Experiments Manual for Principles of Electronic Communication Systems

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Contents
Introduction
	Organization of this Manual
		Activities
		Lab Experiments
	How to Use this Manual
	Lab Equipment
		Breadboards and Trainers
		Virtual Instrumentation Trainers
		Meters
		Oscilloscopes
		Signal Generators
		Frequency Counters
		RF Equipment
		Other Equipment
		Components
	Kits
		Commercial Lab Equipment
Introduction to Electronic Communication
	1-1 Exploring the Regulatory Agencies
	1-2 Becoming Familiar with the FCC Rules and Regulations
Electronic Fundamentals for Communications
	2-1 LC Low-Pass Filter Design and Testing
	2-2 RC Active Filter Design and Testing
	2-3 Ceramic Band-Pass Filter
	2-4 Switched Capacitor Filters
Amplitude Modulation Fundamentals
	3-1 Measuring the Percent of Modulation
	3-2 Spectrum Analyzer
	3-3 AM Radio Experience
Amplitude Modulation and Demodulation Circuits
	4-1 Diode Modulator and Mixer
	4-2 Differential Amplifier Modulator
	4-3 Diode Detector
	4-4 Double-Sideband Balanced Modulator
Fundamentals of Frequency Modulation
	5-1 Frequency Modulation
	5-2 FM Radio Experience
FM Circuits
	6-1 Phase-Locked Loop Operation
	6-2 Frequency Demodulation with a Phase-Locked Loop
	6-3 Pulse-Averaging Discriminator
Chapter 7 has no experiments and therefore is not included in this Experiments and Activities Manual
Radio Transmitters
	8-1 Class C Amplifiers and Frequency Multipliers
	8-2 Crystal Oscillator
	8-3 Building and Testing a Radio Transmitter
	8-4 Measuring Transmitter Output Power
	8-5 Impedance Matching
Communication Receivers
	9-1 Noise and Its Measurement
	9-2 PLL Frequency Synthesizer
	9-3 Mixer Operation
	9-4 Building and Testing a Communications Receiver
Digital Data Transmission
	10-1 Serial Digital Data
	10-2 Frequency Shift Keying
	10-3 Binary Phase-Shift Keying (BPSK)
Multiplexing, Duplexing, and Multiple Access
	11-1 Pulse Amplitude Modulation and Time Division Multiplexing
Chapter 12 has no experiments and therefore is not included in this Experiments and Activities Manual
Transmission Lines
	13-1 Measuring SWR
	13-2 Measuring Coax Cable Loss
	13-3 Measuring Complex Load Impedance on a Transmission Line
	13-4 Transmission Lines and Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR)
	13-5 Smith Chart Tutorial
Fundamentals of Networking, Local Area Networks, and Ethernet
	14-1 Exploring Ethernet
Chapter 15 has no experiments and therefore is not included in this Experiments and Activities Manual
Antennas and Wave Propagation
	16-1 Dipole Radio Antenna
	16-2 Plotting Directional Antenna Patterns
Internet Technologies
	17-1 Review of Internet Protocol
	17-2 Review of OTN
Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Communication
	18-1 Exploring Millimeter Waves
Satellite Communication
	19-1 Exploring GPS
	19-2 GPS Experience
Optical Communication
	20-1 Optical Fiber Data Transmission
	20-2 Infrared Remote Control
	20-3 Fiber Optic Tutorial
Cell Phone Technologies
	21-1 Cell Phone Technology in Depth
	21-2 Long Term Evolution and OFDM
	21-3 Small Cell Networks
Wireless Technologies
	22-1 Comparing Short-Range Wireless Technologies
	22-2 Wireless Monitoring
Communication Tests and Measurements
	23-1 RF Test Equipment Familiarization
Appendix A Breadboarding
	Rules and Tips for Breadboarding
Appendix B GROL Review/Final Exam