Laboratory Report Guidelines for ECET 107 and ECET 157 - Prof. Thomas Laverghetta, Lab Reports of Electrical Circuit Analysis

Download Laboratory Report Guidelines for ECET 107 and ECET 157 - Prof. Thomas Laverghetta and more Lab Reports Electrical Circuit Analysis in PDF only on Docsity! Laboratory Report Guidelines For ECET 107 & ECET 157 Thomas S. Laverghetta Professor, ECET Introduction: The primary objective of a laboratory report is to convey to someone else what you have done in testing a particular circuit. In this sense, the report should be so complete and understandable that the person you are giving the report to will grasp what you are attempting to do and not have a single question about what you have done. If you can accomplish this, you have put together an excellent laboratory report. The following paragraphs will describe how to put together such a document. If you follow the guidelines put forth here and always consider the reader of the report, you will be able to have a report that is understandable and will receive an excellent grade. Laboratory Format: The laboratory report should be put together in the following format. This format must be followed if the student is to receive full credit for the work that they do. 1. Objective 2. Equipment/parts List 3. Block Diagram/Schematic(s) 4. Procedure 5. Data 6. Conclusion 7. Questions/Problems Each of these areas will be presented in this document and explained. GOOD EXAMPLE: 1. Connect the setup as shown in Figure 3-1 with the test equipment turned off 2. Set the generator to 4 kHz and 2.5 Volts, as displayed on an oscilloscope. 3. Attach the generator to the circuit at point A and read the output voltage from the circuit on the multimeter on the 50 volt scale. 4. etc. 5. etc. 6. etc. (This procedure is much more concise and will tell the reader exactly how to perform the tests. If you are going to go in a specific direction when writing a procedure, go to the MORE IS BETTER side rather than to abbreviate it). If you are required to do Calculations, Computer Analysis, and Measurements in the lab, have a separate section in the procedure for all three of these sections. That is: Calculations 1. 2. 3. 4. Computer Analysis 1. 2. 3. 4. Measurement 1. 2. 3. 4. (Be specific in each one of these sections, just as if you only had one section to explain). Also, DO NOT put date or schematics in the procedure section. Data The most important area to concentrate when you are putting together a DATA section for a lab report is LABELING. That is, label every graph, chart, equation and diagram that you use to present what you have accomplished. Do not make the reader guess what you are trying to display. If you have calculations, computer analysis, and measurements to do for the lab, put them in separate sections in the DATA section. Be sure to include printouts of the computer analysis. Do not simply say that you did the analysis and the numbers came out very close. Show your results as clearly as you possible can. Conclusion: This is one of the most important parts of the lab report (next to the procedure section). It either confirms that everything has gone well or tells why it did not. It is the summation of everything that has been done in the laboratory and how it turned out. This should be about one short paragraph and you should think very carefully before writing it. Questions: Some labs will have questions/problems associated with them. When you do these, be sure to write out the question or problem that has been stated and then do the answer. If there are calculations, include them. If you are asked a question, answer it with more than YES or NO. General Comments: 1. Be concise with the report. Details, Details, Details 2. NEVER USE PENCIL FOR A LAB REPORT, NOT EVEN DRAWINGS 3. If a mistake is made, place one line through the mistake and initial that mistake 4. Sign and date the last page of the lab report