Course Outline for Fall 2002 semester

 

August 27	Halling	Nature of sound waves, simple harmonic motion, analog & digital signals   Speaks 1, 2, & 5; Rosen & Howell 2
September 3	Halling	Fundamentals of the decibel   Speaks 3, & 4
September 10	DePaolis	Overview of computers: binary code, bits, bytes, PCs, nets, the Web
September 17	Halling	Phasors, adding decibels; introduction to resonance
September 24	Halling	Resonance and filter functions; measuring the output of filters   Speaks 6; Rosen & Howell 12, & 13
October 1	Halling	Filters; acoustical impedance; impedance mismatches  Speaks 8
October 8	Halling	Calibration   Decker 7; ANSI S3.6
October 15	M    I    D    T    E    R    M         E    X    A    M
October 22	DePaolis	Electricity, Ohm's Law, passive electrical components, RLC circuits   Decker 1 & 2
October 29	DePaolis	Electrical impedance, active components, signal generators/modifiers/measurers   Decker 4, 5, & 6
November 5	DePaolis	Input and output transducers, distortion   Decker 3
November 12	DePaolis	Time vs. Frequency domain   Speaks 7 (to p273); Rosen & Howell 7, 8, 9, & 10
November 19	Halling	Measuring frequency response of a system: signal types and methods   Rosen & Howell 4, 5, & 6; Decker 8
November 26	Halling	Measuring frequency responses (part deux)
December 3	Halling	Selected topics in instrumentation
December 10	F    I    N    A    L         E    X    A    M         (  8  :  0  0  a  m  )