Arş. Gör. Muhammet Ammar ŞAVVA

Attached is the pre-experiment report questions and directives for experiment 5.

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Attached is the pre-experiment report questions and directives for experiment 4.

Below is more feedback on writing reports. Unfortunately repeating some basic points...

• Use the template provided as attachment in each experiment announcement including the cover letter.
• Type your theoretical solutions as equations using equation editor
• Pictures of handwritten solutions are not preferred unless otherwise mentioned.
• When defining quantities or writing equations with regard to some quantity, make sure to show the express the definition and reference the quantity clearly.
• Add sentences between equations to clarify the steps being taken, e.g., "Using KCL on node A", "Define R_a to be the equivalent resistor of R1 and R2" or "below are the equations for nodes A, B and C respectively" etc.
• Pay attention to the formatting of your reports
• Do not paste your work as pictures underneath each other without any formatting
• Add titles to your paragraphs and captions to your figures
• Do not leave meaningless spaces in the pages
• Organize your figures so that the quantities are clear and readable
• In short, make an effort to make the report as readable, informative and clear as possible

Regards,

Attached is the pre-experiment report questions and directives for experiment 3.

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Attached is the pre-experiment report questions and directives for experiment 2. Below are some notes about your pre-experiment reports for experiment 1. Consider them as feedback.

• Use computer-based text editing tools like Microsoft Word or Latex to write the reports.
• Use equation editors to write equations. You can find it under Insert>Equation in Word.
• The questions and directives has the details that you need to follow to solve the questions.
• Read the text carefully to understand what needs to be done,
• e.g., if the question only asks to write the equations, write the equations symbolically and do not solve for the values of the symbols.
• When defining quantities, make sure to specify necessary details about it, e.g., the polarity of a voltage difference or the direction of a current.
• Experiment sheet had a minor update to add points for each question and change the order of them.

Regards,

I got an email from one of our students regarding exporting images from Proteus vs. using screenshots in the pre-experiment reports. I recommend exporting as it results in high-resolution graphics that will be helpful for your reports to be more readable and look more professional. Below is the method I found after some research and playing with Proteus.

• From File menu, select Mark Output Area,
• Select an area in the schematic screen that you want to export,
• Run the simulation that probe and sensor measurements appear in the output image,
• Again from File>Export Graphics, select Export Bitmap
• In the Export Bitmap window,
• Select Scope as Marked Area,
• Select Resolution as a high enough DPI, I personally use 600 DPI,
• In Colours, select whether you want it in black and white (mono) or select the color resolution, Display would probably be the best,
• From Background, select background color to be white.
• Press on Filename,
• Select the folder that you want to output to,
• Name the file,
• Press on Save
• In order not to lose graphic resolution, in your Word document,
• Go to File>Options
• From the popping Word Options window, go to Advanced
• Scroll down to Image Size and Quality and check "Do not compress images in file"
• Do not forget to properly resize, format, annotate etc. the image if needed.

The evaluation percentages of the course have been updated as follows.

• Lab: %40
• Detailed Sheet, report and performance shares TBA.
• Midterm: %20
• Final: %40

Regards, 

Attached is the pre-experiment report questions and directives for experiment 1.

• Each team is required to send a single .pdf file of the report due at 12:30 PM on experiment day (Monday 03/03/2025). This rule is valid for all experiments for the rest of the semester.
• A designated member of each team will be responsible for sending all pre-experiment reports for all the experiments. 
• Pay attention to the naming of the file and the subject of the email before sending.
• They should both follow the format: "GrX_TeamY_ExpZ_KOM2742"

A quick reminder of some important rules goes as follows.

• Preparing pre-experiment reports together with other teams is only allowed if the final resulting reports show different attempts to prepare them. Any identical reports will be eliminated as cheating.
• Using ChatGPT or any other LLMs to fully generate answers to questions will cause a direct decrease in your report grade.

Regards,

Attached is the list of teams in which we will conduct experiments for the rest of the semester.

• Changes may occur to teams according to the results of the add/drop petitions, non-attending students in the first few weeks, emergencies, etc.
• Because of the late announcement of the teams list, you are not required to bring any materials for experiment 0 and a brief recap of electrical equipment will done before experiment 1 next week.

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Attached are the slides used on Orientation week (19/02/2025)

• Make sure to reach the experiment google drive links on slide 4.

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Attached is the timetable for the experiments that will be done up until the midterm.

• Make sure to attend on your specific time slot. If you have any emergency situation, please contact me beforehand
• The last week before the midterm is left as makeup week in case of emergencies

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Attached are the slides used in the orientation presentation on Mon 17/02/2025.

• I made a mistake while explaining the attendance rule. You are responsible of attending at least 9 out of 11 experiments.
• We have 11 experiments in total starting from experiment 0 up to experiment 11.

Wishing you a fruitful semester.

Attached is the lab book that contains experiment sheets for all experiments.

• Make sure to print out the corresponding experiment every week.
• Each team will have to hand out one experiment sheet filled with their information.

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Attached is the syllabus for the course.

If any problem is faced while downloading MATLAB, please consider doing the following,

• Go to https://www.mathworks.com/downloads/ and log in to your Mathworks account.
• If you do not already have an account, click on "Create one!" and create an account using your student email (ending with @std.yildiz.edu.tr)
• Click on "Download for Windows" to start the download.
• While installing please make sure to download all toolboxes related to course content, i.e., Symbolic Toolbox and Simulink.
• As we will be using them extensively in the next years, I recommend, if possible, to download Simscape and Control Systems Toolbox for the least. Try playing around with them. Do not hesitate to contact me by email for a more comprehensive list. If enough people are interested I can share more content around that here on Avesis.

Wish you all the best,