Physics 434
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| Staff: | Toby Burnett, tburnett@u, 3-8963; B201 (Prof.) Matt Dietrich, (TA, sect A) Marshall Roth mar0@u, (TA, sect. C) Jason Alferness, alf@phys, 1-2974; B256B (Technical supervisor) David Pengra, dbpengra@phys; 3-4783 B256A (Advanced lab mgr.) |
| Schedule: | Physics Astronomy PAB 280 Section(A) TuTh 3:30-4:50*; Section (C) Tu 6:30-9:20 Note that the lab is accessible at other times by arrangement with staff. *we informally extend this to 6:00 on Tuesday, and do not necessarily staff all of Thursday. |
| Text: | Robert H. Bishop, LabVIEW 8
Student Edition The book comes with version 8.2. Compatible with the lab version *8.5). It has DVDs with Windows and Mac versions. LabVIEW is available to the UW community for free from UWARE. It contains Windows, Mac, and Linux versions. |
| Grading: | Lab reports (50%), homework (10%), Project (40%) |
| Lab Reports, project | These are usually two- (or
three-) person
partnerships. It should be written and submitted as a joint effort. The
same grade goes to each. Text corresponding to an introduction and
conclusions must be written into the VI. See the
grading policy and suggestions. Assignments will be submitted via CollectIt: The names of all students should be included in the VI. |
| Objectives: | Understand how to use computers for experimental control, data acquisition, and data analysis, and understand the principles involved in each. Review and consolidate electronics knowledge. Learn the standard tool LabVIEW. |