The EET analog electronic devices-circuit analysis curriculum team at Purdue University, West Lafayette recommended an integrated circuit (I. C.) waveform generator lab for the capstone or final lab in the introductory electronic devices course. The objective is to introduce students to applications oriented analog integrated circuits. The 555 timer was used during the 1996-97 academic year. This choice was made mainly because this material was covered in the textbook. This was almost too

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... ental and was supplemented by having the students investigate other integrated circuit waveform generators through a review of available literature in the library and/or on the world wide web. The following was developed to improve the rigor of this unit of the course.