Wednesday, May 04, 2011. To be completed.
Old Labs
Old Lab 1 as of 05:13 PM on Sunday, January 04, 2015.
Old Lab 2 as of 08:34 PM on Sunday, February 02, 2014. www.mbed.org. PN_seq.cpp. ADS 10 bit PN.
Old Lab 3 as of 10:40 PM on Monday, February 17, 2014.
Old Lab 4 as of 11:13 PM on Monday, February 24, 2014.
Old Lab 5 as of 04:05 PM on Sunday, May 01, 2022.
Old Lab 6 as of 09:04 AM on Wednesday, May 21, 2014. The lab 6 MATLAB zip package as of 11:03 PM on Sunday, April 20, 2014 and the Python zip package as of 08:42 PM on Saturday, April 29, 2017.
Other Course Materials
Keysight N9914A and 33600A Manuals
FieldFox Spectrum/Network Analyzer (model N9914A)
- Keysight Quick Start Guide (PDF) as of 07:49 AM on Wednesday, December 26, 2018
- Keysight Technical Overview (PDF) as of 08:16 AM on Wednesday, December 26, 2018
- Keysight Configuration Guide (PDF) as of 07:48 AM on Wednesday, December 26, 2018
- Keysight Data stylesheet (PDF) as of 08:11 AM on Wednesday, December 26, 2018
Trueform Waveform Generator 33600A (model 33622A)
- Keysight Data Sheet (PDF) as of 11:23 AM on Wednesday, December 26, 2018
- Keysight Operating Guide (PDF) as of 12:23 PM on Tuesday, January 15, 2019
- ARB file creation (PDF) as of 08:17 PM on Saturday, February 09, 2019 ARB_file_creation
RF Board Design Details
- RF Board layout and schematic (PDF) as of 02:27 PM on Wednesday, February 20, 2019
- Mini circuits 0.15 to 250 MHz Mixer (PDF) as of 02:55 PM on Saturday, December 29, 2018
- Mini circuits 10 to 1000 MHz Mixer (PDF) (PDF) as of 10:05 PM on Thursday, January 03, 2019
- Mini circuits 0.5 to 400 MHz Power Splitter/Combiner (PDF) as of 06:38 AM on Friday, January 04, 2019
- Mini circuits 20 to 1000 MHz Output Frequency Doubler (PDF) as of 10:16 PM on Thursday, January 03, 2019
Agilent 4395A Manuals & GPIB Support
- Agilent 4395A Quick Start Guide (PDF) as of [an error occurred while processing this directive]
- Agilent 4395A Complete Operator Manual (PDF) as of [an error occurred while processing this directive]
- MATLAB-based data capture package as of 03:51 PM on Thursday, January 27, 2011. The examples document PDF document as of 02:30 PM on Wednesday, February 23, 2011.
- PC Screen Capture as of 12:17 PM on Friday, February 22, 2008
Keysight ADS Tutorial and Lab Projects
- ADS plot data to Jupyter notebook.
- ADS tutorial 1 as of 10:06 PM on Sunday, January 08, 2012.
- Lab 1 as of 10:12 PM on Sunday, January 08, 2012. Inside the schematic BSF is actually a bandpass active filter (BPF)
- Lab 2 as of 07:11 PM on Wednesday, February 01, 2012.
- Lab 3 as of 06:13 PM on Wednesday, February 22, 2012. Installing an ADS parts library or 'Kit'.
- Lab 5 as of 01:03 PM on Thursday, April 05, 2012.