The equipment used in the electronics and electrical engineering programs is contained in three large laboratories. Basic test equipment, typical of what is found in industry, includes sweep oscillators, function generators, spectrum analyzers, curve tracers, data communication test sets, digital testers and logic analyzers. Advanced prototyping and design equipment includes a digital signal processing application and development system, a computer automated testing and prototyping center, a Motorola 68HCxx series board development system, a PLD development workstation, engineering workstations and circuit simulation facilities.

The laboratories are open six days a week with a full-time manager available during daytime hours and a manager available to assist students on evenings and Saturdays. Laboratory hours for additional assistance from faculty are posted. Students may use the facilities as their schedules permit.

The laboratory manager and electronics faculty are available in the laboratories to provide assistance. All students may use the facilities as their schedules permit. Electronic kits for lab experiments are available in the electronics laboratory, except as noted in individual course syllabus.

Procedures

1. Lab kits are required for each electronics course being taken (other than selected design classes). These kits must be paid for at the Business Office. The student may pick up the kit at the lab window upon presentation of a valid receipt.
2. Students must obtain a bar-coded ID card and validation sticker prior to using the lab. No equipment will be issued without a valid ID card.
3. Each person must present his or her ID card at the checkout window when requesting equipment. Equipment is checked out only for the duration of the experiment that day.
4. Data books are available at the window and can be borrowed upon presenting the ID card. However, the books are for use only in the lab; no overnight loans.