ECE U401/U211-Introduction to Electrical Engineering Lab

Lab Rules

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LAB RULES AND POLICIES

1. You will occasionally be dealing with live 120 VAC lines during this course. Carelessness can result in severe shocks and/or electrocution. Be sure the instructor or TA inspects your circuit assembly before you apply 120 VAC power to it. In the event of an emergency, call x 3333.

2. Food and drinks are not allowed in the laboratory.

3. Come to class prepared. Read over the experiment description before coming to lab, and answer any assigned pre-lab questions in your lab notebook. Get help, from other students, from the instructor, or from the TAs if required. Prepare in your notebook an itemized list of steps to follow.

4. Buy your lab notebook during the first week of class. Bring your notebook to every class. Take a lot of notes on your experiments in your notebook. You will rely heavily on these notes towards the end of the term. The lab notebook is where you record information directly in the lab, and where you work on designs. It is not meant to be a finished piece of work like a lab report or a paper, or even homework. You do not record information in the lab on other paper and then transfer it later to your lab notebook. The lab notebook contain partial designs, speculations, redesigns, revisions and corrections. This does not reflect poorly on your work; it is what is expected. It should be a fairly complete, if rough, record of your work in the laboratory. It should contain corrections to designs based on experiments as well as results and comments on what was necessary to get the circuits to work.

5. You will be working in groups of two; each group will be assigned a number. Make sure your notebook contains your name and group number.

6. Come to class prepared and on time. Leave your lab notebook with the completed pre-lab in the box at the front of the room. Late or incomplete pre-labs will result in reduced grade. For ECE students, The first hour of the lab will be reserved for ILS activities (with the exception of the evening lab). Collect your experiment supplies and circuit boards from the technician counter as soon as the ILS is completed. The teaching assistants will return your lab notebooks at this time.

7. Although cell phones are not allowed during the labs, if you need to either tend to an emergency call or you have a co-op interview call, please let us know and then step outside in the hallway to answer the call.

In summary: take this lab seriously and especially your safety.