PHYS 523 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Instrumentation and Applied Physics Project

Readings and other sources

Sone of the readings will consist of technical materials and documentation by the producers of components used by individual projects. Here is a selection of resources that might be useful.

Miscellaneous material

Physics 371 course packet from a few years ago, including a C++/Python refresher (some of this might be useful in Physics 523!)
Celia Elliott's fall 2018 "How to Present a Physics Talk"
Celia Elliott's fall 2019 "How to Write a Technical Report"
Celia Elliott's fall 2020 "How to Get Started if You Hate to Write"
Celia Elliott's spring 2021 "How to Get Started if You Hate to Write"
Prof. Cynthia D'Angelo's fall 2019 presentation: "Collaboration"
Celia Elliott's spring 2024 "Resumes, CVs, and Cover Letters"
Celia Elliott's spring 2024 "Writing an Effective Statement of Purpose... and getting into an internship, REU, or graduate school"

Units 1 and 2 reading and reference material

Python Foundation
Getting Started with Arduino Products
How to Install and Setup EAGLE
Using EAGLE: Schematic, Jim Blom
Using EAGLE: Board Layout, Jim Blom
Learn how to Tinker, Autodesk Tinkercad
An Introduction to Project Management, Sixth Edition, Kathy Schwalbe (2017).

Units 3 – 5 reading and reference material

Adafruit Explore & Learn, Adafruit Inc.
Sparkfun Learn, Sparkfun, Inc.
The Art of Electronics 3rd edition, Paul Horowitz and Winfield Hill, Cambridge (2015).

Units 6, 9, and 10 reading and reference material

Units 7 – 10 reading and reference material

Error Analysis, John R. Taylor: University Science Books (1997).