PHYS 523 Fall 2023
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
- How to Present a Physics Talk, Celia M. Elliott
- How to Get Started if you Hate to Write, Celia M. Elliott
- Collaboration, Cynthia D'Angelo
Units 7 – 10 reading and reference material
- Error Analysis, John R. Taylor: University Science Books (1997).
