PHYC 3000

Experimental Physics I

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This course introduces students to electronics and measuring techniques. Topics include digital electronics: logic gates, clocks, shift registers, counters, memory; analog electronics; R.C.L. circuits, operational amplifiers; electronic systems: A/D and D/A chips, computer chips, and displays. The course also introduces students to modern data acquisition methods (including LabVIEW), skills which will be applied in the design and execution of experiments that illustrate fundamental concepts in physics. This course is open to Honours students only.

Sections

Lecture

From the syllabus

From the Fall 2026 syllabus by Chongyin Yang and Yue Cao. Open the PDF

Grading

25%Assignments (5)Best 4 of 5
5%Laboratories (5)
30%Tests (2)15% each
7%LabVIEW tutorials (7)
33%Experimental physics project and term paper

Textbook

  • Introductory Electronics for Scientists and Engineers, R. E. Simpson (optional)

Course rules

Late assignments
Assignments lose 10% per 24 hours late and receive zero after 48 hours.
Missed assignments
An assignment not submitted within a week without a Student Declaration of Absence counts as zero.
Absence forms
Students may use no more than two Student Declaration of Absence forms during the term.
Missed tests
With an emailed absence form, a missed test is rescheduled by agreement; otherwise it receives zero.
LabVIEW tutorials
A missed tutorial costs 1% of the final grade and must be made up before the next tutorial to avoid a further 4% penalty.
Term paper
Email the electronic copy to Chongyin Yang before December 18 at 17:00 AST; late work loses 10% per 24 hours.
Assignment collaboration
Students may discuss solutions, but submitted assignments must be their own work.
Academic integrity
Copying another person's solution is an academic offense and may result in a zero and a 5% final-grade penalty.

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