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An integrated electronics course for undergraduate physicists

In whichever direction he looks, be it research, industry or teaching, the new graduate finds that a working knowledge of electronics is a valuable asset. The conventional way of teaching electronics to the undergraduate physicist in universities is to give him a lecture course or courses on the theoretical aspects of the subject and a separate series of practical exercises and projects which are not necessarily linked to the lecture material. For a practical subject this approach has the disadvantage that there is little opportunity for making mental linkages between the lecture material and the experiences at the bench. A different criticism of the normal course lies in the subject matter covered. Many students pend a sizable proportion of their time learning manufacturing processes and constructional techniques that are either outdated or fast becoming so. One only has to look at the rapid switch-over in the instrumentation field from discrete component designing to the large scale use of integrated circuits, particularly in digital work. Many university physics departments are .well aware of the problem and are setting about solving it in a way suitable to their course structure. This article describes the solution that is being developed for the physicists at the University of East Anglia (UEA).