Teaching Labs

 

Separate, well equipped, student teaching labs are provided for circuits, electronics, communications, digital computers, control systems, power systems, and senior design. Most of these laboratories occupy space on the second floor of the New Engineering Building (approximately 13,000 square feet).

The Circuits Lab, 248 and 250 NEB, includes 24 seats of National Instruments Virtual Bench and 250KS/s multi-function I/O cards which provides the capability of doing real time Fourier analysis on captured waveforms.

The Communications Lab, 211 NEB, allows students the opportunity to explore a wide range of both digital and analog communications. Each station is equipped with a HP spectrum analyzer, HP and Fluke 1Ghz frequency generator, HP digital oscilloscopes, and HP 32 bit logic analyzer. Each computer supports PSpice circuit analysis and Smith Chart Impedance calculations with Microsmith.

Computer Lab for Digital Design and Digital Architecture, 212 NEB, has 12 workstations with Pentium III 550 computers, oscilloscopes, logic analyzer and universal prototyping boards.

The Electronics Lab, 213 NEB, has 400 MHz digitizing oscilloscopes, function generators, pulse generators, power supplies and measurement capabilities for exploring both analog and digital electronics. Additionally, each station has a Pentium II 266 computer with labview and GPIB capabilities for real time data acquisition and analysis as well as PSpice simulations.

Computer Lab for Digital Logic, 241 NEB, has 16 student workstations with a Pentium 120 or better computer, a prototyping board and the room has programming capabilities for EEPROM's. Software includes 68HC11 development programs, Logic Works and VHDL programming language.

Senior Design Lab, 246 NEB, has facilities for both analog and digital design as well as software development.

Microprocessor/Digital Signal Processing Lab, 251 NEB, is equipped with a Pentium 166 or better computer, oscilloscope and a universal prototyping unit.

Controls Lab, 281 NEB, is equipped with a pentium computer with a digital signal processor card and software, oscilloscope, function generator and custom controls prototyping module.