ANNOUNCEMENTS     

May 28, 2007

·         The Lab and HW grades have been posted. You can also see your lecture attendance and status of your TRC-10. Those students highlighted in yellow are not taking the lab, hence their lab grades are imported from the lab grades of previous semester.  

May 25, 2007

·         Final grades have been posted.

May 20, 2007

·        More example questions have been uploaded to the main page.

May 19, 2007

·        Example questions have been uploaded to the main page.

May 09, 2007

·        Midterm III solutions have been posted.

May 08, 2007

·         Midterm III grades have been posted.

May 04, 2007

·         HW10 (problems 7.1, 7.3, 7.4, 8.2, 8.3, 8.5) is postponed to May 11, Friday.

·         Chapter 7 and Chapter 8 Lab Reports are postponed to May 18, 2007, Friday. Since this means you have plenty of time ahead of you, I expect you to especially submit EXCELLENT Chapter 7 reports (Chapter 8 Lab Report is a simple one). If you show extraordinary performance, this will be rewarded. Meanwhile, reports that are not well written, unstructured or reports that are full of unjustified answers or full of solutions in which sufficient logical development is missing will be severely penalized. So, prepare your reports accordingly.  

·         Final exam will be held on May 22, Tuesday at 15:30 in B204 and B206.

Apr 17, 2007

·         HW8, HW9 and Midterm II solutions have been posted.

·         On 23rd April, Monday, I will be giving a recitation. We will both go over some topics included in the exam. The recitation will be at EA222 starting by 13:30 pm. I will not be available for your questions on Tuesday 24th, so I recommend you to join the recitation in case you have questions to ask me. 

Apr 17, 2007

·         Midterm II grades are announced.

·         Chapter 6 lab reports are postponed to April 27, 2007.

Apr 03, 2007

·         You can now see your lecture attendance till the end of March 23, 2007 (first 8 weeks).

·         Please contact me through email (eulusoy@ee.bilkent.edu.tr)  if you think that there is something wrong, but before that, please read the remarks below.

·         Each “x” denotes ONE ABSENT HOUR.

·         Suppose that you were absent in the two lectures of 1st March, and present in the two lectures of 4th March. On the records, you may see that you are counted present on 1st March lectures and counted absent on 4th March lectures. So do not immediately get surprised if you see that you are counted absent on a day that you were actually present in class.  

·         The important thing for you to CHECK is whether an error has been made in the TOTAL COUNT of your MISSED LECTURES.

·         Please make objections only if you think that there is an error in the total count. 

Mar 22, 2007

·         HW4 solutions, HW5 solutions, HW6 solutions, HW7 solutions and Midterm I solutions have been posted and achievable through the course web page.

Mar 20, 2007

·         We will have this week’s recitation tomorrow (Wednesday, March 21) at EA222 (the classroom in our department’s floor) starting at 18:00 pm. We will deal with topics and questions included in the second midterm exam.

·         Recall that this week you are having extra lab sessions:

1.        Section I – March 20, 2007, Tuesday, 17:40 – 21:10 (EA121)

2.        Section II – March 22, 2007, Thursday, 17:40 – 21:10 (EA121)

Mar 15, 2007

·         Midterm I grades are announced.

·         Recall that next week you will be having extra lab sessions:

1.        Section I – March 20, 2007, Tuesday, 17:40 – 21:10 (EA121)

2.        Section II – March 22, 2007, Thursday, 17:40 – 21:10 (EA121)

Mar 12, 2007

·         Starting from tomorrow (March 13, Tuesday), I (Erdem Ulusoy) will be giving a recitation on every Tuesday till the end of the semester (except for the midterm and night lab dates). The recitation will take place in one of the B building classes (we will fix the exact location during this week’s recitation) and will start at 18:00 pm and continue as long as we wish. Attendance is not compulsory; you can consider this recitation just as an office hour. During these recitations, I will try to answer all your questions and clarify your minds about possible blurred issues. Note that due to my heavy schedule, it seems that I will not be able to spare any other time apart from these recitations for your questions, so I strongly recommend you to attend these recitations, at least try to attend some part of them if you cannot attend all. If you already have some unclear points in your mind, or determined some questions to ask during the recitation, and if you can, please send an email to me before coming to these recitations about the question or topic in your mind, so that I can think on that issue prior to the recitation in order to be most helpful to you, and we will save time during the recitation (you will not wait for me to think on the question) So, please be ready at the entrance of B building on Tuesday if you wish to join this recitation. As I said, we will find a suitable class when we meet.    

Mar 01, 2007

·         In your Chapter3 Lab Reports, you are specifically expected to answer/ comment on the following laboratory exercises of chapter 3: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16. You do not need to write anything related to other exercises. However, make sure that sufficient justification and logical development is provided in all your answers, especially in questions 2,6,7,9,11, in which you are expected to carry out some theoretical analysis.

·         HW4 is postponed to Monday, so you will be submitting your HW4 along with your Chapter 3 lab report.     

Feb 24, 2007

·         HW3 solutions are posted and available through the course web page.

Feb 22, 2007

·         Past exam questions and solutions are posted and available through the course web page.

·         Recall that you are expected to submit your Chapter 2 lab reports tomorrow. Let me remind you once more of our late submission policy: If for some reason, you will not be able to submit your report till tomorrow, but you manage to submit it before next weeks Friday, you will be penalized by 10% in your grades. (The maximum you can get will be 90 out of 100) If your submission will further be delayed to the second week, you will face a 20% penalty. In the third week, this will become 30% and so on. You can contact and speak to me on this matter if the explanation is a bit ambiguous for you.

·         Next week, on Monday (February 26, 2007) Asst. Prof. Sinan Gezici will be giving a recitation starting at 17:40 pm in one of the EB classes (the exact location will be fixed just before the recitation). All students (section 1 and section 2) can attend the recitation (attendence is optional, it is not mandatory). This is a good last minute chance for you to ask questions about points that are not clear to you before the first midterm, so I strongly advise you to plan your time schedule accordingly and join the recitation.    

Feb 21, 2007

·         HW2 solutions are posted and available through the course web page.

Feb 20, 2007

·         HW1 solutions are posted and available through the course web page.

Feb 19, 2007

·         Recall that this week you will be having extra lab sessions:

1.        Section I – February 20, 2007, Tuesday, 17:40 – 21:10 (EA121)

2.        Section II – February 22, 2007, Thursday, 17:40 – 21:10 (EA121)

During lab hours, please try to concentrate on exercises as much as you can to be as efficient as possible, and to be able to keep up with the lab schedule to the best extent. Be aware of the fact that no further delays are planned in report submission deadlines. (Check below for the updated report submission schedule.)   

·         In your Chapter2 Lab Reports, you are specifically expected to answer/ comment on the following laboratory exercises of chapter 2: 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21. You do not need to write anything related to other exercises.    

·         The Lab Report Submission deadlines have been updated:

1.        Chapter2 – February 23, 2007, Friday

2.        Chapter3 – March 5, 2007, Monday

3.        Chapter4 – March 16, 2007, Friday

4.        Chapter5 – March 30, 2007, Friday

5.        Chapter6 – April 20, 2007, Friday

6.        Chapter7 – May 4, 2007, Friday

7.        Chapter8 – May 11, 2007, Friday

·         Midterm dates and locations have been decided:

1.        MidtermI  –  February 27, 2007, Tuesday (EB 101, EB102, EB103)

2.        MidtermII – March 27, 2007, Tuesday (EB101, EB102, EB103)

3.        MidtermIII – April 24, 2007, Tuesday (EB201, EB202, EB203)

·         Final exam date will be announced later.

·         During the tutorial hours of this week, I (Erdem Ulusoy) will try to arrange a time slot for a two (or possible three if there is such a demand)-hour weekly recitation.

1.        I plan to give this recitation every week from now on regularly, at a place where the entire 2007 spring class (that is, all of you) can fit and meet (I would prefer a class within the B building)

2.        Due to my weekly schedule, we should be having this recitation hour from 17:40 to 19:40 (or 20:40) on one of the weekdays. During the tutorial hours, I will conduct an election and ask you to vote for one of the weekdays (Monday to Friday) Based on the results of the election, the recitation schedule will be decided and announced.    

3.        Attendance will be optional, but I think this will be a good opportunity for you to

1.        ask questions about points that you could not clearly understand,

2.        ask me to solve some problems and see how they are solved,

3.        and listen to key remarks about your ongoing lab work related to TRC-10 (function of different modules, debugging strategies, subjects that are not covered in class time due to time restrictions)

4.        So, please think of a suitable time for you (within the mentioned time slots – see item 2 above) till the tutorial hours of this week, and be ready to vote on Thursday.       

Jan 29, 2007

·         The classes has begun. Wish all of you a successful semester and an enjoying analog electronics course!

·         The course kits (which include the Lecture Notes) are available in EA121. The fee is payable to muhasebe on the ground floor in EA building. You can consult to Ergόn Hırlakoğlu.

·         You are expected to attend the first lecture with your Lecture Notes.